ABSTRACT
This chapter addresses continuities and discontinuities in socialization practices when a cultural group moves from its traditional national setting to another. The research reviewed indicates that the issue is not simply what remains constant and what changes. Except for rare instances, when immigration occurs in isolation from the receiving country, even those aspects of socialization that remain constant are embedded in a different sociocultural context. What is defined as change or discontinuity may be the result of specific adaptations to maintain core socialization practices and values. One potential example is the change in the amount of time Japanese-American mothers spend in contact with their children. In 1986, the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development held a one-time competition for research proposals. No clear commitment to research on ethnic minority populations has emerged from the public or the private sectors.
