Introduction: Rising Challenges and Opportunities of Uncertain Times for Asian American Families

Abstract

This chapter is an introduction to the edited volume that explores the dynamic processes at work within Asian American families. The chapters within survey understudied interstices of socioeconomic status, family processes, culture, and racial-ethnic socialization. Using various research approaches, the authors herein add to the growing and much-needed area of research on Asian American families, collectively advance knowledge in Asian American family processes with both depth and breadth and provide guidelines for conducting culturally appropriate and clinically effective interventions with Asian American families. Although the chapters in the book were mostly prepared before the political and cultural turmoil of 2016 and 2017, they can provide timely guidance for Asian American parents as their children navigate contemporary political and cultural challenges to their identity.