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Third culture kid
About: Third culture kid is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 54 publications have been published within this topic receiving 1196 citations. The topic is also known as: TCK & third culture individual.
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01 Jan 2001
TL;DR: This book is rich with real-life anecdotes and examines the nature of the TCK kid experience and its effects on maturing, developing a sense of identity, and adjusting to one's "passport country" upon return.
Abstract: In this publication, the authors explore the experiences of those who have become known as "third culture kids" (TCKs) - children who grow up or spend a significant part of their childhood living abroad. The book is rich with real-life anecdotes and examines the nature of the TCK kid experience and its effects on maturing, developing a sense of identity, and adjusting to one's "passport country" upon return. The authors give readers an understanding of the challenges and benefits of the TCK life and provide practical suggestions and advice on maximizing those benefits.
274 citations
TL;DR: The authors examined the lives of a group of 11 former international school students who all attended an international school between 20 and 50 years ago, based on a multiple case study which examines the lives.
Abstract: This article is based on a multiple case study which examines the lives of a group of 11 former international school students who all attended an international school between 20 and 50 years ago. T...
227 citations
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01 Jan 1999
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore the experiences of those who have become known as "third culture kids" (TCKs) - children who grow up or spend a significant part of their childhood living abroad.
Abstract: In this comprehensive work, David Pollock and Ruth Van Reken explore the experiences of those who have become known as "third culture kids" (TCKs) - children who grow up or spend a significant part of their childhood living abroad. Rich with real-life anecdotes, the book fully examines the nature of the TCK experience and its effect on maturing, developing a sense of identity, and adjusting to one's "passport country" upon return. The authors give readers an understanding of the challenges and benefits of the TCK life and provide practical suggestions and advice on maximizing those benefits.
120 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined relations between a cross-cultural geographically mobile childhood and adult cultural identity, attachment to cross-culture identities (CCIs) and self-esteem, and found that CCIs are loosely defined identities (e.g., third culture kids [TCKs], military brats, missionary kids) that describe some individuals' childhood experience.
106 citations
TL;DR: In this article, a qualitative study explored how women growing up in multiple cultures navigate their way through emerging adulthood and develop a sense of identity and the following themes emerged through analysis: the disruption of transition, the stability of spirituality, the pervasiveness of “different,” the silencing of voice, the sense of belonging, and the autobiographers as women.
Abstract: This qualitative study explored how women growing up in multiple cultures navigate their way through emerging adulthood and develop a sense of identity. A third culture kid (TCK) is a person who has spent a significant part of his or her developmental years outside of the parents’ culture. An interview with guiding questions was conducted with eight women between the ages of 18 and 23, and the interviews were analysed utilising the feminist, voice-centred method known as the Listening Guide (Brown & Gilligan, 1992). The following themes emerged through analysis: (a) the disruption of transition, (b) the stability of spirituality, (c) the pervasiveness of “different,” (d) the silencing of voice, (e) the sense of belonging, and (f) the autobiographers as women.
88 citations