This article explores how individuals with transnational lives handle emotion management in the form of cognitive and behavioural strategies. Transnational living is defined as spending substantial amounts of time and resources in two or more countries over a longer period. We use data derived through the ‘Transnational Lives in the Welfare State’ (TRANSWEL) research project, for which we conducted 91 semistructured interviews with 85 individuals and six couples leading transnational lives. These respondents include immigrants living in Norway or the Netherlands as well as native-born residents of both countries who live parts of the year abroad. While the emergent literature highlights how migration and transnationalism generally evoke feelings of nonbelonging, loss, homelessness, sorrow and guilt, we found that for many respondents, transnational living has predominantly positive attributes and that they could manage the emotional challenges of a transnational life. These results can be explained by our respondents' backgrounds, being relatively highly educated and embedded in an advanced welfare state.

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跨国生活的情绪管理

本文探讨了具有跨国生活的个体如何以认知和行为策略的形式处理情绪管理。跨国生活被定义为在较长时期内在两个或多个国家花费大量时间和资源。我们使用通过“福利国家的跨国生活”(TRANSWEL) 研究项目获得的数据，为此我们对 85 个人和 6 对过着跨国生活的夫妇进行了 91 次半结构化访谈。这些受访者包括居住在挪威或荷兰的移民以及一年中部分时间居住在国外的两国本土居民。虽然新兴文献强调了移民和跨国主义通常如何唤起不属于自己、失去、无家可归、悲伤和内疚的感觉，但我们发现，对于许多受访者来说，跨国生活具有主要的积极属性，他们可以应对跨国生活的情感挑战。这些结果可以用我们的受访者的背景来解释，他们受过相对较高的教育并且处于先进的福利国家。