| dc.description.abstract | As individuals and families move from India to Canada, they bring with them
the values, attitudes, and beliefs they held in their native country. During the process
of building new lives in a new country the immigrants are immersed in a culture
different then their own. As the East Indian immigrant population has grown, so has
the number of first-generation, Canadian born children of East Indian parents. The
focus of this study was to identify the relationship between acculturation and
attitudes held for both male and female children. In other words, this study looked at
the relationship between cultural factors (as determined by the level of parental and
child acculturation) within the family and attitudes toward occupational and
educational achievement for male and female children.
Results of this study found that East Indian parents placed significantly high
importance on both academic success and occupational success for their sons and
daughters. These expectations were understood and accepted by their children.
Finally, the importance with which parents viewed educational and occupational
achievements and their expectations for their children were not related to their level
of acculturation, their Canadian or Asian cultural values, or their level of endorsed
sex-role egalitarianism. | |
