Children’s and parents’ perspectives of their multiple and multi-dimensional international transitions: Longitudinal study across four time points

TY - JOUR

T1 - Children’s and parents’ perspectives of their multiple and multi-dimensional international transitions

T2 - Longitudinal study across four time points

AU - Koini, Catherine

AU - Jindal-Snape, Divya

AU - Robb, Anna

N1 - Copyright: © The Author(s) 2023.

PY - 2023/12

Y1 - 2023/12

N2 - Existing literature presents a fragmented and negative account of international family transitions. This longitudinal study focuses on the contemporaneous experiences of internationally mobile families during their transitions to a new country and international school, drawing on Multiple and Multi-dimensional Transitions (MMT) Theory. The study adopted a small-scale, multiple case study design and focused on the experiences of primary aged children and their parents over the period of one year from July 2019 to July 2020. The findings, presented here as a cross-section, revealed that participants navigated multiple, complex transitions across several domains and contexts on a daily basis and that their transition experiences were largely positive. This study challenges previous chronological models of international transitions and demonstrates that through the application of MMT theory, international family transitions are best understood as ongoing, complex, and multi-dimensional processes.

AB - Existing literature presents a fragmented and negative account of international family transitions. This longitudinal study focuses on the contemporaneous experiences of internationally mobile families during their transitions to a new country and international school, drawing on Multiple and Multi-dimensional Transitions (MMT) Theory. The study adopted a small-scale, multiple case study design and focused on the experiences of primary aged children and their parents over the period of one year from July 2019 to July 2020. The findings, presented here as a cross-section, revealed that participants navigated multiple, complex transitions across several domains and contexts on a daily basis and that their transition experiences were largely positive. This study challenges previous chronological models of international transitions and demonstrates that through the application of MMT theory, international family transitions are best understood as ongoing, complex, and multi-dimensional processes.

KW - International families

KW - Multiple and Multi-dimensional Transitions (MMT) Theory

KW - Transitions

KW - Longitudinal study

KW - Case studies

UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85178956092

U2 - 10.1177/14752409231217222

DO - 10.1177/14752409231217222

M3 - Article

SN - 1475-2409

VL - 22

SP - 256

EP - 277

JO - Journal of Research in International Education

JF - Journal of Research in International Education

IS - 3

ER -