Life Transition and Migration: A Scoping Review
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In scientific literature, migration and life-course transition events were shown to be related. The context of migration was selected as a crucial area of study since it was seen that migration occurred as people changed from one role to another, or entered a life stage throughout their lives. The life-course transition was examined in this scoping review as a factor influencing migration. Transition events across life-courses are analyzed from developmental psychology and life-course perspectives. The context of the review is limited to the contemporary industrialized and globalized societies in which migration has become prevalent. This review examined the alignment of life-course transition stages with migration, delving into its possible explanations. 19 research articles were chosen for review based on PRISMA guidelines and the final protocol was registered at Open Science Framework’s open-access registry. Content analysis was employed in the scoping review. It was found that most migrations are aligned with developmental life-course transition events, like movement from school to higher education, college to work, and work to retirement. Analysis of data indicates that older adults are at higher risk of both physical and mental health concerns. An increase in migration within the phase of emerging adulthood due to the flexibility available within the stage of life has been brought out. The phenomenon of migration has been discussed as requiring interventions for the mental health and well-being of minority migrants.
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