Educational Issues and Adaptation of Vietnamese Youth
Compiled by Mark E. Pfeifer, PhD
(This bibliography is continually updated, please send additional references to the
editor at: vstudies@yahoo.com)
Most of the dissertations listed may be purchased at www.digitaldissertations.com
Gap analysis of Vietnamese student counselors' knowledge competencies by Le, Phuong
Nguyen, Ed.D., University of Southern California, 2009, 138 pages; AAT 3368706
The modernization of the national higher education of Vietnam, 1990s--present: American
universities---A resource and recourse by Duong, Hanh Thi Hong, D.A., St. John's
University (New York), 2009, 186 pages; AAT 3365691
AN Wilson; J Dollman. Social influences on physical activity in Anglo-Australian and
Vietnamese-Australian adolescent females in a single sex school. Publication: Journal of
science and medicine in sport / Sports Medicine Australia, 2009 Jan; 12(1): 119-22
Hoan Bui. Parent--Child Conflicts, School Troubles, and Differences in Delinquency
Across Immigration Generations. Publication: Crime & Delinquency, 55, no. 3 (2009): 412-
441
Leela Ramachandran; Steffanie Scott. Single-Player Universities in the South: The Role
of University Actors in Development in Vietnam's North Central Coast Region. Publication:
Regional Studies, 43, no. 5 (2009): 693-706.
Do Thi Ngoc Quyen. Contact hours in Dutch and Vietnamese higher education: a
comparison. Publication: Higher Education, 57, no. 6 (2009): 757-767
Kim Nguyen; Diane Oliver; Lynn Priddy. Criteria for Accreditation in Vietnam's Higher
Education: Focus on Input or Outcome? Publication: Quality in Higher Education, 15, no.
2 (2009): 123-134
W Y Chan; D Birman. Cross-and same-race friendships of Vietnamese immigrant
adolescents: A focus on acculturation and school diversity. Publication: International
Journal of Intercultural Relations, v33 n4 (200907): 313-324
C Lum; HL Corliss; VM Mays; SD Cochran; CK Lui. Differences in the drinking behaviors
of Chinese, Filipino, Korean, and Vietnamese college students. Publication: Journal of
studies on alcohol and drugs, 2009 Jul; 70(4): 568-74.
T N Ca. Reaching out to society: Vietnamese universities in transition. Publication:
Science & public policy. 36, no. 2, (2009): 91-96.
Transnationalization of professional identities: A study of five Vietnamese TESOL
educators by Sparks, Jason L., Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2008,
277 pages; AAT 3314904
Diversity within: subgroup differences of youth problem behaviors among asian pacific
islander American adolescents. By: Choi, Yoonsun. Journal of Community Psychology,
Apr2008, Vol. 36 Issue 3, p352-370, 19p
Becoming American: How Vietnamese immigrant youth construct citizenship
by Nguyen, Diem Thi, Ph.D., University of Washington, 2008; AAT 0820218
Choi Y, He M, Harachi TW
Intergenerational cultural dissonance, parent-child conflict and bonding, and youth
problem behaviors among Vietnamese and Cambodian immigrant families
JOURNAL OF YOUTH AND ADOLESCENCE 37 (1): 85-96 JAN 2008
Stritikus T, Nguyen D
Strategic transformation: Cultural and gender identity negotiation in first-generation
Vietnamese youth
AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH JOURNAL 44 (4): 853-895 DEC 2007
Ngo B, Lee SJ
Complicating the image of model minority success: A review of Southeast Asian American
education (Study includes Vietnamese-Americans)
REVIEW OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH 77 (4): 415-453 DEC 2007
Path analysis models of psychosocial adjustment among Southeast Asian immigrant youth
by Lim, May, Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Oregon, 2007, 140 pages; AAT 3276068
Impact of Perceived Racial Discrimination and Collective Self-Esteem on Psychological
Distress Among Vietnamese-American College Students: Sense of Coherence as
Mediator. By: Lam, Brian Trung. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, Jul2007, Vol. 77
Issue 3, p370-376, 7p
Comparison of parent- and self-ratings of behavioral and emotional problems in
Vietnamese adolescents in the United States as related to level of acculturation
by Nguyen, Celeste Anh Thu, Ph.D., Alliant International University, Los Angeles, 2007,
140 pages; AAT 3252737
The Socioeconomic Attainments of Second-Generation Cambodian, Hmong, Laotian, and
Vietnamese Americans. By: Sakamoto, Arthur; Woo, Hyeyoung. Sociological Inquiry,
Feb2007, Vol. 77 Issue 1, p44-75, 32p
Australian Vietnamese Students Learning Mathematics: High Ability Bilinguals and Their
Use of Their Languages. By: Clarkson, Philip. Educational Studies in Mathematics,
Feb2007, Vol. 64 Issue 2, p191-215, 25p,
Valerie Miller Maloof, Donald L. Rubin and Ann Neville Mille. (2006). “Cultural
Competence and Identity in Cross-cultural Adaptation: The Role of a Vietnamese Heritage
Language School.” International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism 9(2):
255–273.
Zha Blong Xiong; Eliason, Patricia A.; Detzner, Daniel F.; Cleveland, Michael J..
Southeast Asian Immigrants' Perceptions of Good Adolescents and Good Parents.
JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY, Mar2005, Vol. 139 Issue 2, p159, 17p
Le, Thao N.; Monfared, Golnoush; Stockdale, Gary D. The Relationship of School,
Parent, and Peer Contextual Factors with Self-Reported Delinquency for Chinese,
Cambodian, Laotian or Mien, and Vietnamese Youth. CRIME & DELINQUENCY, Apr2005,
Vol. 51 Issue 2, p192, 28p
Chang, Janet; Le, Thao N. The Influence of Parents, Peer Delinquency, and School
Attitudes on Academic Achievement in Chinese, Cambodian, Laotian or Mien, and
Vietnamese Youth. CRIME & DELINQUENCY. Apr2005, Vol. 51 Issue 2, p238, 27p
Kathleen A. Harrell. (2004). Identity development of Mexican and Vietnamese immigrant
students: A study of adult learners in community colleges. PhD Dissertation, University of
Houston.
Trang T. Henderson. (2004). Crossing cultural participation borders: Vietnamese
immigrant students in an American science classroom. PhD Dissertation, University of
Washington.
Buenaflor, Manuelita B. (2003). Does awareness of spiritual belief enable a juvenile in
counseling to make changes in behavior? PhD Dissertation, Union Institute and
University. (Study includes Vietnamese Youth)
Tran, Amber Ngoc-Thuy; (2003). Acculturative stressors affecting Vietnamese American
adolescents and their parents. PhD Dissertation, Pacific Graduate School of Psychology.
Champlin, Minh-Tran. (2002). Asian sisters in action: The psychosocial development of
Asian American female adolescents. PsyD Dissertation, The Wright Institute.
Dao, Minh Tram Nguyen. (2002). Vietnamese young adults' perception of parenting styles
and disciplinary practices. MSW Thesis, California State University, Long Beach.
Nguyen, My Hang Thi. (2002). The impacts of Vietnamese American parents' religious
values, beliefs, and practices on their children's academic performance. EdD Dissertation,
University of Houston.
Su, Maria. (2002). Smoking initiation among Vietnamese female adolescents. PsyD
Dissertation, ALLIANT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY, SAN FRANCISCO BAY.
Trinh, Dang Thanh. (2002). Factors related to public high school completion and non-
completion among Vietnamese refugee students. EdD Dissertation, UNIVERSITY OF
MISSOURI -SAINT LOUIS.
AU: Kim, RY TI: “Ethnic differences in academic achievement between Vietnamese and
Cambodian children: Cultural and structural explanations.” SO: SOCIOLOGICAL
QUARTERLY BP: 213 EP: 235 PG: 23 PY: 2002 PD: SPR VL: 43 IS: 2
AU: Phinney, JS Ong, AD TI: “Adolescent-parent disagreements and life satisfaction in
families from Vietnamese- and European-American backgrounds.” SO: INTERNATIONAL
JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL DEVELOPMENT BP: 556 EP: 561 PG: 6 PY: 2002 PD: NOV
VL: 26 IS: 6
AU Gloria, AM Ho, TA TI “Environmental, social, and psychological experiences of Asian
American undergraduates: Examining issues of academic persistence.” SO JOURNAL OF
COUNSELING AND DEVELOPMENT BP: 93 EP: 105 PG: 13 PY: 2003 PD: WIN VL: 81
IS: 1
Nguyen, HH; and von Eye, A. (2002). “The Acculturation Scale for Vietnamese
Adolescents (ASVA): A bidimensional perspective.” INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF
BEHAVIORAL DEVELOPMENT 26(3): 202-213.
Le Ha, P. (2002). “How do culturally situated notions of 'polite' forms influence the way
Vietnamese postgraduate students write academic English in Australia?” AUSTRALIAN
JOURNAL OF EDUCATION 45(3): 296-308.
Olenchak, FR and Hebert, TP. (2002). “Endangered academic talent: Lessons learned
from gifted first- generation college males.” JOURNAL OF COLLEGE STUDENT
DEVELOPMENT 43(2): 195-212.
Allendoerfer, C. (2001) Ethnic identity under construction: Vietnamese students in an
English as a second language classroom. In M. Hopkins and N. Wellmeier (eds.),
Negotiating transnationalism: Selected papers on refugees and immigrants, volume IX.
Arlington, VA: American Anthropological Association.
AU: Feliciano, C TI: The benefits of biculturalism: Exposure to inmigrant culture and
dropping out of school among Asian and Latino youths SO: SOCIAL SCIENCE
QUARTERLY BP: 865 EP: 879 PG: 15 PY: 2001 PD: DEC VL: 82 IS: 4
AU: Nagasawa, R Qian, ZC Wong, P TI: Theory of segmented assimilation and the
adoption of marijuana use and delinquent behavior by Asian Pacific youth SO:
SOCIOLOGICAL QUARTERLY BP: 351 EP: 372 PG: 22 PY: 2001 PD: SUM VL: 42 IS: 3
AU: Zhou, M Bankston, CL TI Family pressure and the educational experience of the
daughters of Vietnamese refugees SO: INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION BP: 133 EP: 151
PG: 19 PY: 2001 VL: 39 IS: 4
AU: Hall, A Khanh, LNB Son, TH Dung, NQ Lansdown, RG Dat, DT Hanh, NT Moestue,
H Khoi, HH Bundy, DAP TI: An association between chronic undernutrition and
educational test scores in Vietnamese children SO: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL
NUTRITION BP: 801 EP: 804 PG: 4 PY: 2001 PD: SEP VL: 55 IS: 9
AU: Phinney, JS Romero, I Nava, M Huang, D TI: The role of language, parents, and
peers in ethnic identity among adolescents in immigrant families (including Vietnamese).
SO: JOURNAL OF YOUTH AND ADOLESCENCE BP: 135 EP: 153 PG: 19 PY: 2001 PD:
APR VL: 30 IS: 2
AU: Loughry, M Flouri, E TI: The behavioral and emotional problems of former
unaccompanied refugee children 3-4 years after their return to Vietnam SO: CHILD
ABUSE & NEGLECT BP: 249 EP: 263 PG: 15 PY: 2001 PD: FEB VL: 25 IS: 2
Beuchling, O. 2001b. "Educational integration of Vietnamese pupils in a German School",
in: Cok Bakker & Karin Griffioen (Eds.): Religious dimension in intercultural education.
Theory and good practice. Tilburg: Dutch University Press, p.79-84.
Beuchling, O. 2001c. "Visiting a Buddhist pagoda. An ethnographic report of an interfaith
teaching unit of primary school pupils", in: Cok Bakker & Karin Griffioen (Eds.): Religious
dimension in intercultural education. Theory and good practice. Tilburg: Dutch University
Press, p.85-91.
Centrie, C.G.F. 2000. New lives new freedoms: The identity formation of Vietnamese
youth in an American high school. PhD Dissertation, State University of New York at
Buffalo.
Chen, J.P. 2000. The stressors and coping strategies of Vietnamese youth. PhD
Dissertation, UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS
Frank, R.A. 2000. Repositioned lives: Language, ethnicity, and narrative identity among
Chinese-Vietnamese community college students in Los Angeles' San Gabriel Valley
(California). PhD Dissertation, University of California at Los Angeles.
Nguyen, H.H. 2000. Testing an ecological model of acculturation: The role of cultural fit,
competence and belongingness as links to the acculturation and adjustment of
Vietnamese and Mexican adolescents. PhD Dissertation, Michigan State University.
Nguyen, T.T. 2000. A qualitative analysis of factors that influence the career development
of Vietnamese Americans. PhD Dissertation, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.
Nguyen, T.T. 2000. Differential effects of a multiple intelligences curriculum on student
performance. EdD Dissertation, Harvard University.
AU: McDonald, JL TI: Grammaticality judgments in a second language: Influences of age
of acquisition and native language. SO: APPLIED PSYCHOLINGUISTICS BP: 395 EP:
423 PG: 29 JI: Appl. Psycholinguist. PY: 2000 PD: SEP VL: 21 IS: 3
AU: Park, CC TI: Learning style preferences of Southeast Asian students SO: URBAN
EDUCATION BP: 245 EP: 268 PG: 24 PY: 2000 PD: SEP VL: 35 IS: 3
AU: Sauvageot, F Nguyen, DH Valentin, D TI: Do words evoke taste feelings? A
comparison between French, American and Vietnamese students. SO: SCIENCES DES
ALIMENTS BP: 491 EP: 522 PG: 32 PY: 2000 VL: 20 IS: 4-5
Allendoerfer, C.M. 1999. Creating `Vietnamerican’ Discourse: Ethnic Identity Construction
in the English-As-A-Second-Language Classroom. PhD Dissertation, University of
Wisconsin-Madison.
Beuchling, O. 1999. "Educational Integration of Vietnamese Pupils in a German School."
In Cok Bakker & Karin Griffioen (Eds). The Religious Dimension in Intercultural Education:
A Contextual Analysis. Brussels/Utrecht: University of Utrecht, pp. 50-55.
Hodge, M.A.T. 1999. Aiming High: Patterns of Involvement Among Limited English
Proficient Parents. Ed.D. Dissertation, University of Washington.
Nguyen, N.M.O.T. 1999. Vietnamese American Adolescents: Association Between
Acculturation and Family Support. MSW Thesis, California State University, Long Beach.
Robbins, K.L. 1999. Learning from learners: Gender dynamics in two constructivist EAL
classes for Vietnamese refugees. MA Thesis, Georgia State University.
Saito, L.T. 1999. Sociocultural Factors in the Educational Achievement of Vietnamese
American High School Students. EdD Dissertation, University of California, Irvine.
To, K.V.L. 1999. The Relationship of Ethnic Identity and Self-Esteem Among Vietnamese-
American College Students. PhD Dissertation, California School of Professional
Psychology, Los Angeles.
Vu, N.T. 1999. Vietnamese teachers' conceptions of teaching and learning. MA Thesis,
University of Toronto.
Wu, K.L. 1999. Transaction and Transition: An Asian Student’s Encounter with American
Texts in an Introduction to Literature Classroom. PhD Dissertation, University of Iowa.
AU: Mouw, T Xie, Y TI: Bilingualism and the academic achievement of first- and second-
generation Asian Americans: Accommodation with or without assimilation? SO:
AMERICAN SOCIOLOGICAL REVIEW BP: 232 EP: 252 PG: 21 PY: 1999 PD: APR VL: 64
IS: 2
AU: Helmke, A Schrader, FW TI: Do Asian students learn differently? Empirical studies on
learning behavior in Germany and in Vietnam. SO: ZEITSCHRIFT FUR PADAGOGIK BP:
81 EP: 102 PG: 22 JI: Z. Padagog. PY: 1999 PD: JAN-FEB VL: 45 IS: 1
Albers, M.I. 1998. Native Language Influence and UG Access: A Cross-Linguistic Study of
Thematic-Verb Raising in Chinese, Spanish, and Vietnamese Learners of English as a
Second Language. PhD Dissertation, University of Houston.
Boyer, N.G. 1998. Vietnamese Persistence in ESL. PhD Dissertation, University of
Southern California.
De Ment, T.L. 1998. Age Expectations of Autonomy and Parental Bonding in Mexican
American, Vietnamese, and EuroAmerican Adolescents. PhD Dissertation, The Claremont
Graduate University.
Le, T.T. 1998. Frequent classroom assessment and students' mathematics learning in a
Vietnamese context. MS Thesis, Simon Fraser University.
Lessard, M. 1998. Striking back at the schools. Vietnamologica, volume 3.
Maloof, V.M.M. 1998. The Role of a Vietnamese Ethnic Language School in the Cross-
Cultural Adaptation Process. PhD Dissertation, University of Georgia.
Nguyen, T.N.T. 1998. Students' approaches to learning physics in a Vietnamese
university: An investigation of teachers' and students' perceptions. MS Thesis, Simon
Fraser University.
Vo, T.T.P. 1998. An investigation of the use of concept mapping in teaching and learning
cellular respiration in a Vietnamese university. MS Thesis, Simon Fraser University.
Zhou, M. & C. Bankston. 1998. Growing Up American: How Vietnamese Children Adapt to
Life in the United States. New York: Russell Sage Foundation.
AU: Kempler, D Teng, EL Dick, M Taussig, IM Daviss, DS TI: The effects of age,
education, and ethnicity on verbal fluency. SO: JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL
NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY BP: 531 EP: 538 PG: 8 PY: 1998 PD: NOV VL: 4
IS: 6
AU: Bankston, CL TI: Sibling cooperation and scholastic performance among Vietnamese-
American secondary school students: An ethnic social relations theory. SO:
SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES BP: 167 EP: 184 PG: 18 PY: 1998 VL: 41 IS: 1
AU: Bankston, CL Zhou, M TI: Valedictorians and delinquents: the bifurcation of
Vietnamese American youth. SO: DEVIANT BEHAVIOR BP: 343 EP: 364 PG: 22 PY: 1997
PD: OCT-DEC VL: 18 IS: 4
Blank, S.M. 1997. Kid’s Culture: Ethnicity, Social Status, and Peer Relations Among
Latino, Vietnamese, and White Children. Phd Dissertation, University of California, Irvine.
Helms-Park, Rena. 1997. Building an L2 Lexicon: The Acquisition of Verb Classes
Relevant to Causativization in English by Speakers of Hindu-Urdu and Vietnamese. PhD
Dissertation, University of Toronto (Canada).
Nygren-Junkin, L.U. 1997. The Heritage Language Classroom as a Cultural Bridge with
Two-Way Traffic. PhD Dissertation, University of Toronto.
Rosen, C.F. 1997. Cultural Dimensions of Individualism-Collectivism and Power Distance:
Their Influence on Vietnamese and Anglo-American Undergraduates’ Conflict Resolution
Preferences in Developmental Education. PhD Dissertation, University of Minnesota.
Santry, P.A. 1997. The Way South Vietnamese Pronounce English. Frankfurt am Main:
Wissenschaftliche Buchhandlung T. Hector.
Tran-Nguyen, M.P. 1997. The Relationship Between Native Vietnamese Language
Literacy and English Language Reading Achievement of Vietnamese High School
Students. EdD Dissertation, Wayne State University.
Dang, T.N. 1996. Family Factors that Influence the Academic Achievement of Vietnamese-
Americans. PhD Dissertation, University of Akron.
Dinh, B.T. 1996. A Study of Cultural Conflict as Experienced by Adolescents of
Vietnamese Origin in Montreal Secondary Schools. MED Dissertation, McGill University,
Montreal, Canada.
Inoway-Ronnie, E.T. 1996. Teachers’ Construction of Cultural Diversity: An Ethnographic
Study of Two Multiethnic and Multiracial Head Start Classrooms. PhD Dissertation,
University of Wisconsin - Madison.
Nguyen, M.K. 1996. A Study of Vietnamese Parents’ Attitudes Towards Parental
Involvement in School. MSW Thesis, California State University, Long Beach.
Nguyen, M.N.A. 1996. Needs Assessment of Vietnamese Youth in South Bay. MSW
Thesis, California State University, Long Beach.
Bankston, C.L. III. 1995. Ethnic Community Involvement and Academic Achievement
Among Vietnamese-American Secondary School Students: A Community Study. PhD
Dissertation, Louisiana State University.
Davis, K.M. 1995. Language and Learning: A Case Study of a Vietnamese
Unaccompanied Minor in a Post-Secondary Setting. PhD Dissertation, Oregon State
University.
Mooney, E.R. 1995. The Effect of Various Factors on the Academic Achievement of
Vietnamese Students at Gold Coast College. PhD Dissertation, University of Southern
California.
Nguyen, H.H. 1995. Bridging the Many Worlds of Vietnamese Adolescents: A Study of the
Relationships Between Acculturation and Adjustment. MA Thesis, Michigan State
University.
Taylor, M.L. 1995. How Buddhist Vietnamese Parents Make Decisions for Their
Adolescent Children Who Attend Tara High School: A Case Study. PhD Dissertation,
Georgia State University.
Vakil-Kapoor, V. 1995. Effects of Gender and Culture on the Educational Experience of
Southeast Asian Women in Fresno City College. EdD Dissertation, University of San
Francisco.
Do, H.D. 1994. The New Outsiders: The Vietnamese Refugee Generation in Higher
Education. PhD Dissertation, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Do, V. T. 1994. Characteristics of Vietnamese Students in Community Colleges: A Case
Study. PhD Dissertation, The Claremont Graduate University and San Diego State
University.
Tran, M.V. 1994. The Schooling of Vietnamese American High School Students in
Oregon: Their Perspectives. EdD Dissertation, Portland State University.
Tung, P.N. 1994. Nonverbal Communication and Vietnamese Students in Canada: A
Study of Their Sensitivity to Canadian Facial Expressions of Fundamental Emotions and
Gestures and their Emblematic Hand Signals. EdD Dissertation, University of Toronto
(Canada).
Yu, H.C. 1994. The Complexity of Diversity: Understanding the Multiple Worlds of
Vietnamese High School Students. PhD Dissertation, Stanford University
Zhou, M. & C. Bankston III. 1994. “Social Capital and the Adaptation of the Second
Generation: the Case of Vietnamese Youth in New Orleans.” International Migration
Review 28:775-799.
Dao, M.N.T.H. 1993. An Investigation into the Application of the Reciprocal Teaching
Procedure to Enhance Reading Comprehension with Educationally At-Risk Vietnamese
American Pupils. PhD Dissertation, University of California, Berkeley with the University of
California, San Francisco.
Le, T.H. 1993. A Profile of Vietnamese Youth on Probation. MSW Thesis, California State
University, Long Beach.
Shemaria, M.M. 1993. The Influence of Acculturation and Emigration Trauma on Identity
Formation in Vietnamese Refugee Adolescents. PhD Dissertation, California School of
Professional Psychology - Berkeley/Alameda.
Stock, C.H. 1993. The Impact of California Policies on the Education of Indochinese
Children: the Implementation of AB 507 Effective 1980. EdD Dissertation, The Fielding
Institute.
Mitsomwang, S.S. 1992. Family Values and Behaviors in the Academic Perfomance of
Indochinese Refugee Students. PhD Dissertation, Vanderbilt University.
Penning, K.S. 1992. Tradition and Pragmatism: An Exploratory Study of the Career
Aspirations of Vietnamese College Students. MA Thesis, California State University,
Fullerton.
Lee, S.J. 1991. Ethnic Identification and Social Interaction: A Study of Asian-American
Students at a Philadelphia High School. PhD Dissertation, University of Pennsylvania.
Mogg, J.M. 1991. The Experience of Bicultural Conflict by Vietnamese Adolescent Girls in
Greater Vancouver. MA Thesis, Simon Fraser University (Canada).
Dillinger, B.J. 1990. Adolescent Refugees: An Ethnographic Study of Vietnamese Youth in
U.S. Schools. MA Thesis, Michigan State University.
DuBois, T.A. 1990. Growing up in Education: An Ethnography of Southeast Asian
Adolescent Life in Philadelphia Schools. PhD Dissertation, University of Pennsylvania.
Heifetz, J.N. 1990. The Acculturation of Vietnamese Refugee Adolescents and Adults in
Los Angeles. PhD Dissertation, University of California, Los Angeles.
Lew, S.A. 1990. Vietnamese Women in College: Their Experiences. PhD Dissertation,
Colorado State University.
Luce, Eric F. 1990. A Case Study of Cultural Adjustment: Vietnamese Students in an
American High School. PhD Dissertation, New York University.
Bui, T.V.T. 1989. A Causal Model Explaining English Reading Achievement of Vietnamese-
American High School Students. EdD Dissertation, University of Houston.
Fleming, S.J. 1989. Literacy and Language Use in Classroom and Community: The
Experience of Vietnamese Immigrants. MA Thesis, Simon Fraser University (Canada).
Guerra, W.A. 1989. Vietnamese Refugees’ Perceptions of Difficulty in Specific Domains of
English Language Use. EdD Dissertation, University of Houston.
Mayhorn, H.J. 1989. Attitudes of Vietnamese Parents and Their Children Toward the Use
of Vietnamese in School and at Home. EdD Dissertation, University of San Francisco.
Nguyen, N-D.T. 1989. The Process of Bilingual Tutoring and Its Relationship to the
Perceived Needs of Limited-English-Proficient Vietnamese Junior High School Students.
PhD Dissertation, Ohio State University.
Pham, L. 1989. Functional Patterns in Infant Bilingualism: A Case Study of the
Simultaneous Acquistion of Two Languages By a Three-Year Old Vietnamese-American
Child. EdD Dissertation, University of Houston.
Pham, Q.K. 1989. Experimental Impact of a Vietnamese/English Transitional Bilingual
Education Program (K-2) on Native and Second Language Proficiency. PhD Dissertation,
University of Arizona.
Platt, E.J. 1989. Testing the Null Subject Parameter in Adult Second Language
Acquisition: A Study of Vietnamese and Spanish Speakers Learning English. PhD
Dissertation, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Proner, R.C. 1989. An
Investigation of School Personnel’s Perceptions that Lead to the Identification of
Psychoeducational Problems in Vietnamese Students. PhD Dissertation, California School
of Professional Psychology - Los Angeles.
Tran, L-A. 1989. Acculturation of Vietnamese-American Women Students in Higher
Education. MS Thesis, California State University, Long Beach.
Hunt, D.J. 1988. The Effects of Stressful Life Experiences on the Adjustment of
Adolescent Vietnamese Refugees in Foster Care. PhD Dissertation, The George
Washington University.
Le, A.V. 1988. Stress, Coping Behaviors, and Emotional Outcomes Among Vietnamese
Refugee Youth. MS Thesis, California State University, Long Beach.
Lopez, N.J. 1988. The Relationship Between Type/Degree of Acculturation, Academic
Achievement, and Acculturative Stress Among Vietnamese College Students. PhD
Dissertation, California School of Professional Psychology - Los Angeles.
Riney, T.J. 1988. The Interlanguage Phonology of Vietnamese English. PhD Dissertation,
Georgetown University.
Mounts, Z.Z. 1987. Cebebral Dominance and Cognitive Style Among Indochinese
Children. PhD Dissertation, University of Washington
Schafer-Taylor, M. 1987. Factors Influencing Educational Outcomes for Indochinese
Students in the Public Elementary Schools of Philadelphia. EdD Dissertation, Temple
University.
Dhawan, G. 1986. An Education, Employment and Health Needs Assessment of
Southeast Asian Women Living in Central Iowa. PhD Dissertation, Iowa State University
Hatfield, D.H. 1986. Tense Marking in the Spoken English of Vietnamese Refugees. PhD
Dissertation, Georgetown University.
Juhl, L.R. 1986. A Comparative Study of Characteristics of High-Achieving Vietnamese
and American (Anglo) High School Mathematics Students. EdD Dissertation, University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Shore, W.B. 1986. Differences in Adjustment of Vietnamese, Indian, and Latin American
Students at a Mid-Atlantic Community College. PhD Dissertation, University of Georgia.
Prendergast, N.A 1985. Vietnamese Refugee Family in the United States From 1975 to
1985: A Case Study in Education and Culture. PhD Dissertation, Loyola University of
Chicago.
Terdal, M.S. 1985. Learning to Read and Write in English: Case Studies of Two
Southeast Asian Students in a Northwest Urban High School. PhD Dissertation, University
of Oregon
Blakely, M.M. 1984. Refugees and American Schools: A Field Study of Southeast Asians
in One Community. PhD Dissertation, University of Oregon.
Ruangthai, P. 1984. Hemispheric Dominance and Academic Achievement of Laotian and
Vietnamese Refugee Children in Utah County. EdD Dissertation, Brigham Young
University.
Castro, N.A. 1983. Cultural Change and the Process of Adjustment: A Study of the
Adjustment of Vietnamese Refugee Children Who Attend the Public Schools. PhD
Dissertation, Arizona State University.
Cornell, J.B. 1983. A Study of Time Sufficiency and Perceived Needs for Learning English
as a Second Language by Southeast Asian Students, Teachers, and Program Managers.
PhD Dissertation, University of Colorado at Boulder.
Nguyen, Q.H. 1983. Improvement of English Speaking Ability By Native Vietnamese - A
Technological Approach. EdD Dissertation, The Catholic University of America.
Pham, D.B. 1983. Success of Selected Vietnamese Refugees in Southern California as
Influenced by Publically Assisted Higher Education. MPA Thesis, California State
University, Long Beach.
Picus, M.A. 1983. The Writing Strategies of Vietnamese Students. MA Thesis, University
of Houston.
Thai, N-M.T. 1982. The Relationship of Reading Achievement and the Self-Concept of
Vietnamese Refugee Students. PhD Dissertation, The Florida State University.
Moked, M. 1981. Areas of Cultural Interference in the Learning of ESL Experienced by
Vietnamese Adults in the American Classroom. EdD Dissertation, Rutgers, The State
University of New Jersey - New Brunswick.
Zimmerman, D.G. 1981. The Predictive Validity of the Michigan Test of Aural
Comprehension and the Michigan Test of English Language Proficiency for Recent Asian
and Southeast Asian Immigrants in Higher Education. PhD Dissertation, University of
Colorado at Boulder.
Cameron, A.S. 1980. A Questionnaire Approach to Improving Communication Between
Teachers and the Parents of Indochinese Refugee Schoolchildren. PhD Dissertation,
University of Oregon.
Chu-Quang-Minh, P. 1980. Creative Thinking in Male and Female Vietnamese, Filipino,
and Anglo-American College Undergraduate Students, as Measured by the Torrance
Tests of Creativity. EdD Dissertation, University of the Pacific.
Le, N-S. 1980. Effects of Visual Training in Decentering of Perception: A Study of
Vietnamese Refugee Children in the United States. PhD Dissertation, The University of
Oklahoma.
Metzinger, A.B. 1980. A Comparison of the Nutrient Intakes of Black, Caucasian, and
Vietnamese Elementary School Students Participating in the National School Lunch
Program in the New Orleans Public Schools. DRPH Dissertation, Tulane University,
School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine.
Rupp, J.H. 1980. Cerebral Language Dominance in Vietnamese-English Bilingual
Children. PhD Dissertation, The University of New Mexico
Kjarsgaard, M.M. 1979. The Order of English Morpheme Category Acquisition by
Vietnamese Children. EdD Dissertation, Arizona State University.
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Gap analysis of Vietnamese student counselors' knowledge competencies by Le, Phuong
Nguyen, Ed.D., University of Southern California, 2009, 138 pages; AAT 3368706
The modernization of the national higher education of Vietnam, 1990s--present: American
universities---A resource and recourse by Duong, Hanh Thi Hong, D.A., St. John's
University (New York), 2009, 186 pages; AAT 3365691
AN Wilson; J Dollman. Social influences on physical activity in Anglo-Australian and
Vietnamese-Australian adolescent females in a single sex school. Publication: Journal of
science and medicine in sport / Sports Medicine Australia, 2009 Jan; 12(1): 119-22
Hoan Bui. Parent--Child Conflicts, School Troubles, and Differences in Delinquency
Across Immigration Generations. Publication: Crime & Delinquency, 55, no. 3 (2009): 412-
441
Leela Ramachandran; Steffanie Scott. Single-Player Universities in the South: The Role
of University Actors in Development in Vietnam's North Central Coast Region. Publication:
Regional Studies, 43, no. 5 (2009): 693-706.
Do Thi Ngoc Quyen. Contact hours in Dutch and Vietnamese higher education: a
comparison. Publication: Higher Education, 57, no. 6 (2009): 757-767
Kim Nguyen; Diane Oliver; Lynn Priddy. Criteria for Accreditation in Vietnam's Higher
Education: Focus on Input or Outcome? Publication: Quality in Higher Education, 15, no.
2 (2009): 123-134
W Y Chan; D Birman. Cross-and same-race friendships of Vietnamese immigrant
adolescents: A focus on acculturation and school diversity. Publication: International
Journal of Intercultural Relations, v33 n4 (200907): 313-324
C Lum; HL Corliss; VM Mays; SD Cochran; CK Lui. Differences in the drinking behaviors
of Chinese, Filipino, Korean, and Vietnamese college students. Publication: Journal of
studies on alcohol and drugs, 2009 Jul; 70(4): 568-74.
T N Ca. Reaching out to society: Vietnamese universities in transition. Publication:
Science & public policy. 36, no. 2, (2009): 91-96.
Transnationalization of professional identities: A study of five Vietnamese TESOL
educators by Sparks, Jason L., Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2008,
277 pages; AAT 3314904
Diversity within: subgroup differences of youth problem behaviors among asian pacific
islander American adolescents. By: Choi, Yoonsun. Journal of Community Psychology,
Apr2008, Vol. 36 Issue 3, p352-370, 19p
Becoming American: How Vietnamese immigrant youth construct citizenship
by Nguyen, Diem Thi, Ph.D., University of Washington, 2008; AAT 0820218
Choi Y, He M, Harachi TW
Intergenerational cultural dissonance, parent-child conflict and bonding, and youth
problem behaviors among Vietnamese and Cambodian immigrant families
JOURNAL OF YOUTH AND ADOLESCENCE 37 (1): 85-96 JAN 2008
Stritikus T, Nguyen D
Strategic transformation: Cultural and gender identity negotiation in first-generation
Vietnamese youth
AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH JOURNAL 44 (4): 853-895 DEC 2007
Ngo B, Lee SJ
Complicating the image of model minority success: A review of Southeast Asian American
education (Study includes Vietnamese-Americans)
REVIEW OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH 77 (4): 415-453 DEC 2007
Path analysis models of psychosocial adjustment among Southeast Asian immigrant youth
by Lim, May, Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Oregon, 2007, 140 pages; AAT 3276068
Impact of Perceived Racial Discrimination and Collective Self-Esteem on Psychological
Distress Among Vietnamese-American College Students: Sense of Coherence as
Mediator. By: Lam, Brian Trung. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, Jul2007, Vol. 77
Issue 3, p370-376, 7p
Comparison of parent- and self-ratings of behavioral and emotional problems in
Vietnamese adolescents in the United States as related to level of acculturation
by Nguyen, Celeste Anh Thu, Ph.D., Alliant International University, Los Angeles, 2007,
140 pages; AAT 3252737
The Socioeconomic Attainments of Second-Generation Cambodian, Hmong, Laotian, and
Vietnamese Americans. By: Sakamoto, Arthur; Woo, Hyeyoung. Sociological Inquiry,
Feb2007, Vol. 77 Issue 1, p44-75, 32p
Australian Vietnamese Students Learning Mathematics: High Ability Bilinguals and Their
Use of Their Languages. By: Clarkson, Philip. Educational Studies in Mathematics,
Feb2007, Vol. 64 Issue 2, p191-215, 25p,
Valerie Miller Maloof, Donald L. Rubin and Ann Neville Mille. (2006). “Cultural
Competence and Identity in Cross-cultural Adaptation: The Role of a Vietnamese Heritage
Language School.” International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism 9(2):
255–273.
Zha Blong Xiong; Eliason, Patricia A.; Detzner, Daniel F.; Cleveland, Michael J..
Southeast Asian Immigrants' Perceptions of Good Adolescents and Good Parents.
JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY, Mar2005, Vol. 139 Issue 2, p159, 17p
Le, Thao N.; Monfared, Golnoush; Stockdale, Gary D. The Relationship of School,
Parent, and Peer Contextual Factors with Self-Reported Delinquency for Chinese,
Cambodian, Laotian or Mien, and Vietnamese Youth. CRIME & DELINQUENCY, Apr2005,
Vol. 51 Issue 2, p192, 28p
Chang, Janet; Le, Thao N. The Influence of Parents, Peer Delinquency, and School
Attitudes on Academic Achievement in Chinese, Cambodian, Laotian or Mien, and
Vietnamese Youth. CRIME & DELINQUENCY. Apr2005, Vol. 51 Issue 2, p238, 27p
Kathleen A. Harrell. (2004). Identity development of Mexican and Vietnamese immigrant
students: A study of adult learners in community colleges. PhD Dissertation, University of
Houston.
Trang T. Henderson. (2004). Crossing cultural participation borders: Vietnamese
immigrant students in an American science classroom. PhD Dissertation, University of
Washington.
Buenaflor, Manuelita B. (2003). Does awareness of spiritual belief enable a juvenile in
counseling to make changes in behavior? PhD Dissertation, Union Institute and
University. (Study includes Vietnamese Youth)
Tran, Amber Ngoc-Thuy; (2003). Acculturative stressors affecting Vietnamese American
adolescents and their parents. PhD Dissertation, Pacific Graduate School of Psychology.
Champlin, Minh-Tran. (2002). Asian sisters in action: The psychosocial development of
Asian American female adolescents. PsyD Dissertation, The Wright Institute.
Dao, Minh Tram Nguyen. (2002). Vietnamese young adults' perception of parenting styles
and disciplinary practices. MSW Thesis, California State University, Long Beach.
Nguyen, My Hang Thi. (2002). The impacts of Vietnamese American parents' religious
values, beliefs, and practices on their children's academic performance. EdD Dissertation,
University of Houston.
Su, Maria. (2002). Smoking initiation among Vietnamese female adolescents. PsyD
Dissertation, ALLIANT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY, SAN FRANCISCO BAY.
Trinh, Dang Thanh. (2002). Factors related to public high school completion and non-
completion among Vietnamese refugee students. EdD Dissertation, UNIVERSITY OF
MISSOURI -SAINT LOUIS.
AU: Kim, RY TI: “Ethnic differences in academic achievement between Vietnamese and
Cambodian children: Cultural and structural explanations.” SO: SOCIOLOGICAL
QUARTERLY BP: 213 EP: 235 PG: 23 PY: 2002 PD: SPR VL: 43 IS: 2
AU: Phinney, JS Ong, AD TI: “Adolescent-parent disagreements and life satisfaction in
families from Vietnamese- and European-American backgrounds.” SO: INTERNATIONAL
JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL DEVELOPMENT BP: 556 EP: 561 PG: 6 PY: 2002 PD: NOV
VL: 26 IS: 6
AU Gloria, AM Ho, TA TI “Environmental, social, and psychological experiences of Asian
American undergraduates: Examining issues of academic persistence.” SO JOURNAL OF
COUNSELING AND DEVELOPMENT BP: 93 EP: 105 PG: 13 PY: 2003 PD: WIN VL: 81
IS: 1
Nguyen, HH; and von Eye, A. (2002). “The Acculturation Scale for Vietnamese
Adolescents (ASVA): A bidimensional perspective.” INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF
BEHAVIORAL DEVELOPMENT 26(3): 202-213.
Le Ha, P. (2002). “How do culturally situated notions of 'polite' forms influence the way
Vietnamese postgraduate students write academic English in Australia?” AUSTRALIAN
JOURNAL OF EDUCATION 45(3): 296-308.
Olenchak, FR and Hebert, TP. (2002). “Endangered academic talent: Lessons learned
from gifted first- generation college males.” JOURNAL OF COLLEGE STUDENT
DEVELOPMENT 43(2): 195-212.
Allendoerfer, C. (2001) Ethnic identity under construction: Vietnamese students in an
English as a second language classroom. In M. Hopkins and N. Wellmeier (eds.),
Negotiating transnationalism: Selected papers on refugees and immigrants, volume IX.
Arlington, VA: American Anthropological Association.
AU: Feliciano, C TI: The benefits of biculturalism: Exposure to inmigrant culture and
dropping out of school among Asian and Latino youths SO: SOCIAL SCIENCE
QUARTERLY BP: 865 EP: 879 PG: 15 PY: 2001 PD: DEC VL: 82 IS: 4
AU: Nagasawa, R Qian, ZC Wong, P TI: Theory of segmented assimilation and the
adoption of marijuana use and delinquent behavior by Asian Pacific youth SO:
SOCIOLOGICAL QUARTERLY BP: 351 EP: 372 PG: 22 PY: 2001 PD: SUM VL: 42 IS: 3
AU: Zhou, M Bankston, CL TI Family pressure and the educational experience of the
daughters of Vietnamese refugees SO: INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION BP: 133 EP: 151
PG: 19 PY: 2001 VL: 39 IS: 4
AU: Hall, A Khanh, LNB Son, TH Dung, NQ Lansdown, RG Dat, DT Hanh, NT Moestue,
H Khoi, HH Bundy, DAP TI: An association between chronic undernutrition and
educational test scores in Vietnamese children SO: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL
NUTRITION BP: 801 EP: 804 PG: 4 PY: 2001 PD: SEP VL: 55 IS: 9
AU: Phinney, JS Romero, I Nava, M Huang, D TI: The role of language, parents, and
peers in ethnic identity among adolescents in immigrant families (including Vietnamese).
SO: JOURNAL OF YOUTH AND ADOLESCENCE BP: 135 EP: 153 PG: 19 PY: 2001 PD:
APR VL: 30 IS: 2
AU: Loughry, M Flouri, E TI: The behavioral and emotional problems of former
unaccompanied refugee children 3-4 years after their return to Vietnam SO: CHILD
ABUSE & NEGLECT BP: 249 EP: 263 PG: 15 PY: 2001 PD: FEB VL: 25 IS: 2
Beuchling, O. 2001b. "Educational integration of Vietnamese pupils in a German School",
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Theory and good practice. Tilburg: Dutch University Press, p.79-84.
Beuchling, O. 2001c. "Visiting a Buddhist pagoda. An ethnographic report of an interfaith
teaching unit of primary school pupils", in: Cok Bakker & Karin Griffioen (Eds.): Religious
dimension in intercultural education. Theory and good practice. Tilburg: Dutch University
Press, p.85-91.
Centrie, C.G.F. 2000. New lives new freedoms: The identity formation of Vietnamese
youth in an American high school. PhD Dissertation, State University of New York at
Buffalo.
Chen, J.P. 2000. The stressors and coping strategies of Vietnamese youth. PhD
Dissertation, UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS
Frank, R.A. 2000. Repositioned lives: Language, ethnicity, and narrative identity among
Chinese-Vietnamese community college students in Los Angeles' San Gabriel Valley
(California). PhD Dissertation, University of California at Los Angeles.
Nguyen, H.H. 2000. Testing an ecological model of acculturation: The role of cultural fit,
competence and belongingness as links to the acculturation and adjustment of
Vietnamese and Mexican adolescents. PhD Dissertation, Michigan State University.
Nguyen, T.T. 2000. A qualitative analysis of factors that influence the career development
of Vietnamese Americans. PhD Dissertation, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.
Nguyen, T.T. 2000. Differential effects of a multiple intelligences curriculum on student
performance. EdD Dissertation, Harvard University.
AU: McDonald, JL TI: Grammaticality judgments in a second language: Influences of age
of acquisition and native language. SO: APPLIED PSYCHOLINGUISTICS BP: 395 EP:
423 PG: 29 JI: Appl. Psycholinguist. PY: 2000 PD: SEP VL: 21 IS: 3
AU: Park, CC TI: Learning style preferences of Southeast Asian students SO: URBAN
EDUCATION BP: 245 EP: 268 PG: 24 PY: 2000 PD: SEP VL: 35 IS: 3
AU: Sauvageot, F Nguyen, DH Valentin, D TI: Do words evoke taste feelings? A
comparison between French, American and Vietnamese students. SO: SCIENCES DES
ALIMENTS BP: 491 EP: 522 PG: 32 PY: 2000 VL: 20 IS: 4-5
Allendoerfer, C.M. 1999. Creating `Vietnamerican’ Discourse: Ethnic Identity Construction
in the English-As-A-Second-Language Classroom. PhD Dissertation, University of
Wisconsin-Madison.
Beuchling, O. 1999. "Educational Integration of Vietnamese Pupils in a German School."
In Cok Bakker & Karin Griffioen (Eds). The Religious Dimension in Intercultural Education:
A Contextual Analysis. Brussels/Utrecht: University of Utrecht, pp. 50-55.
Hodge, M.A.T. 1999. Aiming High: Patterns of Involvement Among Limited English
Proficient Parents. Ed.D. Dissertation, University of Washington.
Nguyen, N.M.O.T. 1999. Vietnamese American Adolescents: Association Between
Acculturation and Family Support. MSW Thesis, California State University, Long Beach.
Robbins, K.L. 1999. Learning from learners: Gender dynamics in two constructivist EAL
classes for Vietnamese refugees. MA Thesis, Georgia State University.
Saito, L.T. 1999. Sociocultural Factors in the Educational Achievement of Vietnamese
American High School Students. EdD Dissertation, University of California, Irvine.
To, K.V.L. 1999. The Relationship of Ethnic Identity and Self-Esteem Among Vietnamese-
American College Students. PhD Dissertation, California School of Professional
Psychology, Los Angeles.
Vu, N.T. 1999. Vietnamese teachers' conceptions of teaching and learning. MA Thesis,
University of Toronto.
Wu, K.L. 1999. Transaction and Transition: An Asian Student’s Encounter with American
Texts in an Introduction to Literature Classroom. PhD Dissertation, University of Iowa.
AU: Mouw, T Xie, Y TI: Bilingualism and the academic achievement of first- and second-
generation Asian Americans: Accommodation with or without assimilation? SO:
AMERICAN SOCIOLOGICAL REVIEW BP: 232 EP: 252 PG: 21 PY: 1999 PD: APR VL: 64
IS: 2
AU: Helmke, A Schrader, FW TI: Do Asian students learn differently? Empirical studies on
learning behavior in Germany and in Vietnam. SO: ZEITSCHRIFT FUR PADAGOGIK BP:
81 EP: 102 PG: 22 JI: Z. Padagog. PY: 1999 PD: JAN-FEB VL: 45 IS: 1
Albers, M.I. 1998. Native Language Influence and UG Access: A Cross-Linguistic Study of
Thematic-Verb Raising in Chinese, Spanish, and Vietnamese Learners of English as a
Second Language. PhD Dissertation, University of Houston.
Boyer, N.G. 1998. Vietnamese Persistence in ESL. PhD Dissertation, University of
Southern California.
De Ment, T.L. 1998. Age Expectations of Autonomy and Parental Bonding in Mexican
American, Vietnamese, and EuroAmerican Adolescents. PhD Dissertation, The Claremont
Graduate University.
Le, T.T. 1998. Frequent classroom assessment and students' mathematics learning in a
Vietnamese context. MS Thesis, Simon Fraser University.
Lessard, M. 1998. Striking back at the schools. Vietnamologica, volume 3.
Maloof, V.M.M. 1998. The Role of a Vietnamese Ethnic Language School in the Cross-
Cultural Adaptation Process. PhD Dissertation, University of Georgia.
Nguyen, T.N.T. 1998. Students' approaches to learning physics in a Vietnamese
university: An investigation of teachers' and students' perceptions. MS Thesis, Simon
Fraser University.
Vo, T.T.P. 1998. An investigation of the use of concept mapping in teaching and learning
cellular respiration in a Vietnamese university. MS Thesis, Simon Fraser University.
Zhou, M. & C. Bankston. 1998. Growing Up American: How Vietnamese Children Adapt to
Life in the United States. New York: Russell Sage Foundation.
AU: Kempler, D Teng, EL Dick, M Taussig, IM Daviss, DS TI: The effects of age,
education, and ethnicity on verbal fluency. SO: JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL
NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY BP: 531 EP: 538 PG: 8 PY: 1998 PD: NOV VL: 4
IS: 6
AU: Bankston, CL TI: Sibling cooperation and scholastic performance among Vietnamese-
American secondary school students: An ethnic social relations theory. SO:
SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES BP: 167 EP: 184 PG: 18 PY: 1998 VL: 41 IS: 1
AU: Bankston, CL Zhou, M TI: Valedictorians and delinquents: the bifurcation of
Vietnamese American youth. SO: DEVIANT BEHAVIOR BP: 343 EP: 364 PG: 22 PY: 1997
PD: OCT-DEC VL: 18 IS: 4
Blank, S.M. 1997. Kid’s Culture: Ethnicity, Social Status, and Peer Relations Among
Latino, Vietnamese, and White Children. Phd Dissertation, University of California, Irvine.
Helms-Park, Rena. 1997. Building an L2 Lexicon: The Acquisition of Verb Classes
Relevant to Causativization in English by Speakers of Hindu-Urdu and Vietnamese. PhD
Dissertation, University of Toronto (Canada).
Nygren-Junkin, L.U. 1997. The Heritage Language Classroom as a Cultural Bridge with
Two-Way Traffic. PhD Dissertation, University of Toronto.
Rosen, C.F. 1997. Cultural Dimensions of Individualism-Collectivism and Power Distance:
Their Influence on Vietnamese and Anglo-American Undergraduates’ Conflict Resolution
Preferences in Developmental Education. PhD Dissertation, University of Minnesota.
Santry, P.A. 1997. The Way South Vietnamese Pronounce English. Frankfurt am Main:
Wissenschaftliche Buchhandlung T. Hector.
Tran-Nguyen, M.P. 1997. The Relationship Between Native Vietnamese Language
Literacy and English Language Reading Achievement of Vietnamese High School
Students. EdD Dissertation, Wayne State University.
Dang, T.N. 1996. Family Factors that Influence the Academic Achievement of Vietnamese-
Americans. PhD Dissertation, University of Akron.
Dinh, B.T. 1996. A Study of Cultural Conflict as Experienced by Adolescents of
Vietnamese Origin in Montreal Secondary Schools. MED Dissertation, McGill University,
Montreal, Canada.
Inoway-Ronnie, E.T. 1996. Teachers’ Construction of Cultural Diversity: An Ethnographic
Study of Two Multiethnic and Multiracial Head Start Classrooms. PhD Dissertation,
University of Wisconsin - Madison.
Nguyen, M.K. 1996. A Study of Vietnamese Parents’ Attitudes Towards Parental
Involvement in School. MSW Thesis, California State University, Long Beach.
Nguyen, M.N.A. 1996. Needs Assessment of Vietnamese Youth in South Bay. MSW
Thesis, California State University, Long Beach.
Bankston, C.L. III. 1995. Ethnic Community Involvement and Academic Achievement
Among Vietnamese-American Secondary School Students: A Community Study. PhD
Dissertation, Louisiana State University.
Davis, K.M. 1995. Language and Learning: A Case Study of a Vietnamese
Unaccompanied Minor in a Post-Secondary Setting. PhD Dissertation, Oregon State
University.
Mooney, E.R. 1995. The Effect of Various Factors on the Academic Achievement of
Vietnamese Students at Gold Coast College. PhD Dissertation, University of Southern
California.
Nguyen, H.H. 1995. Bridging the Many Worlds of Vietnamese Adolescents: A Study of the
Relationships Between Acculturation and Adjustment. MA Thesis, Michigan State
University.
Taylor, M.L. 1995. How Buddhist Vietnamese Parents Make Decisions for Their
Adolescent Children Who Attend Tara High School: A Case Study. PhD Dissertation,
Georgia State University.
Vakil-Kapoor, V. 1995. Effects of Gender and Culture on the Educational Experience of
Southeast Asian Women in Fresno City College. EdD Dissertation, University of San
Francisco.
Do, H.D. 1994. The New Outsiders: The Vietnamese Refugee Generation in Higher
Education. PhD Dissertation, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Do, V. T. 1994. Characteristics of Vietnamese Students in Community Colleges: A Case
Study. PhD Dissertation, The Claremont Graduate University and San Diego State
University.
Tran, M.V. 1994. The Schooling of Vietnamese American High School Students in
Oregon: Their Perspectives. EdD Dissertation, Portland State University.
Tung, P.N. 1994. Nonverbal Communication and Vietnamese Students in Canada: A
Study of Their Sensitivity to Canadian Facial Expressions of Fundamental Emotions and
Gestures and their Emblematic Hand Signals. EdD Dissertation, University of Toronto
(Canada).
Yu, H.C. 1994. The Complexity of Diversity: Understanding the Multiple Worlds of
Vietnamese High School Students. PhD Dissertation, Stanford University
Zhou, M. & C. Bankston III. 1994. “Social Capital and the Adaptation of the Second
Generation: the Case of Vietnamese Youth in New Orleans.” International Migration
Review 28:775-799.
Dao, M.N.T.H. 1993. An Investigation into the Application of the Reciprocal Teaching
Procedure to Enhance Reading Comprehension with Educationally At-Risk Vietnamese
American Pupils. PhD Dissertation, University of California, Berkeley with the University of
California, San Francisco.
Le, T.H. 1993. A Profile of Vietnamese Youth on Probation. MSW Thesis, California State
University, Long Beach.
Shemaria, M.M. 1993. The Influence of Acculturation and Emigration Trauma on Identity
Formation in Vietnamese Refugee Adolescents. PhD Dissertation, California School of
Professional Psychology - Berkeley/Alameda.
Stock, C.H. 1993. The Impact of California Policies on the Education of Indochinese
Children: the Implementation of AB 507 Effective 1980. EdD Dissertation, The Fielding
Institute.
Mitsomwang, S.S. 1992. Family Values and Behaviors in the Academic Perfomance of
Indochinese Refugee Students. PhD Dissertation, Vanderbilt University.
Penning, K.S. 1992. Tradition and Pragmatism: An Exploratory Study of the Career
Aspirations of Vietnamese College Students. MA Thesis, California State University,
Fullerton.
Lee, S.J. 1991. Ethnic Identification and Social Interaction: A Study of Asian-American
Students at a Philadelphia High School. PhD Dissertation, University of Pennsylvania.
Mogg, J.M. 1991. The Experience of Bicultural Conflict by Vietnamese Adolescent Girls in
Greater Vancouver. MA Thesis, Simon Fraser University (Canada).
Dillinger, B.J. 1990. Adolescent Refugees: An Ethnographic Study of Vietnamese Youth in
U.S. Schools. MA Thesis, Michigan State University.
DuBois, T.A. 1990. Growing up in Education: An Ethnography of Southeast Asian
Adolescent Life in Philadelphia Schools. PhD Dissertation, University of Pennsylvania.
Heifetz, J.N. 1990. The Acculturation of Vietnamese Refugee Adolescents and Adults in
Los Angeles. PhD Dissertation, University of California, Los Angeles.
Lew, S.A. 1990. Vietnamese Women in College: Their Experiences. PhD Dissertation,
Colorado State University.
Luce, Eric F. 1990. A Case Study of Cultural Adjustment: Vietnamese Students in an
American High School. PhD Dissertation, New York University.
Bui, T.V.T. 1989. A Causal Model Explaining English Reading Achievement of Vietnamese-
American High School Students. EdD Dissertation, University of Houston.
Fleming, S.J. 1989. Literacy and Language Use in Classroom and Community: The
Experience of Vietnamese Immigrants. MA Thesis, Simon Fraser University (Canada).
Guerra, W.A. 1989. Vietnamese Refugees’ Perceptions of Difficulty in Specific Domains of
English Language Use. EdD Dissertation, University of Houston.
Mayhorn, H.J. 1989. Attitudes of Vietnamese Parents and Their Children Toward the Use
of Vietnamese in School and at Home. EdD Dissertation, University of San Francisco.
Nguyen, N-D.T. 1989. The Process of Bilingual Tutoring and Its Relationship to the
Perceived Needs of Limited-English-Proficient Vietnamese Junior High School Students.
PhD Dissertation, Ohio State University.
Pham, L. 1989. Functional Patterns in Infant Bilingualism: A Case Study of the
Simultaneous Acquistion of Two Languages By a Three-Year Old Vietnamese-American
Child. EdD Dissertation, University of Houston.
Pham, Q.K. 1989. Experimental Impact of a Vietnamese/English Transitional Bilingual
Education Program (K-2) on Native and Second Language Proficiency. PhD Dissertation,
University of Arizona.
Platt, E.J. 1989. Testing the Null Subject Parameter in Adult Second Language
Acquisition: A Study of Vietnamese and Spanish Speakers Learning English. PhD
Dissertation, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Proner, R.C. 1989. An
Investigation of School Personnel’s Perceptions that Lead to the Identification of
Psychoeducational Problems in Vietnamese Students. PhD Dissertation, California School
of Professional Psychology - Los Angeles.
Tran, L-A. 1989. Acculturation of Vietnamese-American Women Students in Higher
Education. MS Thesis, California State University, Long Beach.
Hunt, D.J. 1988. The Effects of Stressful Life Experiences on the Adjustment of
Adolescent Vietnamese Refugees in Foster Care. PhD Dissertation, The George
Washington University.
Le, A.V. 1988. Stress, Coping Behaviors, and Emotional Outcomes Among Vietnamese
Refugee Youth. MS Thesis, California State University, Long Beach.
Lopez, N.J. 1988. The Relationship Between Type/Degree of Acculturation, Academic
Achievement, and Acculturative Stress Among Vietnamese College Students. PhD
Dissertation, California School of Professional Psychology - Los Angeles.
Riney, T.J. 1988. The Interlanguage Phonology of Vietnamese English. PhD Dissertation,
Georgetown University.
Mounts, Z.Z. 1987. Cebebral Dominance and Cognitive Style Among Indochinese
Children. PhD Dissertation, University of Washington
Schafer-Taylor, M. 1987. Factors Influencing Educational Outcomes for Indochinese
Students in the Public Elementary Schools of Philadelphia. EdD Dissertation, Temple
University.
Dhawan, G. 1986. An Education, Employment and Health Needs Assessment of
Southeast Asian Women Living in Central Iowa. PhD Dissertation, Iowa State University
Hatfield, D.H. 1986. Tense Marking in the Spoken English of Vietnamese Refugees. PhD
Dissertation, Georgetown University.
Juhl, L.R. 1986. A Comparative Study of Characteristics of High-Achieving Vietnamese
and American (Anglo) High School Mathematics Students. EdD Dissertation, University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Shore, W.B. 1986. Differences in Adjustment of Vietnamese, Indian, and Latin American
Students at a Mid-Atlantic Community College. PhD Dissertation, University of Georgia.
Prendergast, N.A 1985. Vietnamese Refugee Family in the United States From 1975 to
1985: A Case Study in Education and Culture. PhD Dissertation, Loyola University of
Chicago.
Terdal, M.S. 1985. Learning to Read and Write in English: Case Studies of Two
Southeast Asian Students in a Northwest Urban High School. PhD Dissertation, University
of Oregon
Blakely, M.M. 1984. Refugees and American Schools: A Field Study of Southeast Asians
in One Community. PhD Dissertation, University of Oregon.
Ruangthai, P. 1984. Hemispheric Dominance and Academic Achievement of Laotian and
Vietnamese Refugee Children in Utah County. EdD Dissertation, Brigham Young
University.
Castro, N.A. 1983. Cultural Change and the Process of Adjustment: A Study of the
Adjustment of Vietnamese Refugee Children Who Attend the Public Schools. PhD
Dissertation, Arizona State University.
Cornell, J.B. 1983. A Study of Time Sufficiency and Perceived Needs for Learning English
as a Second Language by Southeast Asian Students, Teachers, and Program Managers.
PhD Dissertation, University of Colorado at Boulder.
Nguyen, Q.H. 1983. Improvement of English Speaking Ability By Native Vietnamese - A
Technological Approach. EdD Dissertation, The Catholic University of America.
Pham, D.B. 1983. Success of Selected Vietnamese Refugees in Southern California as
Influenced by Publically Assisted Higher Education. MPA Thesis, California State
University, Long Beach.
Picus, M.A. 1983. The Writing Strategies of Vietnamese Students. MA Thesis, University
of Houston.
Thai, N-M.T. 1982. The Relationship of Reading Achievement and the Self-Concept of
Vietnamese Refugee Students. PhD Dissertation, The Florida State University.
Moked, M. 1981. Areas of Cultural Interference in the Learning of ESL Experienced by
Vietnamese Adults in the American Classroom. EdD Dissertation, Rutgers, The State
University of New Jersey - New Brunswick.
Zimmerman, D.G. 1981. The Predictive Validity of the Michigan Test of Aural
Comprehension and the Michigan Test of English Language Proficiency for Recent Asian
and Southeast Asian Immigrants in Higher Education. PhD Dissertation, University of
Colorado at Boulder.
Cameron, A.S. 1980. A Questionnaire Approach to Improving Communication Between
Teachers and the Parents of Indochinese Refugee Schoolchildren. PhD Dissertation,
University of Oregon.
Chu-Quang-Minh, P. 1980. Creative Thinking in Male and Female Vietnamese, Filipino,
and Anglo-American College Undergraduate Students, as Measured by the Torrance
Tests of Creativity. EdD Dissertation, University of the Pacific.
Le, N-S. 1980. Effects of Visual Training in Decentering of Perception: A Study of
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