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How Living Abroad Helps You Develop a Clearer Sense of Self In today's increasingly globalized world, more and more people are choosing to live, work and study abroad - and this trend appears to be a good thing: social science studies have shown that international experiences can enhance creativity, reduce intergroup bias, and promote career success.
To better understand the psychological effects of living abroad, we set out to examine whether and how international experiences can transform a person's sense of self. Specifically, we focused on "self-concept clarity," the extent to which someone's understanding of himself or herself is "clearly and confidently defined, internally consistent, and temporally stable". Self-concept clarity has been linked to a host of benefits, such as psychological well-being, the ability to cope with stress, and job performance, but research on how it can be cultivated is very limited.
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