scholarly journals THE LIFE WITH DRUG ADDICT PARENTS: A PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 66-70
Author(s):  
Cyrille Panimdim ◽  
Joyce C. Estrera ◽  
Lourinn Mae C. Diaz
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experience ◽  
Phenomenological Study ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Data Gathering ◽  
Drug Addict ◽  
Major Theme ◽  
Parent Child Relationship ◽  
Child Relationship ◽  
One Year ◽  
Positive Outlook

Parent-child relationship is influenced by the role of social, cultural and contextual factors that determines child development. Drug addiction is very rampant in the society that involves both children and parents. This descriptive phenomenological study was conducted by utilizing10 informants who are children with drug addict parents. Informants were selected using snowball method who possesses the following inclusion criteria: aged 18 years and above, living with their parents who were drug addict within one year or more, and who are not intoxicated during the data gathering. Individual in-depth interview was conducted after transactional consent was secured. The Collaizzi’s method of data analysis was employed wherein 6 themes emerged: (1) Parental Hatred (2) Co-Dependency (3) Economic Distress (4) Fear of Aggression (5) Emotional Blocking (6) Longing for Situational Change; (Major Theme) The Complexity of the Scene. The lived experience of children with drug addict parents is much complicated. Three nursing implications were drawn: (1) there is a negative impact of living with drug addict parents. (2) Some children of drug addict parents strive to rationalize emotion. (3) Despite the circumstances the children have experienced, some have developed a positive outlook towards life.

scholarly journals Child Parent Relationship Training (CPRT): Enhancing Parent-child Relationships for Military Families

10.18060/1881 ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Staci J. Jensen-Hart ◽  
Jeff Christensen ◽  
Lacey Dutka ◽  
J. Corey Leishman
Keyword(s):  
Parental Stress ◽  
Military Families ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Training Model ◽  
Parent Child Relationship ◽  
Child Relationship ◽  
Parent Relationship ◽  
Parent Child Relationships ◽  
Parent Child

Military families experience increased stress when facing issues of deployment, separation, and reunification. The increased stress impacts the parent-child relationship as well as child behavioral and emotional well-being. Although recognizing the resiliency of military families, research points to the need to monitor parental stress both pre- and post-deployment and highlights the inherent risks that separation and reunification pose for the parent-child relationship bond. This pilot study was designed to explore the effectiveness of the Child Parent Relationship Therapy (CPRT) Training Model as a proactive method of enhancing parent-child relationships, reducing parental stress, and preventing negative impact of military separations on children.

scholarly journals Lived experience of patients on tuberculosis treatment in Tshwane, Gauteng province

2017 ◽  
Vol 22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oluwafunmilayo O. Akeju ◽  
Susanna C.D. Wright ◽  
Todd M. Maja
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Phenomenological Study ◽  
Data Gathering ◽  
Social Situation ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Tuberculosis Treatment ◽  
Social Situations ◽  
Gauteng Province ◽  
Treatment And Prevention

Tuberculosis is one of the communicable diseases that still contributes substantially to the worldwide disease burden and is still a major health threat worldwide. In order to gain abetter understanding of being a patient taking tuberculosis treatment and to improvead herence to treatment, this phenomenological study was conducted to explore the lived experience of patients on tuberculosis treatment.The population comprised patients in an identified tuberculosis clinic in Tshwane who had been on treatment for at least four months and who were able to communicate in English. The data gathering instrument was self-report by in-depth interview. Some of the main themes that emerged include influence of personal social situation, influence of good social support and disclosure, experience of taking medication daily and knowledge about tuberculosis treatment.Findings revealed that the personal social situations of the participants which include accommodation, unemployment and nutritional requirements influenced the adherence of the participants to treatment. It was discovered that good social support had an influence on adherence which could only be enjoyed when the treatment and diagnosis of tuberculosis is disclosed to the family members and friends. Some of the participants, who had been non adherentin the past, attributed the reasons for their non-adherence to the side effects that they experienced. Lastly, participants also reported knowledge about tuberculosis, that is, knowledge about its causes, treatment and prevention, as crucial for adherence to treatment.

Self-Compassion From the Adolescent Perspective: A Qualitative Study

2017 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 323-346 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kirsten E. Klingle ◽  
K. Jessica Van Vliet
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experience ◽  
Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Phenomenological Study ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Self Compassion ◽  
Potential Benefits ◽  
Positive Outlook ◽  
Emotional Balance ◽  
Adolescent Perspective

Although recent research has pointed to the potential benefits of self-compassion for youth, relatively little is known about the perspectives and lived experience of adolescents as they extend compassion toward themselves. The purpose of this phenomenological study was to gain an in-depth understanding of self-compassion from the adolescent perspective. Six adolescents, who had experienced a variety of life difficulties, were interviewed about their experiences of self-compassion in the context of their daily lives. Data were analyzed for common themes using interpretative phenomenological analysis. The resulting themes included putting oneself at the center, maintaining a positive outlook, engaging in pleasurable activities, connecting positively with others, working on self-improvement, making oneself attractive to others, accepting oneself, and experiencing emotional balance. Findings from this study add to self-compassion research by bringing attention to the contextualized meaning and experiences of self-compassion from the adolescent perspective. Directions for future research and limitations of the study are discussed.

scholarly journals Music as the Medicine of Trauma among Refugees in Arizona

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernard Austin Kigunda Muriithi
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Phenomenological Study ◽  
Negative Emotions ◽  
Music Performance ◽  
Data Gathering ◽  
The United States ◽  
Traumatic Experience ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Snowball Sampling

This paper presents outcomes of a phenomenological study conducted to explore the lived experience of refugee musicians. Purposive and snowball sampling methods were used to identify six musicians who performed in the cities of Phoenix and Tucson and had been involved in music prior to entering the United States. The primary data gathering method was structured and unstructured interviews, but observations were made for the musicians who performed in public events during the study period. Audio and video recordings were made and photographs taken during these performances. Study outcomes show that the musicians have persisted in music performance as their primary method of healing trauma and negative emotions. Traumatic experience resulted in their fleeing from their homes and seeking refuge in other countries. After being resettled in the United States, they continue to suffer from the experience of loss, need to adapt and change, and struggle with trauma and negative emotions. Music is their method of healing trauma and facilitating integration. Music produces healing through 1) like a painkiller, enabling them to forget problems that result in distress, 2) being their means to communicate a message of hope, and 3) enabling integration, thus reducing isolation and loneliness.

Parental Guidance Skills and Students' Discipline Management in Secondary Schools in Kapchorwa District, Uganda

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 62-77
Author(s):  
Kamonges Wahab Asad
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Phenomenological Study ◽  
School Administrators ◽  
Parent Child Relationship ◽  
Stages Of Development ◽  
Adequate Knowledge ◽  
School Counsellors ◽  
Child Relationship ◽  
Parental Guidance

The study investigated on the parental guidance skills and students' discipline management in secondary schools in Kapchorwa district. The purpose of this phenomenological study was to help us better understand the experiences of teacher counsellors on the guidance skills expected of parents in the management of students' discipline in secondary schools. Four informants were purposively selected from four out of the six government aided secondary schools in Kapchorwa District and data was collected via interviews and analysed based on the perspectives of the teacher counsellors on the parental guidance skills and their management of discipline of students. The following conclusions were derived; There was less teamwork between the school administrations and the parents in the management of students' discipline, the parents gave little audience to their children which made them not to express their issues freely and openly, there is a poor parent-child relationship on matters regarding indiscipline, the parents lack adequate knowledge on the growth and development changes that children go through at different stages of development, and the parents lack adequate guidance skills necessary for the management of students' discipline. It was recommended that; parents should work in collaboration with school counsellors and teachers so as to reduce on the number of indiscipline cases in secondary schools, they should improve on their relationships with their children through establishment of good rapport, and that the school administrators should organise workshops and seminars geared towards educating parents on various issues affecting students.

A New State of Being

2016 ◽  
Vol 74 (3) ◽  
pp. 345-360 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine Yvonne Denhup
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experience ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Phenomenological Study ◽  
Parental Bereavement ◽  
Hermeneutic Phenomenological ◽  
Bereaved Parents ◽  
Death Of A Child ◽  
Conversational Interviews ◽  
One Year ◽  
Hermeneutic Phenomenological Study

In spite of growing bereavement literature, the meaning of the lived experience of parental bereavement is not well understood. This article presents selected findings from a Heideggerian hermeneutic phenomenological study which aimed to describe the lived experience of bereaved parents who experienced the death of a child due to cancer. Conversational interviews were conducted with six parents who experienced the death of a young child due to cancer at least one year prior to participation. The nature of parental bereavement was revealed to be a new state of being into which parents enter immediately after the death of a child and which has no end point. Findings will equip health professionals and others who work with bereaved parents with a deeper understanding of the meaning of parental bereavement.

Effects of Early Mother-Twin Relationships from Birth to Age 3, on Twin Bonding

1992 ◽  
Vol 41 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 143-148 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Robin ◽  
H. Kheroua ◽  
I. Casati
Keyword(s):  
Dyadic Relationships ◽  
Parent Child Relationship ◽  
Triadic Interaction ◽  
Clinical Interviews ◽  
Maternal Representations ◽  
Child Relationship ◽  
Game Situation ◽  
Current Program ◽  
One Year ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractFindings from an earlier phase of this research project clearly pointed to the mother's psycological adaptation inherent to the specificities of triadic interaction. Mothers' attitudes were classified in a typology ranging from “early twinness” where the two babies are treated as though they were a single unit, to attempts to create two dyadic relationships. The current program deals with the effects of the type of parent-child relationship at one year on the emergence of twin bonding. Sixty-eight families of twins (26MZ, 24DZ same sex, 18DZ different sex) are followed up from birth to the age of 3 using a method based on clinical interviews, videotaped observations, and questionnaires. The data cover mothers' rearing attitudes towards organization of babycare and outward signs of twinness, maternal representations of the relationship between the twins and observation of the children's interaction in a standardized game situation. The findings are discussed in terms of zygosity, and parental SCS.

scholarly journals The Lived Experience of Work and Career Among Individuals with Bipolar Disorder: A Phenomenological Study of Discussion Forum Narratives

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Rathbun-Grubb
Keyword(s):  
Bipolar Disorder ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Phenomenological Study ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Chronic Illnesses ◽  
Discussion Forums ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Healthy Life ◽  
Occupational Success ◽  
The Impact

Individuals with invisible chronic illnesses are often at a disadvantage in the workplace in terms of job security, promotion, and occupational success. Because little is known about the use of public online support forums to help patients with mental health disorders cope with the impact their illness has on their work and career, this research identifies and examines online forum posts related to employment by contributors with bipolar disorder. Seven percent of the total eligible posts from four discussion forums (n = 7,712) contained mentions of work and career (n = 572). A thematic analysis of the 572 posts is reported, organized by characteristics of contributors related to work and career histories, symptoms of bipolar disorder at work, needs for coping at work, the importance of work as part of a healthy life, disclosure of the illness, and recommendations by other contributors. The symptoms associated with the illness can have a negative impact in the work environment. Fear of stigma and other negative consequences inhibit workers from disclosing their condition and negotiating ways to get the fundamental accommodations they need. The posts reveal a climate of fear and uncertainty surrounding mental illness in the workplace, as well as individuals’ desire to conquer their health challenges to achieve meaning and fulfillment in their work life.

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