{"title":"Migration Loneliness and Family Links: A Case Narrative","authors":"R.Narchal","volume":64,"journal":"International Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences","pagesStart":463,"pagesEnd":470,"ISSN":"1307-6892","URL":"https:\/\/publications.waset.org\/pdf\/12348","abstract":"Culture and family structure provide a sense security.\nFurther, the chrono, macro and micro contexts of development\ninfluence developmental transitions and timetable particularly owing\nto variations in the macrosystem associated with non normative life\nevents like migration. Migration threatens family links, security and\nattachment bonds. Rising migratory trends have prompted an\nincreased interest in migration consequences on familial bonds,\ndevelopmental autonomy, socialization process, and sense of\nsecurity. This paper takes a narrative approach and applies the\nattachment paradigm from a lifespan perspective, to examine the\nsettlement experiences of an India-born migrant student in Sydney,\nAustralia. It focuses on her quest to preserve family ties; her remote\nsecure base; her continual struggle to balance dependency and\nautonomy, a major developmental milestone. As positional parental\npower is culturally more potent in the Indian society, the paper\ntherefore raises some important concerns related to cultural\nexpectations, adaptation, acculturative stress and sense of security.","references":"[1] J. Garbarino, Children and families in the social environment (2 nd ed.).\nNew York: Aldine de Gruyter, 1992.\n[2] E. J. Leeder, The Family in Global Perspective. A Gendered Journey.\nThousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 2004.\n[3] U. Bronfenbrenner, \"The developing ecology of human development:\nParadigm lost or paradigm gained,\" in U. 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