ISBN:
0203184319
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9780203184318
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9781135359829
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1135359822
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xiv, 241 p.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Print version Moving families
DDC:
306.85
Keywords:
Čubrilović
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Moving, Household Psychological aspects
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Emigration and immigration Psychological aspects
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Expatriation Psychological aspects
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Moving, Household Case studies
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Moving, Household Case studies
;
Expatriation Psychological aspects
;
Moving, Household Psychological aspects
;
Emigration and immigration Psychological aspects
;
Moving, Household Psychological aspects
;
Emigration and immigration Psychological aspects
;
Expatriation Psychological aspects
;
Moving, Household Case studies
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FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS ; Alternative Family
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FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS ; Reference
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Family and Relationships
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Emigration and immigration ; Psychological aspects
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Expatriation ; Psychological aspects
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Moving, Household
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Moving, Household ; Psychological aspects
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Wohnungswechsel
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Auswirkung
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Immigration & Emigration
;
Political Science
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Law, Politics & Government
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Case studies
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Electronic books
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Electronic books Case studies
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Fallstudiensammlung
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Fallstudiensammlung
Abstract:
Through rich interviews conducted over a period of two years, this book shows the processes of change and adjustment at work. The findings will be of interest to students of wider issues of migration and to those who study the family under pressure
Abstract:
Who are they, and why do they move? -- Relation between work and moving -- Decision to move -- What is stressful about moving abroad? -- Stress around the move itself -- Hassles as a threat to feelings of adult competence -- Language -- Comfortable known-ness of things, and what is taken for granted -- Not knowing the rules, threats to identity -- Initial isolation and loneliness: 'Nobody would know if I left for three days' -- Strains on families -- Two careers or one? -- Partners not 'adjusting well' -- 'Duty travel' and strains it may cover -- Different values -- Coping -- Event and meaning, comprehensibility and manageability -- Family sense of coherence -- Coping with the stresses of moving to a new culture -- Giving and receiving social support -- Relationships with extended families -- Social support over long distances -- Support coming from the new place -- Gaining control over social relations -- Mobilising social support -- Social support in Geneva and in 'hardship posts' -- Social support from within the family -- Families operating together -- High family 'co-ordination', meeting people and family separations -- Low family 'co-ordination' and family members in difficulty -- Imbalances of authority, encountering different values -- Effects on children -- School-aged children -- Rounger children -- Adolescents and older children -- Effect of the move: two case studies -- Foster family -- Wood family -- Families two years later -- Coping with issues around two careers -- Phases of adaptation -- Families' reflections on the effects of migration -- Towards explaining the effects of the move on families -- Influence of SOC and of family 'co-ordination' -- Long-term effects? -- Expatriation, stress, coping and families -- Stress and families.
Description / Table of Contents:
2Who are they, and why do they move?14Relation between work and moving18Decision to move283What is stressful about moving abroad?51Stress around the move itself55Hassles as a threat to feelings of adult competence58Language60Comfortable known-ness of things, and what is taken for granted63Not knowing the rules, threats to identity65Initial isolation and loneliness: 'Nobody would know if I left for three days'684Strains on families71Two careers or one?74Partners not 'adjusting well'78'Duty travel' and strains it may cover81Different values905Coping96Event and meaning, comprehensibility and manageability96Family sense of coherence98Coping with the stresses of moving to a new culture996Giving and receiving social support116Relationships with extended families116Social support over long distances119Support coming from the new place121Gaining control over social relations123Mobilising social support130Social support in Geneva and in 'hardship posts'1337Social support from within the family138Families operating together138High family 'co-ordination', meeting people and family separations139Low family 'co-ordination' and family members in difficulty143Imbalances of authority, encountering different values1458Effects on children156School-aged children158Rounger children162Adolescents and older children1649Effect of the move: two case studies170Foster family170Wood family18010Families two years later190Coping with issues around two careers190Phases of adaptation194Families' reflections on the effects of migration198Towards explaining the effects of the move on families201Influence of SOC and of family 'co-ordination'215Long-term effects?220Expatriation, stress, coping and families221Stress and families223.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record
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