Labor migration and left-behind children: Intercultural psychoanalytic perspectives on transnational families

Katrin Luise  Laezer; Thida Kim; Elizabeth Högger Klaus

doi:10.54549/ky.2025.10.e6308

Vol. 10 (2025), Artículos Originales

Vol. 10 (2025)

Migración laboral y niños abandonados: perspectivas psicoanalíticas interculturales sobre las familias transnacionales

Artículos Originales

Publicado 30-12-2025

Katrin Luise Laezer⁺⁻
Thida Kim⁺⁻
Elizabeth Högger Klaus⁺⁻

Katrin Luise Laezer

University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt, Department of Social Work. Darmstadt, Germany. European University of Technology, European Union.

Thida Kim

Saota Psychological Services. Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

Elizabeth Högger Klaus

University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt, Department of Social Work. Darmstadt, Germany. European University of Technology, European Union.

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Migración laboral
niños que se quedan atrás
ansiedad
depresión
creencias culturales
crianza de los hijos
psicoanálisis

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Migración laboral y niños abandonados: perspectivas psicoanalíticas interculturales sobre las familias transnacionales. (2025). Kera Yvoty: Reflexiones Sobre La cuestión Social, 10, e6308. https://doi.org/10.54549/ky.2025.10.e6308

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La migración se entiende como un fenómeno global que involucra múltiples culturas. En nuestro artículo, nos preguntamos y exploramos cómo las familias atraviesan el proceso de la migración transnacional y cómo lo viven. Como psicoterapeutas y psicoanalistas, destacamos que son las familias las que inician y llevan a cabo la migración y las que asumen las oportunidades, los riesgos, los retos y los complejos procesos de adaptación psicológica y cultural, tanto en el país de destino como en el de origen. Aquí reunimos las perspectivas de las familias transnacionales de Camboya, un país de ingresos medios, en situación de posconflicto y país de origen de la migración en el sudeste asiático, y las perspectivas de las familias inmigrantes en Alemania como país de destino de la migración. Dado que el tema de la migración laboral y los niños que quedan atrás es de relevancia mundial, analizamos brevemente los aspectos sociológicos relacionados con otra región afectada, el Corredor Seco de El Salvador, Guatemala y Honduras, centrándonos en las desigualdades estructurales específicas del contexto y en los retos y recomendaciones para las políticas.

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