Sachi Ando
Biographic Data
| ID | 641361 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sachi Ando |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sachi |
| FAMILY NAME | Ando |
| SIGNATURE | ANDO S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Widener University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1259-8340 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
University teaching and learning in a time of social distancing: A sociocultural perspective
The emergence of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has challenged every aspect of our "normal" lives. COVID-19 requires us to make behavioral and attitudinal changes to coexist with the coronavirus. Universities have been affected substantially, and online teaching and learning have become the "new normal." The strategies to achieve this "new normal" and how they are received depend on the sociocultural context. This preliminary qualitativ…
Dietary adaptation of immigrant families
Findings from this preliminary descriptive survey of 81 Japanese households who live in southeastern Pennsylvania reveal the unique challenges that immigrant families experience in regard to food. Retention of dietary traditions may become difficult when personal, psychological, and social concerns are involved, and dietary adaptation can be an inevitable process, resulting from certain life events, such as immigration to the United States, marri…
Religious and Gender Effects on Psychosocial Adaptation Among Japanese Immigrants
This exploratory study examined the effects of religious identification and gender on psychosocial adaptation among a nonrandom sample of 440 Japanese immigrants who lived in Texas. The study revealed that a religious effect became salient in terms of the cross-cultural adaptation and life outcomes of first-generation immigrants. Christian immigrants were significantly better adjusted than were their Buddhist or atheist counterparts. Although the…
Flourishing among Japanese Immigrants: A Positive Approach to Understanding Psychosocial Adaptation
Immigration can be an opportunity-maximizing and resource-creating process for immigrants. This cross-sectional survey study examined flourishing, the optimal state of psychosocial adaptation, in relation to social capital and acculturation, among a sample of 380 Japanese immigrants who lived in Texas. The study revealed that well-acculturated Japanese immigrants who enjoy U.S. culture and traditions as well as have more online and face-to-face c…
Ecological Influences on School Achievement in a Diverse Youth Sample: The Mediating Role of Substance Use
This study's purpose was to examine the extent to which closeness to family, peers, and school was associated with substance use and school achievement, based on the integrative model of ecological theory, social attachment theory, and social learning theory. A secondary data analysis was conducted on the first wave of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health). The final sample yielded 3,147 boys and 3,356 girls. A structu…
Flourishing among Japanese Immigrants: A Positive Approach to Understanding Psychosocial Adaptation
Immigration can be an opportunity-maximizing and resource-creating process for immigrants. This cross-sectional survey study examined flourishing, the optimal state of psychosocial adaptation, in relation to social capital and acculturation, among a sample of 380 Japanese immigrants who lived in Texas. The study revealed that well-acculturated Japanese immigrants who enjoy U.S. culture and traditions as well as have more online and face-to-face c…
Ecological Influences on School Achievement in a Diverse Youth Sample: The Mediating Role of Substance Use
This study's purpose was to examine the extent to which closeness to family, peers, and school was associated with substance use and school achievement, based on the integrative model of ecological theory, social attachment theory, and social learning theory. A secondary data analysis was conducted on the first wave of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health). The final sample yielded 3,147 boys and 3,356 girls. A structu…
Religious and Gender Effects on Psychosocial Adaptation Among Japanese Immigrants
This exploratory study examined the effects of religious identification and gender on psychosocial adaptation among a nonrandom sample of 440 Japanese immigrants who lived in Texas. The study revealed that a religious effect became salient in terms of the cross-cultural adaptation and life outcomes of first-generation immigrants. Christian immigrants were significantly better adjusted than were their Buddhist or atheist counterparts. Although the…
Flourishing among Japanese Immigrants: A Positive Approach to Understanding Psychosocial Adaptation
Immigration can be an opportunity-maximizing and resource-creating process for immigrants. This cross-sectional survey study examined flourishing, the optimal state of psychosocial adaptation, in relation to social capital and acculturation, among a sample of 380 Japanese immigrants who lived in Texas. The study revealed that well-acculturated Japanese immigrants who enjoy U.S. culture and traditions as well as have more online and face-to-face c…
Dietary adaptation of immigrant families
Findings from this preliminary descriptive survey of 81 Japanese households who live in southeastern Pennsylvania reveal the unique challenges that immigrant families experience in regard to food. Retention of dietary traditions may become difficult when personal, psychological, and social concerns are involved, and dietary adaptation can be an inevitable process, resulting from certain life events, such as immigration to the United States, marri…
University teaching and learning in a time of social distancing: A sociocultural perspective
The emergence of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has challenged every aspect of our "normal" lives. COVID-19 requires us to make behavioral and attitudinal changes to coexist with the coronavirus. Universities have been affected substantially, and online teaching and learning have become the "new normal." The strategies to achieve this "new normal" and how they are received depend on the sociocultural context. This preliminary qualitativ…
Psychology (5 works) · Adaptation (eye (3 works) · Immigration (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Acculturation (2 works) · Developmental psychology (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Migration, Health and Trauma (2 works)