Ch2ROMA: A Positive Psychology Approach to Transitioning Optimally
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third culture kids
positive psychology
humanities
flourishing
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Researchers have found that enhancing strengths and using the humanities to explore and express one's emotions increases well-being. These findings are particularly important for third culture kids (TCKs). Third culture kids are children who spend their developmental years constantly relocating and estranged from their passport or their parent ́s culture. Because of their high mobility lifestyle, TCKs face two major challenges: unresolved grief and unestablished identity. In this capstone, the author proposes the implementation of a positive intervention that teaches TCKs to harness their strengths and interact with the humanities to achieve well-being. In this intervention, TCKs will complete self-reflection activities that will help them harness the power of their strengths and develop an optimistic mindset to become more resilient while relocating.