T. Shibusawab’s scientific contributions

... Family therapeutic programs in which family psychologists who are knowledgeable with multicultural settings and skilled in understanding intergenerational conflict or acculturation dissonance in immigrant families can provide culturally appropriate services to improve parent-child relationships in those families, such as the ones implemented for Asian American families (Cheung, 2021;Chung & Shibusawa, 2013;Hong & Ham 2001). As our study indicates, some subgroup differences among Hispanic and Asian immigrant families, future intervention programs can investigate indepth subgroup cultural differences to address specific needs of immigrant families of each ethnic group and train family therapists with cultural/ethnic awareness to improve the immigrant family relationships (Maldonado-Molina et al., 2006;Muir et al., 2004). ...

Reference:

The acculturation gap of parent–child relationships in immigrant families: A national study