Desiree Baolian Qin
Biographic Data
| ID | 76353 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Desiree Baolian Qin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Desiree Baolian |
| FAMILY NAME | Qin |
| SIGNATURE | QIN D B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Michigan State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 290 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 8 |
From shame to strength: Emotional and meaning-making processes among academically suspended Chinese international students
While research on college student retention and attrition has grown, involuntary withdrawal through academic suspension remains largely overlooked. Even less is known about the lived experiences of academically suspended international students. This study addresses this gap by examining the short-term emotional responses, support following suspension, and long-term meaning-making processes of Chinese international students who experienced academi…
Beyond collectivism and individualism: Chinese international students' perceptions of contemporary child‐centered parenting
Adjustment and family dynamics among academically gifted Chinese and European American adolescents
Parenting–Acculturation Match and Psychosocial Adjustment for Academically Gifted Chinese American Adolescents
Objective Grounded in person–environment fit theory, we examine how different levels of parenting–acculturation match are associated with gifted Chinese American students' psychosocial adjustment. This study identifies parenting profiles indicated by psychological control and decisional autonomy granting and adolescents' acculturation profiles indicated by mainstream American culture and Chinese culture orientations. Background According to perso…
Longitudinal Associations Between Mother–Child and Father–Child Closeness and Conflict From Middle Childhood to Adolescence
Objective The present study aimed at examining the longitudinal associations between closeness and conflict in mother–child and father–child relationships from middle childhood to adolescence. Method Using six‐wave longitudinal data of mother–child and father–child relationships from Grades 1 to 9 from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development study ( N = 1,105 families; 79% Europ…
Handbook of Children and Prejudice: Integrating Research, Practice, and Policy
‘Car Talk’: Automobility and Chinese international students in Michigan
The apparent conspicuous consumption of luxury vehicles by Chinese international students attending a public Michigan University provides an opportunity to examine the convergence of different ideas about automobility. Upwardly mobile Chinese families send their children to Michigan, a state with a tradition of auto-production, for educational opportunities not available in China. The resulting ‘car talk’ of local residents about Chinese students…
Mistaken Identities: The Media and Parental Ethno-Religious Socialization in a Midwestern Sikh Community
Strong anti-Islamic sentiments increased dramatically after the 9/11 terror attacks on the United States, leading to an uptick in prejudice and the perpetration of hate crimes targeting Muslims. Sikh men and boys, often mistaken for Muslims, suffered as collateral damage. The overall health of both communities has been adversely affected by these experiences. Faced with such realities, communities and parents often adopt adaptive behaviors to fos…
Reactive and proactive ethnic–racial socialization practices of second-generation Asian American parents
Studies of Asian American parenting have primarily focused on first-generation immigrant parents. Few studies have examined the experiences of second-generation Asian American adults who now have children of their own. The purpose of this qualitative study, then, is to better understand the values, practices, and concerns of second-generation Asian American parents regarding ethnic and racial socialization. The sample included 34 Asian American p…
Maternal Monitoring Knowledge Change and Adolescent Externalizing Behaviors in Low-Income African American and Latino Families
Drawing on a sample of 318 African American and 354 Latino urban, low-income families, we identify maternal monitoring knowledge trajectories and examine which trajectory predicts fewer late-adolescent externalizing problems and which family and neighborhood factors predict trajectories with positive implications for late-adolescent externalizing behaviors. The majority of adolescents in both groups perceived long-term high levels of maternal mon…
My Culture Helps Me Make Good Decisions”: Cultural Adaptation of Sudanese Refugee Emerging Adults
The last two decades have witnessed growing research on the experiences of children and youth after migration or resettlement. However, nearly all of this research focuses on children and youth who arrived in the country with their parents. We know little of the unique experiences of refugee youngsters who came to this country without parental company. How do they negotiate the different cultures in the absence of parents? In this article, we dra…
Conflicts and communication between high-achieving Chinese American adolescents and their parents
Drawing on in-depth interview data collected on 18 high-achieving Chinese American students, the authors examine domains of acculturation-based conflicts, parent and child internal conflicts, and conflict resolution in their families. Their analyses show that well-established negative communication patterns in educational expectations, divergent attitudes toward other races and country of origin, and cultural and language barriers contributed to …
Successful adaptation among Sudanese unaccompanied minors: Perspectives of youth and foster parents
This study explores the adaptation of unaccompanied Sudanese refugee minors resettled in the US. Seven years after resettlement, in-depth interviews were conducted with 19 Sudanese youths and 20 foster parents regarding factors that contributed to successful adaptation. The youths emphasized personal agency and staying focused on getting an education. Foster parents emphasized the contribution of youths' developmental histories to individual diff…
The Lost Boys of Sudan: Coping with ambiguous loss and separation from parents
The Lost Boys of Sudan were separated from their families by civil war and subsequently lived in three other countries-Ethiopia, Kenya, and the United States. In-depth interviews were conducted with 10 refugees about their experiences of separation from parents and ambiguous loss, and the coping strategies the youth used when they did not know if other members of their family were dead or alive. All of the youth reported using both emotion-focuse…
Doing Well vs. Feeling Well: Understanding Family Dynamics and the Psychological Adjustment of Chinese Immigrant Adolescents
Being “Good” or Being “Popular: Gender and Ethnic Identity Negotiations of Chinese Immigrant Adolescents
In the last two decades, a corpus of research has been conducted to understand immigrant adolescent ethnic identity formation. However, few studies have examined the intersection of gender and ethnic identity. In this paper, drawing on mainly qualitative data collected on 72 Chinese immigrant adolescents, I present findings on the gendered expectations at home and school for Chinese immigrant adolescents and how they negotiated these expectations…
The “model minority” and their discontent: Examining peer discrimination and harassment of Chinese American immigrant youth
Using an ecological framework, the authors explore the reasons for peer discrimination and harassment reported by many Chinese American youth. They draw on longitudinal data collected on 120 first- and second-generation Chinese American students from two studies conducted in Boston and New York. Our analyses suggested that reasons for these experiences of harassment lay with the beliefs about academic ability, the students' immigrant status and l…
Gendered Processes of Adaptation: Understanding Parent-Child Relations in Chinese Immigrant Families
Gendered Perspectives in Psychology: Immigrant Origin Youth
In this article, we contend that the field of psychology has largely failed to foreground the role of gender in its study of immigration. Here, we review studies that address gender and migration focusing on the experience of children and adolescents. We provide developmental perspectives on family relations, well-being, identity formation, and educational outcomes, paying particular attention to the role of gender in these domains. We conclude w…
Our Child Doesn't Talk to Us Anymore: Alienation in Immigrant Chinese Families
Drawing on ethnographic data on two Chinese immigrant families over a five-year period, I illustrate how and why growing alienation occurred in these families. My analysis shows that a host of developmental, immigration-related, and cultural factors lead to growing alienation in parent-child relations. Social class also plays an important role in shaping family relations after migration. This article complicates understandings of the Chinese Amer…
Special Reviewers
Gendered Perspectives in Psychology: Immigrant Origin Youth
In this article, we contend that the field of psychology has largely failed to foreground the role of gender in its study of immigration. Here, we review studies that address gender and migration focusing on the experience of children and adolescents. We provide developmental perspectives on family relations, well-being, identity formation, and educational outcomes, paying particular attention to the role of gender in these domains. We conclude w…
Reactive and proactive ethnic–racial socialization practices of second-generation Asian American parents
Studies of Asian American parenting have primarily focused on first-generation immigrant parents. Few studies have examined the experiences of second-generation Asian American adults who now have children of their own. The purpose of this qualitative study, then, is to better understand the values, practices, and concerns of second-generation Asian American parents regarding ethnic and racial socialization. The sample included 34 Asian American p…
The “model minority” and their discontent: Examining peer discrimination and harassment of Chinese American immigrant youth
Using an ecological framework, the authors explore the reasons for peer discrimination and harassment reported by many Chinese American youth. They draw on longitudinal data collected on 120 first- and second-generation Chinese American students from two studies conducted in Boston and New York. Our analyses suggested that reasons for these experiences of harassment lay with the beliefs about academic ability, the students' immigrant status and l…
Being “Good” or Being “Popular: Gender and Ethnic Identity Negotiations of Chinese Immigrant Adolescents
In the last two decades, a corpus of research has been conducted to understand immigrant adolescent ethnic identity formation. However, few studies have examined the intersection of gender and ethnic identity. In this paper, drawing on mainly qualitative data collected on 72 Chinese immigrant adolescents, I present findings on the gendered expectations at home and school for Chinese immigrant adolescents and how they negotiated these expectations…
Gendered Processes of Adaptation: Understanding Parent-Child Relations in Chinese Immigrant Families
Our Child Doesn't Talk to Us Anymore: Alienation in Immigrant Chinese Families
Drawing on ethnographic data on two Chinese immigrant families over a five-year period, I illustrate how and why growing alienation occurred in these families. My analysis shows that a host of developmental, immigration-related, and cultural factors lead to growing alienation in parent-child relations. Social class also plays an important role in shaping family relations after migration. This article complicates understandings of the Chinese Amer…
Doing Well vs. Feeling Well: Understanding Family Dynamics and the Psychological Adjustment of Chinese Immigrant Adolescents
Successful adaptation among Sudanese unaccompanied minors: Perspectives of youth and foster parents
This study explores the adaptation of unaccompanied Sudanese refugee minors resettled in the US. Seven years after resettlement, in-depth interviews were conducted with 19 Sudanese youths and 20 foster parents regarding factors that contributed to successful adaptation. The youths emphasized personal agency and staying focused on getting an education. Foster parents emphasized the contribution of youths' developmental histories to individual diff…
My Culture Helps Me Make Good Decisions”: Cultural Adaptation of Sudanese Refugee Emerging Adults
The last two decades have witnessed growing research on the experiences of children and youth after migration or resettlement. However, nearly all of this research focuses on children and youth who arrived in the country with their parents. We know little of the unique experiences of refugee youngsters who came to this country without parental company. How do they negotiate the different cultures in the absence of parents? In this article, we dra…
Conflicts and communication between high-achieving Chinese American adolescents and their parents
Drawing on in-depth interview data collected on 18 high-achieving Chinese American students, the authors examine domains of acculturation-based conflicts, parent and child internal conflicts, and conflict resolution in their families. Their analyses show that well-established negative communication patterns in educational expectations, divergent attitudes toward other races and country of origin, and cultural and language barriers contributed to …
Mistaken Identities: The Media and Parental Ethno-Religious Socialization in a Midwestern Sikh Community
Strong anti-Islamic sentiments increased dramatically after the 9/11 terror attacks on the United States, leading to an uptick in prejudice and the perpetration of hate crimes targeting Muslims. Sikh men and boys, often mistaken for Muslims, suffered as collateral damage. The overall health of both communities has been adversely affected by these experiences. Faced with such realities, communities and parents often adopt adaptive behaviors to fos…
Special Reviewers
Gendered Perspectives in Psychology: Immigrant Origin Youth
In this article, we contend that the field of psychology has largely failed to foreground the role of gender in its study of immigration. Here, we review studies that address gender and migration focusing on the experience of children and adolescents. We provide developmental perspectives on family relations, well-being, identity formation, and educational outcomes, paying particular attention to the role of gender in these domains. We conclude w…
Our Child Doesn't Talk to Us Anymore: Alienation in Immigrant Chinese Families
Drawing on ethnographic data on two Chinese immigrant families over a five-year period, I illustrate how and why growing alienation occurred in these families. My analysis shows that a host of developmental, immigration-related, and cultural factors lead to growing alienation in parent-child relations. Social class also plays an important role in shaping family relations after migration. This article complicates understandings of the Chinese Amer…
Doing Well vs. Feeling Well: Understanding Family Dynamics and the Psychological Adjustment of Chinese Immigrant Adolescents
Being “Good” or Being “Popular: Gender and Ethnic Identity Negotiations of Chinese Immigrant Adolescents
In the last two decades, a corpus of research has been conducted to understand immigrant adolescent ethnic identity formation. However, few studies have examined the intersection of gender and ethnic identity. In this paper, drawing on mainly qualitative data collected on 72 Chinese immigrant adolescents, I present findings on the gendered expectations at home and school for Chinese immigrant adolescents and how they negotiated these expectations…
The “model minority” and their discontent: Examining peer discrimination and harassment of Chinese American immigrant youth
Using an ecological framework, the authors explore the reasons for peer discrimination and harassment reported by many Chinese American youth. They draw on longitudinal data collected on 120 first- and second-generation Chinese American students from two studies conducted in Boston and New York. Our analyses suggested that reasons for these experiences of harassment lay with the beliefs about academic ability, the students' immigrant status and l…
Gendered Processes of Adaptation: Understanding Parent-Child Relations in Chinese Immigrant Families
The Lost Boys of Sudan: Coping with ambiguous loss and separation from parents
The Lost Boys of Sudan were separated from their families by civil war and subsequently lived in three other countries-Ethiopia, Kenya, and the United States. In-depth interviews were conducted with 10 refugees about their experiences of separation from parents and ambiguous loss, and the coping strategies the youth used when they did not know if other members of their family were dead or alive. All of the youth reported using both emotion-focuse…
Successful adaptation among Sudanese unaccompanied minors: Perspectives of youth and foster parents
This study explores the adaptation of unaccompanied Sudanese refugee minors resettled in the US. Seven years after resettlement, in-depth interviews were conducted with 19 Sudanese youths and 20 foster parents regarding factors that contributed to successful adaptation. The youths emphasized personal agency and staying focused on getting an education. Foster parents emphasized the contribution of youths' developmental histories to individual diff…
Conflicts and communication between high-achieving Chinese American adolescents and their parents
Drawing on in-depth interview data collected on 18 high-achieving Chinese American students, the authors examine domains of acculturation-based conflicts, parent and child internal conflicts, and conflict resolution in their families. Their analyses show that well-established negative communication patterns in educational expectations, divergent attitudes toward other races and country of origin, and cultural and language barriers contributed to …
My Culture Helps Me Make Good Decisions”: Cultural Adaptation of Sudanese Refugee Emerging Adults
The last two decades have witnessed growing research on the experiences of children and youth after migration or resettlement. However, nearly all of this research focuses on children and youth who arrived in the country with their parents. We know little of the unique experiences of refugee youngsters who came to this country without parental company. How do they negotiate the different cultures in the absence of parents? In this article, we dra…
Maternal Monitoring Knowledge Change and Adolescent Externalizing Behaviors in Low-Income African American and Latino Families
Drawing on a sample of 318 African American and 354 Latino urban, low-income families, we identify maternal monitoring knowledge trajectories and examine which trajectory predicts fewer late-adolescent externalizing problems and which family and neighborhood factors predict trajectories with positive implications for late-adolescent externalizing behaviors. The majority of adolescents in both groups perceived long-term high levels of maternal mon…
Reactive and proactive ethnic–racial socialization practices of second-generation Asian American parents
Studies of Asian American parenting have primarily focused on first-generation immigrant parents. Few studies have examined the experiences of second-generation Asian American adults who now have children of their own. The purpose of this qualitative study, then, is to better understand the values, practices, and concerns of second-generation Asian American parents regarding ethnic and racial socialization. The sample included 34 Asian American p…
Handbook of Children and Prejudice: Integrating Research, Practice, and Policy
‘Car Talk’: Automobility and Chinese international students in Michigan
The apparent conspicuous consumption of luxury vehicles by Chinese international students attending a public Michigan University provides an opportunity to examine the convergence of different ideas about automobility. Upwardly mobile Chinese families send their children to Michigan, a state with a tradition of auto-production, for educational opportunities not available in China. The resulting ‘car talk’ of local residents about Chinese students…
Mistaken Identities: The Media and Parental Ethno-Religious Socialization in a Midwestern Sikh Community
Strong anti-Islamic sentiments increased dramatically after the 9/11 terror attacks on the United States, leading to an uptick in prejudice and the perpetration of hate crimes targeting Muslims. Sikh men and boys, often mistaken for Muslims, suffered as collateral damage. The overall health of both communities has been adversely affected by these experiences. Faced with such realities, communities and parents often adopt adaptive behaviors to fos…
Parenting–Acculturation Match and Psychosocial Adjustment for Academically Gifted Chinese American Adolescents
Objective Grounded in person–environment fit theory, we examine how different levels of parenting–acculturation match are associated with gifted Chinese American students' psychosocial adjustment. This study identifies parenting profiles indicated by psychological control and decisional autonomy granting and adolescents' acculturation profiles indicated by mainstream American culture and Chinese culture orientations. Background According to perso…
Longitudinal Associations Between Mother–Child and Father–Child Closeness and Conflict From Middle Childhood to Adolescence
Objective The present study aimed at examining the longitudinal associations between closeness and conflict in mother–child and father–child relationships from middle childhood to adolescence. Method Using six‐wave longitudinal data of mother–child and father–child relationships from Grades 1 to 9 from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development study ( N = 1,105 families; 79% Europ…
Adjustment and family dynamics among academically gifted Chinese and European American adolescents
From shame to strength: Emotional and meaning-making processes among academically suspended Chinese international students
While research on college student retention and attrition has grown, involuntary withdrawal through academic suspension remains largely overlooked. Even less is known about the lived experiences of academically suspended international students. This study addresses this gap by examining the short-term emotional responses, support following suspension, and long-term meaning-making processes of Chinese international students who experienced academi…
Beyond collectivism and individualism: Chinese international students' perceptions of contemporary child‐centered parenting
Psychology (16 works) · Developmental psychology (15 works) · Sociology (12 works) · Political science (11 works) · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research (9 works) · Immigration (7 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Chinese americans (6 works) · Ethnic group (6 works)