Hyun‐kyung You
Biographic Data
| ID | 3994491 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Hyun‐kyung You |
| GIVEN NAMES | Hyun‐kyung |
| FAMILY NAME | You |
| SIGNATURE | YOU H K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Department of Child Development California State Polytechnic University Humboldt CA |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 27 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Revisiting Transnational Activities
Immigrant mothers engage in numerous transnational activities. In this qualitative study, we explored one distinct type of transnational activity, a return trip to the home country for visit, as experienced by Korean immigrant mothers. Through purposeful sampling, 11 married middle-class Korean immigrant women with children were recruited to be interviewed during their visit to South Korea. By exploring the transcripts through the thematic analys…
Is helicopter parenting related to college students’ mental health? A typological and cross‐cultural approach
One family in two countries
This qualitative study explores Korean transnational families, known as gireogi gah-jok. In this type of family, the mother and her children move to an English-speaking country for the children's education while the father stays and supports his family financially from the country of origin. We conducted interviews with thirteen mothers who resided with at least one adolescent child in the northwest area of the USA. Guided by symbolic interaction…
The Intersection of Motherhood and Disability
This study springs from a larger cross-cultural project about mothering a child with a disability in South Korea and in the United States. The present analysis focuses on data collected in South Korea. Integrating critical feminist and disability theories within a social constructionist framework (McGraw & Walker, 2007), we asked (a) how dominant sociocultural systems related to mothering and disability shape South Korean mothers' understanding o…
Different Historical Trajectories and Family Diversity Among Chinese, Japanese, and Koreans in the United States
Chinese, Japanese, and Korean American families in the United States share several similarities, but they should not be interpreted as the sameness. Each group has gone through different immigration trajectories, and family members in a group have had different experiences. To get further knowledge of different family experiences in contemporary U.S. society, the trajectories of the family relationships among different Asian ethnic groups are exa…
One family in two countries
This qualitative study explores Korean transnational families, known as gireogi gah-jok. In this type of family, the mother and her children move to an English-speaking country for the children's education while the father stays and supports his family financially from the country of origin. We conducted interviews with thirteen mothers who resided with at least one adolescent child in the northwest area of the USA. Guided by symbolic interaction…
The Intersection of Motherhood and Disability
This study springs from a larger cross-cultural project about mothering a child with a disability in South Korea and in the United States. The present analysis focuses on data collected in South Korea. Integrating critical feminist and disability theories within a social constructionist framework (McGraw & Walker, 2007), we asked (a) how dominant sociocultural systems related to mothering and disability shape South Korean mothers' understanding o…
Different Historical Trajectories and Family Diversity Among Chinese, Japanese, and Koreans in the United States
Chinese, Japanese, and Korean American families in the United States share several similarities, but they should not be interpreted as the sameness. Each group has gone through different immigration trajectories, and family members in a group have had different experiences. To get further knowledge of different family experiences in contemporary U.S. society, the trajectories of the family relationships among different Asian ethnic groups are exa…
Different Historical Trajectories and Family Diversity Among Chinese, Japanese, and Koreans in the United States
Chinese, Japanese, and Korean American families in the United States share several similarities, but they should not be interpreted as the sameness. Each group has gone through different immigration trajectories, and family members in a group have had different experiences. To get further knowledge of different family experiences in contemporary U.S. society, the trajectories of the family relationships among different Asian ethnic groups are exa…
The Intersection of Motherhood and Disability
This study springs from a larger cross-cultural project about mothering a child with a disability in South Korea and in the United States. The present analysis focuses on data collected in South Korea. Integrating critical feminist and disability theories within a social constructionist framework (McGraw & Walker, 2007), we asked (a) how dominant sociocultural systems related to mothering and disability shape South Korean mothers' understanding o…
One family in two countries
This qualitative study explores Korean transnational families, known as gireogi gah-jok. In this type of family, the mother and her children move to an English-speaking country for the children's education while the father stays and supports his family financially from the country of origin. We conducted interviews with thirteen mothers who resided with at least one adolescent child in the northwest area of the USA. Guided by symbolic interaction…
Is helicopter parenting related to college students’ mental health? A typological and cross‐cultural approach
Revisiting Transnational Activities
Immigrant mothers engage in numerous transnational activities. In this qualitative study, we explored one distinct type of transnational activity, a return trip to the home country for visit, as experienced by Korean immigrant mothers. Through purposeful sampling, 11 married middle-class Korean immigrant women with children were recruited to be interviewed during their visit to South Korea. By exploring the transcripts through the thematic analys…
Developmental psychology (4 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Political science (3 works) · Demography (2 works) · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity (2 works) · Immigration (2 works) · Migration and Labor Dynamics (2 works) · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy (2 works)