A Qualitative Study on the Family Life Experiences of Single-Parent Family Adolescents

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 483-517
Author(s):  
Lim Choon Hee ◽  
Hyun Ko
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Family Life ◽  
Life Experiences ◽  
Single Parent ◽  
Single Parent Family ◽  
The Family

Adaptation to Divorce: The Impact of Role Orientation on Family-Life-Cycle Perspectives

1992 ◽  
Vol 73 (3) ◽  
pp. 159-167 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marion H. Wijnberg ◽  
Thomas Holmes
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Family Life ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Single Parent ◽  
Family Life Cycle ◽  
Role Orientation ◽  
Work Identity ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Impact

Identifying the role orientation of recently divorced women holds promise for further understanding the divorce process and the family life cycle of nonnuclear families. The authors describe how 30 female heads of family perceived their adaptation to divorce and to the reconstruction and development of their family units. Results of this exploratory study further suggest that the meaning and value a divorced woman attaches to the mothering component of her role as well as the comfort she feels in accepting a work identity affect the ways in which she adapts to being a single parent. The consequences of this adaptation, in turn, alter the content of the family life cycle.

Siblings’ Experiences of Everyday Life in a Family Where One Child Is Diagnosed With Blood Cancer: A Qualitative Study

2018 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 131-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marieke Van Schoors ◽  
Jan De Mol ◽  
Natacha Laeremans ◽  
Lesley L. Verhofstadt ◽  
Liesbet Goubert ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Family Life ◽  
Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Life Experiences ◽  
Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Safe Harbor ◽  
Semistructured Interview ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
Blood Cancer ◽  
Non Hodgkin Lymphoma

Background: Childhood cancer not only presents challenges to the life of the child with cancer but also to the siblings’ daily family life. The aim of the current study was to gain a better understanding of siblings’ experiences of living in a family where one child has been diagnosed with blood cancer. Method: Ten siblings of children with leukemia or non-Hodgkin lymphoma completed a semistructured interview about their everyday family life experiences postdiagnosis. The verbatim transcripts of the interviews served as the data for an interpretative phenomenological analysis. Results: The results showed that overall the siblings experienced a continuity in many aspects of their family life: they still experienced their family as an important source of support and information/communication, as warm and loving and as a safe harbor where family members aim to protect each other. However, at the same time, the participating siblings also expressed that some things felt unmistakably different postdiagnosis: They felt that their family as a whole had been ripped apart, with a greater focus on the diagnosed child and changing responsibilities for each family member. Conclusion: This study informs parents and clinicians about the daily family life experiences from the siblings’ perspective, a perspective that is often overlooked. A focus on challenges as well as continuities within family life, the wish for connection expressed by the siblings, and the uniqueness of every sibling’s experiences is what can be taken away from this study by psychosocial workers in the field.

scholarly journals Family Life Experiences and the Abusive Consumption of Tramadol by Adolescents

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 01-07
Author(s):  
NDJE NDJE MIREILLE ◽  
LONGCHI Gladys NAHLELA
Keyword(s):  
Family Life ◽  
Sequential Analysis ◽  
Life Experiences ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Major Influence ◽  
Emotional Needs ◽  
The Family ◽  
Interview Guide ◽  
Practical Information ◽  
Harmful Effects

There are increasing worries in many countries worldwide especially in Cameroon as concern the abusive consumption of tramadol and its addictive effects. Experiences within the family have a major influence on the wellbeing of its members, be it child, adolescent or adult. This is what spurred us to question other factors which have harmful effects on those abusing tramadol. This article aims to find how adolescents who have the necessary requirements for an adapted development seek satisfaction in abusive tramadol consumption. The objective was to understand the meaning adolescents who abusively consumes tramadol associate to their family life experiences and also bring out practical information on how adolescent’s emotional needs are met. We conducted a clinical study on three adolescents who abusively consume tramadol at the Psychiatric unit of Jamot Hospital Yaounde. Data was collected using semi- structured interview guide. Data collected was analyzed using thematic content and sequential analysis. The results were interpreted mainly based on the attachment theory which has shown that family life experiences are the association and negative interpretations of events experienced by these adolescents. These experiences have engendered a lacking state which the adolescents try to overcome by abusively consuming tramadol. Finding also indicated that family life experiences lead to the difficulties in managing negative counter-transference reactions which interferes with their ability to provide secured based. Perspectives for this research highlighted the lack of research exploring the rate of tramadol abusive consumption in the rural area and the end comparing their prevalence rates.

scholarly journals Destructive Divorce in the Family Life Cycle and its Implications: Criticisms of Parental Alienation

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Josimar Antônio de Alcântara Mendes ◽  
Julia Sursis Nobre Ferro Bucher-Maluschke
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Family Life ◽  
Family Life Cycle ◽  
Parental Alienation ◽  
The Family ◽  
History Of

ABSTRACT Some difficulties may arise during the divorce process, taking the family into “destructive divorce”. In such cases, some authors can see the rising of Parental Alienation (PA). This article aims to criticize PA, reflecting about the Family Life Cycle and divorce. Regarding this, a qualitative study was conducted with legal actors (judges, prosecutors, psychologists, social workers, lawyers) on the issues of divorce and PA and the results were built using the conceptions of Zones of Sense by Gonzalez Rey. The summary results are: (a) PA does not contextualize the conflict; (b) it does not consider the history of the relationships; (c) it pathologizes, medicates and criminalizes the phenomena of post-divorce and (d) PA underestimates the child in the conflict.

Skilsmisse og bolig - hvor flytter hjemfølelsen hen?

2007 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 49-68
Author(s):  
Kirsten Gram-Hanssen ◽  
Claus Bech-Danielsen
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Family Life ◽  
Nuclear Family ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Single Parent ◽  
Living Alone ◽  
International Literature ◽  
Housing Situation ◽  
The Family ◽  
Positive Experiences

Bolig, familieliv og hjemfølelse er historisk og kulturelt tæt knyttet sammen. I denne artikel er vi derfor interesseret i, hvad der sker med forholdet til boligen og med hjemfølelsen, når familien går i opløsning, og en eller begge parter flytter i forbindelse med en skilsmisse. Artiklen rummer dels en teoretisk introduktion til den internationale teori vedrørende bolig og hjemfølelse, dels en analyse af kvalitative interview med fraskilte om deres praktiske og følelsesmæssige forhold til deres bolig og hjem før og efter skilsmissen. Analysen peger på, at de følelsesmæssige bånd til en familiebolig kan forsvinde i dét øjeblik, beslutningen om en skilsmisse er truffet. Det praktiske arbejde med at etablere og indrette et nyt hjem kan blive en vigtig måde at søge ny identitet som enlig, og problemer med at finde et sted at bo, og deraf følgende midlertidige boliger, kan derfor gøre livet efter skilsmissen ekstra svært. Undersøgelsen peger endvidere på, at til trods for at mange fraskilte oplever det positivt at bo alene i en periode, så lever drømmen om kernefamilie og familiebolig videre. De fleste interviewpersoner giver således udtryk for, at de forestiller sig, at de på et tidspunkt etablerer en ny familiebolig med en ny partner. ENGELSK ABSTRACT: Kirsten Gram-Hanssen & Claus Bech-Danielsen: Divorce and Housing: Where does the Feeling of Being Home Move? House and home are historically and culturally closely connected to family life. In this article we investigate the ways in which the housing situation and the feeling of home are affected by divorce – when some or all members of the family move out of the matrimonial house. The article is based on an international literature review on the meaning of housing and home and on qualitative interviews of four men and five women in Denmark who were interviewed about their experiences with housing and home while being divorced. The article points out that emotional relations to the matrimonial house may disappear at the very moment the decision is made to divorce. It also points out that the practical work of creating a new home can play an important role in the process finding a new identity as a single parent. Many people find that life after being divorced is very difficult, when problems in finding a new house result in a number of temporary housing situations. Finally it is stressed that, even though many divorcees have positive experiences living alone, they never give up the dream of the nuclear family. Most of the interviewees picture themselves living in a new matrimonial house with a future partner. Key words: Housing, home, divorce, family, qualitative interviews.

Attitudes of women heads of households to remarriage

2015 ◽  
Vol 16 (SE) ◽  
pp. 25-32
Author(s):  
Eisa Charati ◽  
Jamileh Esfandiarpour ◽  
Mohammadreza Nezaratizadeh ◽  
Masomeh Shahabi
Keyword(s):  
Single Parent ◽  
Dependent Child ◽  
Single Parent Family ◽  
Number Of Children ◽  
The Family ◽  
Heads Of Household ◽  
Potential Factor ◽  
Female Headed Households ◽  
Social And Cultural Factors ◽  
Changing Attitudes

One of the important factors that threaten the family structure, it is a single parent, especially if children are in families headed by mothers live. Functionalist vision of a single parent family is a disorder for any reason, but especially the second marriage for women is challenging. Social and cultural factors vary from society to society, with the dramatic effects of the marriage or remarriage of women heads of household. This article is the result of a survey of female-headed households non married (divorced and husband died) through interviews with 93 women heads of households between 26 and 40 years who had at least one dependent child is doing.Results showed that the female heads of households, number of children from his previous marriage to remarriage in attitude level is a major obstacle. The thosearound's attitude toward remarriage (72%) has a direct impact on the attitudes of female heads of households. In 63% of cases, the women have a higher status in terms of employment and social, were less likely to remarriage her probably the to avoid loss of its economic position or lack of need. The sense of commitment and loyalty to the late spouse in the a lack of female heads of households tend to remarry influence and the number of suitors, as a potential factor stimulus in front strong tradition, is not effective in changing attitudes on female heads of households is than to remarriage.

Perceptions of Family of Origin Among Lonely Adult Filipino Males With Schizophrenia: A Qualitative Analysis

2009 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 111-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Davis Porinchu Tharayil
Keyword(s):  
Family Life ◽  
Family Of Origin ◽  
Life Experiences ◽  
Nonparametric Test ◽  
Family Experiences ◽  
Projective Techniques ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
The Family ◽  
Psychotic Features ◽  
Analysis Of Narratives

This study explored the perceived family life experiences in the family of origin among 35 hospitalized lonely adult (range 27 to 44 years) Filipino males with schizophrenia during a period of remission of their overt psychotic features. Open-ended interview, checklists, and projective techniques were used to collect data. Together with an in-depth analysis of narratives, the responses of the lonely and the loneliest participants were compared by Mann—Whitney U nonparametric test of comparison. It was predicted in this study that individuals with schizophrenia with higher level of loneliness would be more likely to perceive their family life experiences negatively than the less lonely individuals with schizophrenia. Results showed that the degree of negative family experiences among the loneliest participants was significantly higher than the lonely participants. Moreover, a few participants regardless of the degree of loneliness positively viewed their family as united and close, interactive, affectionate and loving, kind and good, trustworthy, religious, morally good, complete, and supportive.

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