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- Title: Evaluating Impact of Transition Seminars on Missionary Kids' Depression, Anxiety, Stress, And Well-Being.
- Author : Journal of Psychology and Theology
- Release Date : January 22, 2010
- Genre: Religion & Spirituality,Books,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 223 KB
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Missionary Kids (MKs) are included in a broader population defined as Third Culture Kids (TCKs), children who are raised outside of their parents' home cultures (Pollock & Van Reken, 2001). This upbringing affords positive opportunities to experience diverse cultures but may also contribute to identity struggles and feelings of cultural isolation (Gillies, 1998; Hill, 2006; Pollock, 1989). To facilitate successful transitions from living overseas to the US, several reentry programs have been developed, but their effectiveness has not been examined. In this exploratory study the efficacy of a 13-day MK Transitions Seminar was measured. Participants' pre and post-test scores on the Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale-21 and the Psychological General Well-Being Index indicated a significant reduction in levels of depression, anxiety, and stress, as well as significant improvement in overall psychological well-being. The findings and limitations of this study and implications for future studies are discussed. In recent years, the term "Third Culture Kid" has garnered increasingly more attention, as the incidence of children being raised in cultures other than their parents' home culture has become a global trend (Pollock &C Van Reken, 2001). The ease of travel in today's world, coupled with technological advances that allow rapid access to information, have converged to create an unprecedented number of children being raised overseas (Hervey, 2009; Pollock & Van Reken, 2001; Stringham, 1993). Although the term "Third Culture Kid" (TCK) first came into use by sociology professors John and Ruth Hill Useem in the 1950s (Useem &c Downie, 1976), a standard definition offered by Pollock and Van Reken (2001) has helped the concept gain acceptance: