Moving Families - Expatriation, Stress and Coping

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.

List of contents

1. Introduction 2. Who are they, and why do they move? 3. What is stressful about moving abroad? 4. Strains on families 5. Coping 6. Giving and receiving social support 7. Social support from within the family 8. Effects on children 9. The effect of the move: Two case studies 10. Families two years later 11. Summary and conclusions

About the author

Mary Haour-Knipe

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Mary Haour-Knipe, Haour-Knipe Mary
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.09.2000
• EAN: 9781857288155
• ISBN: 978-1-85728-815-5
• No. of pages: 256
• Weight: 470 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, Migration, immigration & emigration, Sociology: family & relationships, Migration, immigration and emigration, Sociology: family and relationships, Relating to migrant groups / diaspora communities or peoples