Thanh Van Tran

Biographic Data

ID6186399
NAMEThanh Van Tran
GIVEN NAMESThanh
FAMILY NAMEVan Tran
SIGNATUREVAN TRAN T
AFFILIATIONSBoston College
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS8
TOTAL CITATIONS29
AUTHOR COUNT8
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1986
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX3

  • Teachers’ Evaluations of Learning Support Policy Implementation in Ethnic Minority Semi-Boarding Schools

    Open AccessHanh Thi Phuong Vuong, Thanh V Tran et al.ARTICLEJournal of Educational and Social…2026

    Learning support programs are crucial for fostering educational equity among ethnic minority students, especially those enrolled in Ethnic Minority Semi-Boarding High Schools located in impoverished and rural regions of Vietnam. The efficacy of these measures is predominantly contingent upon their implementation at the school level. This study aimed to examine teachers’ evaluations of the implementation of learning support policies for students i…

  • Social Work with Latino Immigrants: Contextual Approach to Acculturative Stress among Cuban, Mexican and Puerto Rican Women

    Venera Bekteshi, Mary Van Hook et al.ARTICLEThe British Journal of Social Work2016Cited by: 7References: 16

    By examining the differences in the influence of contextual factors in the relationship between acculturative stress and psychological distress among Latinas from Mexico, Puerto Rico and Cuba, this study seeks to advance culturally sensitive social work practice with Latina clients. Using the National Latino Asian American Survey, the study included Latinas born in Mexico (N = 257), Cuba (N = 264) and Puerto Rico (N = 118). Analysis consisted of …

  • Psychological Distress Among Low-Income U.S.- and Foreign-Born Women of Mexican Descent: Impact of Acculturation

    Open AccessVenera Bekteshi, Qingwen Xu et al.ARTICLEWomen s Health Issues2015

  • The Use of Social Services by Hispanic Elderly: A Comparison of Mexican American, Puerto Rican and Cuban Elderly

    Richard A Starrett, Roosevelt Wright et al.ARTICLEJournal of Social Service Research1989Cited by: 6

    The present study develops and tests a causal model of formal social service use by Mexican American, Puerto Rican and Cuban elderly. Path analytic procedures were used to evaluate the model on a national area probability sample of 1,805 noninstitutionalized elderly. The findings indicate that predictors of use, in general, differ by subgroups in terms of their relative importance, predictive power, complexity, and overall patterns. Implications …

  • Ethnic Community Supports and Psychological Well-Being of Vietnamese Refugees

    Open AccessThanh V Tran, Thanh Van TranARTICLEInternational Migration Review1987Cited by: 3References: 8

    This study examines the psychological well-being of 160 Vietnamese refugees in the United States. Path analysis was performed by using version 6 of LISREL to assess the structural relationships between variables included in the analysis. The findings reveal that ethnic community supports, self-esteem, and income have significant direct effects on psychological well-being. The revised path model explains about 57 percent of the variance in psychol…

  • Ethnic Community Supports and Psychological Well-Being of Vietnamese Refugees

    Thanh V Tran, Thanh Van TranARTICLEInternational Migration Review1987Cited by: 8

    Thanh Van Tran, Ethnic Community Supports and Psychological Well-Being of Vietnamese Refugees, The International Migration Review, Vol. 21, No. 3, Special Issue: Migration and Health (Autumn, 1987), pp. 833-844

  • Alienation Among Vietnamese Refugees in the United States: A Causal Approach

    Thanh V Tran, Thanh Van Tran et al.ARTICLEJournal of Social Service Research1987Cited by: 2

    The purpose of this study was to develop and test a causal model of alienation among a probability sample of Vietnamese refugees. Path analysis was used to test the causal model. The findings indicated that marital status, social support, social interaction anxiety, self-identity, and length of time in the United States directly predict feelings of alienation. The social support variable, however, was the most important predictor. An interesting …

  • Social Support and Subjective Well-Being among Vietnamese Refugees

    Thanh V Tran, Thanh Van Tran et al.ARTICLESocial Service Review1986Cited by: 3

    This study attempts to identify the causal predictors of subjective well-being among Vietnamese refugees in the United States. Path analysis is used to test the causal influences of variables posited to affect well-being in the hypothesized causal model. Social support, social interaction anxiety, family income, and marital status were found to have significant direct effects on Vietnamese refugees' sense of well-being. Overall, the causal model …