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Assessing Asian American Family Acculturation in Clinical Settings: Guidelines and Recommendations for Mental Health Professionals

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Handbook of Mental Health and Acculturation in Asian American Families

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In this chapter, we present the background and rationale for assessing acculturation in Asian American families. We discuss key Asian American family acculturation issues: family dynamics, family structure, developmental considerations, and family ecologies. In addition, we present clinical guidelines to assess Asian American family acculturation and its impact on the parent–child and couple subsystems.

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  1. Department of Psychology, University of San Francisco, 2130 Fulton Street, San Francisco, CA, 94117-1080, USA

    K. M. Chun

  2. Department of Psychology, California State University, Sacramento, Sacramento, CA, USA

    P. D. Akutsu

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Nhi-Ha Trinh

  2. Mental Health Division, Family, Youth, and Children’s Services, City of Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA

    Yanni Chun Rho

  3. Department of Psychiatry, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA

    Francis G. Lu

  4. Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Kathy Marie Sanders (Assistant Professor of Psychiatry) (Assistant Professor of Psychiatry)

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Chun, K.M., Akutsu, P.D. (2009). Assessing Asian American Family Acculturation in Clinical Settings: Guidelines and Recommendations for Mental Health Professionals. In: Trinh, NH., Rho, Y.C., Lu, F.G., Sanders, K.M. (eds) Handbook of Mental Health and Acculturation in Asian American Families. Current Clinical Psychiatry. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60327-437-1_6

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