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Emigration puts stress on couples
Emigration puts stress on couples
| Published: | 1 Feb at 12 PM |
A new study suggests that it is often easier to emigrate alone rather than with a partner. The survey has been conducted by Aiden Tabor and Dr Taciano Milfont her advisor at the Victoria University of Washington in New Zealand and it looks at the attitudes of those moving to the country from the UK.
The results are that it is quite common for partners who are leaving the UK to have very different attitudes to the move. The study looked at the opinions of 95 residents of the UK who were in the process of leaving for New Zealand. Around a third of the emigrants were either drivers of the move, or less enthusiastic spouses.
The researchers claim that a disparity can cause friction between couples and is damaging to their mental well being. The study is one of the first which looks at the attitudes of migrants before they have relocated. The results of the survey recently appeared in the International Journal of Psychology.
Ms Tabor’s research shows that the drivers often felt that they weren’t being given the support they felt they deserved by their partners, and the less enthusiastic partner often felt that they were being pushed into something that they did not really want.
The situation was made even more difficult for families who lost the support of others because of the decision to relocate to the other side of the world.
The results are that it is quite common for partners who are leaving the UK to have very different attitudes to the move. The study looked at the opinions of 95 residents of the UK who were in the process of leaving for New Zealand. Around a third of the emigrants were either drivers of the move, or less enthusiastic spouses.
The researchers claim that a disparity can cause friction between couples and is damaging to their mental well being. The study is one of the first which looks at the attitudes of migrants before they have relocated. The results of the survey recently appeared in the International Journal of Psychology.
Ms Tabor’s research shows that the drivers often felt that they weren’t being given the support they felt they deserved by their partners, and the less enthusiastic partner often felt that they were being pushed into something that they did not really want.
The situation was made even more difficult for families who lost the support of others because of the decision to relocate to the other side of the world.
