scholarly journals Belonging to Nowhere: A Phenomenological Study of the Identity Crisis of the Second Generation of Afghan Refugees in Balochistan

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 1141-1149
Author(s):  
Abdul Wadood ◽  
Ahmed Khan ◽  
Hidayatullah Khan
Keyword(s):  
Sense Of Belonging ◽  
Second Generation ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Phenomenological Study ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Identity Crisis ◽  
Refugee Children ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Afghan Refugees

This study investigates how the second generation of Afghan refugees who are born and raised in Balochistan feel about and express their sense of belonging and identity in the hosting community.  The main purpose of this study is to analyze and understand how the second generation of Afghan refugees feel about their identity in terms of who they think they were, how they perceived themselves, whether they felt comfortable or uncomfortable identifying themselves Afghans in local community, and that how their identity affected their sense of belonging and their day to day life in Balochistan. This phenomenological study intended to explore the sense of identity of the young Afghan refugees by drawing on their individual and collective narratives of self and others as they struggle to be part of the social fabric and feel safe and accepted in Pakistani community. It also aimed to highlight how the identity crisis and the feeling of being other affected the needs, attitudes and perceptions of second generation Afghan refugees in the hosting community , and that how the second-generation Afghan refugees experience their sense of belonging and identification in two different national contexts (Afghanistan and Pakistan).This study uses qualitative phenomenological approach. It uses analysis of relevant secondary data, focus group discussions and semi-structured interviews. The findings reveal that the identity crisis is still a challenging and major issue for Afghan refugee children.

scholarly journals The Influence of Media on Students’ Views Regarding Refugeehood in Turkey: A Phenomenological Study of Seventh-Grade Students

SAGE Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 215824402091459
Author(s):  
Yusuf Keskin ◽  
Sevgi Coşkun Keskin ◽  
Deniz Yüceer
Keyword(s):  
Sampling Method ◽  
Phenomenological Study ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Seventh Grade ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Classroom Activities ◽  
The Media ◽  
Convenience Sampling ◽  
Children’S Views ◽  
Selection Of

In Turkey today, one of the most frequently mentioned issues in the media is the influx of refugees, mostly from Syria. While most refugees are attempting to reach Europe by crossing through Turkey illegally, some consider Turkey an asylum center. This study used a phenomenological approach and qualitative experiment to determine how the phenomenon of refugeehood discussed in the media in Turkey affects children’s views on the issue. The sample was determined using the convenience sampling method, and 31 seventh-grade students (18 girls and 13 boys, all aged 14 years old) were selected. “Having previously met refugees” was used as a basic criterion in the selection of students, while classroom activities, letters, and semi-structured interviews were used to collect data. Descriptive and content analyses revealed that there were both positive and negative changes in students’ views regarding refugees, depending on the content of the news in the media, which was an important factor in influencing these changes.

scholarly journals Sustainable Development in Island Communities: The Case Study of Postira

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 254-269 ◽  
Author(s):  
Željka Tonković ◽  
Jelena Zlatar
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Community Development ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Local Development ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Sustainable Community Development ◽  
Island Communities

Abstract The article shows the results of the case study of Postira, a village and a municipality on the island of Brač (Croatia) and presents a positive example of sustainable community development on islands in the post-transition social context. Based on the theory of sustainable local community development and its four pillars (economic, ecological, social and cultural), we analyse both the secondary data and the primary data collected from semi-structured interviews with the key actors of local development. The study shows that economic, ecological, social and cultural domaines are connected in Postira which allows for sustainable development of the place. By examining various aspects of sustainable development in Postira, we present the general framework of sustainable island development. It is based on integral development of the local community on sustainability principles, it defines key processes and guidelines and can be applied to rural and island areas, taking into account the specificities of each community.

scholarly journals Understanding the childbirth experiences of childhood sexual abuse survivors: a phenomenological study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caitlin Mathewson
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Childhood Sexual Abuse ◽  
Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Phenomenological Study ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Abuse Survivors ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Interpretative Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Childbearing Women ◽  
Childbirth Experiences

This study describes the childbirth experiences of survivors of childhood sexual abuse using an interpretative phenomenological approach. Data collection involved in-depth, semi-structured interviews of four women who gave birth to a baby within the last five years. Using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis, three superordinate themes emerged: control, anxiety, and detachment. This contributes to the current body of research by extending knowledge on what it means to experience childbirth for survivors of childhood sexual abuse, told by the woman herself. These findings are especially important in understanding what is required in providing safe, sensitive care for all childbearing women, and has important implications for practice, education, and further research.

scholarly journals Motherhood and Home Quarantine: Exploring the Experiences of Iranian Mothers in Caring for their Children During the COVID-19 Outbreak

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 87-96
Author(s):  
Anahita Khodabakhshi-koolaee ◽  
◽  
Mahsa Aghaei Malekabadi ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Phenomenological Study ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Learning Opportunities ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Mother Child Relationships ◽  
Role Concerns ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Beliefs And Attitudes

Background: Following the spread of new coronavirus disease (COVID-2019) in Iran, people began a new lifestyle in quarantine to survive the disease. Mother-child relationships were affected by this new lifestyle. This phenomenological study was conducted to explore the experiences of Iranian mothers in caring for their children during COVID-19 outbreak. Methods: This qualitative study was conducted with an interpretive phenomenological approach. The participants were selected using purposive sampling among mothers living in Tehran in 2020. The data were collected through semi-structured interviews. The participants were mothers with 7- to 9-year-old children with the experience of living in quarantine.  The collected data were theoretically saturated after 17 interviews. All the interviews were recorded and transcribed, and the resulting data were analyzed using van Manen’s phenomenological approach. Results: Four main themes were extracted from the collected data: the mother’s health and physical concerns, confusion in playing the motherhood role, concerns about educational quality and wasting learning opportunities, and concerns about the impact of financial disputes on children.  Conclusion: The experiences of the mothers as the main caregivers in home quarantine were very unique. Understanding the complexities of their experiences, beliefs, and attitudes about motherhood and caring for children in quarantine can provide useful insights for decision-makers, healthcare professionals, and mental health professionals.

scholarly journals IDENTITY CRISIS AND ASSIMILATION PROBLEMS AMONG SYRIAN REFUGEE WOMEN RESIDING OUTSIDE REFUGEE CAMPS IN JORDAN

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (4.1) ◽  
pp. 44-64
Author(s):  
Sahar Al-Shar ◽  
Muhammad Al-Tarawneh
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Social Relationships ◽  
Sense Of Belonging ◽  
Identity Crisis ◽  
Host Community ◽  
Refugee Camps ◽  
Cultural Assimilation ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Refugee Women ◽  
Syrian Refugee

This article describes and analyzes the main problematic issues of social and cultural assimilation encountered by Syrian refugee women in Jordan who are not living in refugee camps, and the reasons for the identity crisis that these women experience. The data that provide this information were collected by means of semi-structured interviews from a sample of 50 of these women. The results show that most of the Syrian refugee women living outside the camps suffered from hardships that interfered with their social and cultural assimilation. There were few formal social relationships between refugee women and others in their milieu, and the refugees felt that there were distinct cultural differences in dialect, customs, and traditions between them and their Jordanian peers. The study shows that most of the participants were living in a state of social isolation resulting from identity crisis. It was difficult for them to develop a sense of belonging to the society of the country of asylum while being distracted both by day-to-day concerns and by their desire to return to their homeland. These factors limited their ability to develop good relations with the host community as a prelude to integration, assimilation, and social symmetry.

scholarly journals Social Phenomenological Study of Strategic Action in the Cluster of Furniture

2013 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 93-124
Author(s):  
Fernanda Maria Felicio Macedo ◽  
Luiz Marcelo Antonialli
Keyword(s):  
Social Action ◽  
Scientific Community ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Phenomenological Study ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Online Research ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Strategic Action ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Phenomenology

The research carried out on the following strategic phenomenon, for the most part, the guidelines of the functionalist paradigm. This production has its relevance in the scientific community, however, does not cover the strategy in all its complexity. In this scenario, it is intended to address the strategy from the assumptions of social phenomenology, an online research study focused on the action. Social action is the experience of the phenomenon. For this, research is carried out "for reasons" and "why reasons" present in strategic action. The relevance of this study is to address the strategy as a phenomenon that exists because of the social subject, which may show that its essence transcends the limits of individuality, because thinking is based on the phenomenological social awareness of the existence of the other. Held semi-structured interviews with fourteen strategists operating in cluster of furniture Bento Gonçalves, and the data analyzed according to the phenomenological approach of Sanders (1982). As a result, it follows that the "why reasons" are the 'becoming' and expertise, and the "for reasons": the search for freedom in corporate decision making and building a legacy. We conclude that the meaning of strategic action is not isolated, being linked to several factors related to the existential project of the strategist.

scholarly journals Parental Challenges in Promoting the Well-being of Talented Youths in Indonesia: A Phenomenological Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 244-254
Author(s):  
Nur Setiawati Dewi ◽  
Piyanuch Jittanoon ◽  
Wantanee Wiroonpanich
Keyword(s):  
Financial Constraints ◽  
Phenomenological Study ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Oppositional Behavior ◽  
The Family ◽  
Field Notes ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
Children's Activities

Background: Parenting talented youths is a challenging task since most talented youths experience role complexities in their lives. Thus, raising talented youths can lead to increased challenges of parenting.Purpose: This study aimed to explore the challenges faced by Javanese Muslim parents in promoting the well-being of talented youths.Methods: A descriptive phenomenological approach was chosen to guide this study. Thirteen Javanese Muslim parents of talented youth (nine men and three women) were recruited using snowball and purposive sampling techniques. The data were obtained by conducting semi-structured interviews and field notes. The collected data were transcribed using verbatim transcription and analyzed using Giorgi’s method of analysis.Results: Three themes were found after data analysis, i.e., challenges coming from the youths, challenges from the community, and the existence of financial constraints in the family. Challenges coming from the youth were related to the oppositional behavior of talented youths and difficulties in managing children’s activities as students and as talented youths. Challenges from the community included low commitment and belittling behavior from teachers or lecturers, ridicule from their neighbors, gender-based discrimination, and the absence of support from the organization. Another theme was related to financial constraints in the family which made it difficult for parents to finance their youth’s education and talent activities.Conclusion: Identifying the actual problems experienced by the talented youths’ parents could help nurses develop appropriate family programs, consider, and incorporate holistic aspects into the programs to obtain optimal results.

scholarly journals Why Is Parental Resilience Necessary? Phenomenological Study of The Level of Parental Resilience In Assisting Children To Learn From Home/ Mengapa Ketahanan Orangtua Diperlukan? Studi Fenomenologi Tingkat Resiliensi Orangtua Dalam Mendampingi Anak Belajar Dari Rumah

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 201-217
Author(s):  
Novia Solichah ◽  
Nurul Shofiah
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Regulation ◽  
Phenomenological Study ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
School Level ◽  
Data Driven ◽  
Inductive Method ◽  
Problem Analysis ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Parental Assistance ◽  
Depth Interview

Abstract: The purpose of this study was to determine the description of the resilience of parents who accompanied children to learn online during the Covid-19 pandemic. The method used in this research is a qualitative method with a phenomenological approach. The unit of analysis for this study is the parents who accompany their children to learn online during the pandemic for at least 6 months, from the elementary school level. The method used is the inductive method, starting with collecting data then formulating the data in a pattern and concluding it. The technique of extracting data by using semi-structured interviews was depth interviews. The thematic analysis used is data driven, the approach used in this study is based on data. The technique of establishing the credibility of the data uses triangulation of researchers. The results showed how emotional regulation, impulse control, optimism, empathy, problem analysis skills, self-efficacy, and increased positive aspects of parents to continue accompanying children to learn online during a pandemic.Keywords: Resilience; Parental Assistance; Online Based Learning Activities  Abstrak: Tujuan dari penelitian ini yakni untuk memaparkan tingkat, gambaran, dan faktor yang mempengaruhi resiliensi pada Orangtua yang mendampingi anak belajar online di masa pandemi Covid-19. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode kualitatif dengan pendekatan fenomenologi. Unit analisis dari penelitian ini adalah Orangtua yang mendampingi anak belajar online di masa pandemi kurang lebih selama 6 bulan minimal, dari jenjang kelas Sekolah Dasar. Metode yang digunakan yaitu metode induktif, diawali dengan mengumpulkan data kemudian memformulasikan data dalam sebuah pola dan menyimpulkannya. Teknik penggalian data dengan wawancara semiterstruktur yang digunakan depth interview. Analisis tematik yang digunakan adalah data driven, pendekatan yang dipakai dalam penelitian ini ada berdasarkan data. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan tingkat resiliensi orangtua dalam mendampingi anak belajar online dalam kategori tinggi. Kedua, gambaran resiliensi orangtua ditunjukkan dengan aspek regulasi emosi, pengendalian impuls, sikap optimis, empati, kemampuan analisis masalah, dan peningkatan aspek positif. Ketiga, faktor yang mempengaruhi resiliensi yakni individu, keluarga, dan komunitas serta Guru.Kata Kunci: Resiliensi; Pendampingan Orangtua; Kegiatan Belajar Online

scholarly journals Understanding the childbirth experiences of childhood sexual abuse survivors: a phenomenological study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caitlin Mathewson
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Childhood Sexual Abuse ◽  
Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Phenomenological Study ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Abuse Survivors ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Interpretative Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Childbearing Women ◽  
Childbirth Experiences

This study describes the childbirth experiences of survivors of childhood sexual abuse using an interpretative phenomenological approach. Data collection involved in-depth, semi-structured interviews of four women who gave birth to a baby within the last five years. Using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis, three superordinate themes emerged: control, anxiety, and detachment. This contributes to the current body of research by extending knowledge on what it means to experience childbirth for survivors of childhood sexual abuse, told by the woman herself. These findings are especially important in understanding what is required in providing safe, sensitive care for all childbearing women, and has important implications for practice, education, and further research.

scholarly journals Back to basics: can unstructured camping promote wellbeing?

2017 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosie Morrow ◽  
Alison Rodriguez ◽  
Nigel King
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Natural Environment ◽  
Phenomenological Study ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Evidence Base ◽  
Relationship Maintenance ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Health And Wellbeing

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the perceived wellbeing benefits of the unstructured camping experience for young adults. Design/methodology/approach This is a cross-sectional descriptive phenomenological study. Young adults between the ages of 21 and 30 years with recent experiences of camping were invited to participate in the study. A descriptive phenomenological approach was taken, involving photograph-guided semi-structured interviews and Colaizzi’s seven-stage analysis framework. Ethical approval was granted by the university where the study was managed. Findings Four female participants were interviewed; each interview lasted approximately 60 minutes in duration. Unstructured camping holidays were perceived to heighten general perceptions of health and wellbeing. Five themes emerged: “Getting away”, “Appreciation of the Natural Environment”, “Relationship Maintenance”, “Tranquility and Relaxation” and “Freedom and Adventure/Exploration”. The unstructured nature of the activity encouraged participant’s freewill to appreciate the natural environment and to engage in physical activity. Escape from everyday stressors to a tranquil environment provided the space and time to think and talk, relax and be active. Originality/value Green care initiatives could use the unstructured camping experience, or what the authors have framed as the “back to basics” model of camping, as a tool to promote general health and wellbeing in clinical and non-clinical young adult populations. Further research is needed to substantiate the evidence base, especially to probe further around the benefits of the spontaneity of the “back to basics” camping experience, in contrast to the structured group camp experiences the authors advocate in the UK and overseas for children’s leisure or health purposes.

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