| Summary: | 碩士 === 東吳大學 === 心理學系 === 98 === The purpose of this study was to explore the Chinese new immigrant mothers’ parent-child relationship, their children’s self-concept and the impact of the parent-child relationship on the children’s self-concept. A qualitative method was used in this study. The sample studied was three children from an elementary school in Taipei and their Chinese new immigrant mothers. After interviews with the subjects with a semi-structured interview outline, the collected data was analyzed with the theme-analysis method. The results were as follows:
1. The Chinese new immigrant mothers had less contact with local people, feeling inferior. They had a harmonious marital relationship and a close mother-child relationship. However, they were the bridge for communication between the father and the child due to the alienated father-child relationship.
2. The children of the new immigrants had a good interpersonal relationship in school and possessed a fair self-concept. Among them, C1’s self-concept was better than C2’s and C3’s. Their self-concept was not influence by the mother’s nationality, but due to individual ability or school performance.
3. The self-concept of the children of the new immigrants derived from the parents’ expectations. Since the mother-child relationship was close, the children’s self-concept derived from the mother was mostly positive.
According to the findings, the new immigrant females are still discriminated in Taiwan. They have a good couple relationship as well as a harmonious mother-child relationship. The three children’s self-concept is fair. The way the parents raise children influences their self-concept, especially the mother, nothing having to do with her nationality. Therefore, suggestions are given to the new immigrant couples, schools, parents, the public, and the future research directions for the benefit of parent-child relationship.
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