"We Had No Better Choice": Early and Prolonged Parent-Child Separation in Chinese Immigrant Families Article

Li, Ruoying, Wu, Yinbo, Yang, Xihan et al. (2026). "We Had No Better Choice": Early and Prolonged Parent-Child Separation in Chinese Immigrant Families . Asian American Journal of Psychology, 17(2), 146-157. 10.1037/aap0000407

Open Access

cited authors

  • Li, Ruoying; Wu, Yinbo; Yang, Xihan; Su, Shaobing

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authors

publication date

  • June 1, 2026

published in

keywords

  • Chinese immigrant families
  • EXPERIENCE
  • Ethnic Studies
  • Psychology
  • Psychology, Multidisciplinary
  • REUNIFICATION
  • Social Sciences
  • TRANSNATIONAL FAMILIES
  • impact of separation
  • parent-child separation
  • reasons for separation

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

publisher

  • EDUCATIONAL PUBLISHING FOUNDATION-AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC

start page

  • 146

end page

  • 157

volume

  • 17

issue

  • 2