Abstract
In the previous chapter I examined some of the sources of and differences between the cultural values of first- and second-generation Indian immigrants. Based on the literature review and on my own observations and experience, I offer here a description of some of the sources of intergenerational conflicts, first from the perspective of first-generation Indian immigrants and then from the perspective of second-generation immigrants. These identified sources of conflict and instruments used to measure intergenerational conflicts among other ethnic communities, such as Korean and Chinese immigrants, shaped the survey instrument used to measure intergenerational conflicts among the Asian-Indian immigrant community in the United States. The result of this survey is reported in Chap. 4 (also see Appendix).
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Sam George , Coconut Generation : Ministry to the Americanized Asian-Indians (Niles, IL: Mall Publishing Co., 2006) , 113.
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Dugsin , “Conflict and Healing in Family Experience of Second-Generation Immigrants from Indian Living in North America ,” 236–237.
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The phrase “moving at a distance” in this book means not following parental and community cultural values . For instance, in Indian culture , when two people meet together, they inquire about each member of the other’s family . At a family or community function, if their children do not participate as a part of the communal cultural practice, everyone will inquire as to the reason and, thus, parents or other members of the family who attend the function will be placed in an embarrassing situation.
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Lartey , In Living Color, 34.
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George, Coconut Generation , 56. Also see Sunita Shorabji, “Suicide Amongst Indian Americans: We’re Stressed, Depressed, But Who’s Listening?” India West News paper, July 12, 2013, http://www.indiawest.com/news/12062-suicide-amongst-indian-americans-we-re-stressed-depressed-but-who-s-listening.html?utm_source=Newsletter+-+2013+-+July+12&utm_campaign=DNL+-+July+12%2C+2013&utm_medium=email (accessed July 16, 2013).
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David W. Augsburger , Pastoral Counseling across Cultures. (Philadelphia, PA: The Westminster Press, 1986), 84.
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D.S. Sandhu , P.R. Portes , and S.A. McPhee , “Assessing Cultural Adaptation: Psychometric Properties of the Cultural Adaptation Pain Scale,” Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development, 24, no. 1 (January 25, 1996):15–25.
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Ibid.
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T.A. Kulanjiyil, “Landscape: Mental Health Needs of South Asian Indians,” in Caring for the South Asian Soul, ed. T.A. Kulanjiyil and D.V. Thomas (Bangalore: Primalogue), 22.
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Sandhu , Portes , and McPhee , 22.
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George , Coconut Generation, 100–101.
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Jacob, V. (2017). Cultural Identity and Intergenerational Conflicts. In: Counseling Asian Indian Immigrant Families. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64307-6_3
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