Lessons From Our Kissing Cousins: Third Culture Kids and Gifted Children

Sheard, Wenda

doi:10.1080/02783190701836437

Cited by 19 publications

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“…Walters and Auton-Cuff (2009) argue that due to disruption to their identity development during childhood as a result of moving abroad, TCKs become used to adjusting and readjusting to new environments. As such, they are used to adapting to new contexts and they often develop greater sensitivity and tolerance toward the unknown (Selmer and Lam, 2004; Sheard, 2008; Lyttle et al , 2011; Melles and Schwartz, 2013). By extension, Abe (2018) found that ATCKs show normative changes in personality such as greater maturity and adjustment during adulthood.…”

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Adult third culture kids: adjustment and personal development

Lauring

Guttormsen

McNulty

2019

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore how interaction adjustment influences personal development for expatriates and to examine whether the effect differs between adults that have, and have not, lived abroad during their adolescence. Design/methodology/approach The authors use survey responses from 424 business expatriates in Asia distinguishing between adult third culture kids (ATCKs) that have lived abroad during their adolescence and adult mono-culture kids (AMCKs) who have not. Findings The results show that while interaction adjustment generally improves the experience of personal development, this effect is stronger for ATCKs. AMCKs will experience personal development almost independently of their interaction adjustment with host nationals solely due to the novelty of the international experience. For ATCKs, just being in the new country is not enough for them to feel they have developed personally; they need to engage more deeply with the local population to achieve this. Originality/value The authors still know very little about ATCKs and about how expatriation during their adulthood develops them personally, given they have already had international experiences at a young age.

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Adult third culture kids: adjustment and personal development

Lauring

Guttormsen

McNulty

2019

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“…Straffon (2003) showed that students attending an international high school tested at high levels of intercultural sensitivity. Sheard (2008) compared TCKs and "gifted children" and found they share many of the same characteristics, including "knowledge beyond that of their classmates" (p. 31). Dewaele and van Oudenhoven (2009) found TCKs tested higher on measurements of "Openmindedness" and "Cultural Empathy" than did "monoculturals."…”

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Coming “Home”

Hopkins

2015

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Born in the United States, I grew up in Senegal, West Africa, where my parents worked as missionary linguists. “Coming ‘Home’” tells the story of my return to the United States after graduating from high school. I frame my personal memories, shared in the form of poems (following the methodology outlined by David Hanauer’s Poetry as Research), with reflexive analysis (using the theory of David Pollock and Ruth van Reken’s Third Culture Kids). I examine the difficulty of leaving particular places and people from the “host culture,” as well as the challenge of transition back into the “home” culture.

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“…TCKs may experience feelings of isolation and distance from their peers upon returning to their nation of birth. There is a noticeable gap between TCKs and others who have not shared a similar experience; this is often an experience felt by TCKs as they re-enter their home culture (Eakin, 1998;Sheard, 2008). TCKs may feel disappointment when they discover differences between themselves and the once-familiar home country peers, who have never lived abroad.…”

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Administrator perceptions of transition programs in international secondary schools

Bates

2013

Jnl of Research in Internatl Education

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This study investigates the extent to which transition programs are offered to students at international secondary schools. Components of professional development, orientation and departure programs, and transition support teams were examined. Participants included school administrators at 11 international schools across five continents. Findings suggest that systematic transition interventions are underutilized to support Third Culture Kids, and suggest a lack of awareness among administrators about the issue of transitional problems associated with international mobility.

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Lessons From Our Kissing Cousins: Third Culture Kids and Gifted Children

Cited by 19 publications

References 5 publications

Adult third culture kids: adjustment and personal development

Adult third culture kids: adjustment and personal development

Coming “Home”

Administrator perceptions of transition programs in international secondary schools

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