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Tabatabaei F S, Farahbakhsh K, Fallah M H, Afshani S A. Components of Adolescents' Lived Experiences after Their Parents' Divorce: A Qualitative Study. TB 2024; 23 (1) :51-66
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Components of Adolescents' Lived Experiences after Their Parents' Divorce: A Qualitative Study
Fatemeh Sadat Tabatabaei (Ph.D.)1, Kiumars Farahbakhsh (Ph.D.)2, Mohammad Hosein Fallah (Ph.D.)3, Saeid Alireza Afshani (Ph.D.)4
1.Ph.D Student of Counseling, Yazd Branch, Islamic Azad University, Yazd, Iran
2.Corresponding author: Associate Professor, Department of Counseling, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran. Email: farahbakhsh@atu.ac.ir Phone: 09131154635
3.Associate Professor Department of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Yazd Branch, Islamic Azad University, Yazd, Iran
4.Professor Department of Cooperation and Social Welfare, Faculty of Social Sciences, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran
Abstract
Introduction: Divorce within families has various and often detrimental effects on adolescents, and lack of understanding adolescents' psychosocial experience regarding their parents' divorce is considered an obstacle in employing effective intervention methods. Therefore, the aim of this present study was to investigate and identify the components of adolescents' lived experiences after their parents' divorce in Iran.
Methods: This qualitative exploratory study was conducted using Colaizzi's theory in collecting, conducting, and analyzing the data. To this end, 24 adolescents aged 12 to 18 from Yazd city, who had experienced their parents' divorce, were identified through purposive sampling method, and their information was collected through semi-structured interviews in 2022. It is worth mentioning that all data were recorded, and the sampling continued until data saturation was achieved.
Results: Analysis of the lived experiences of the participants revealed 9 main thematic units out of a total of 126 meaningful units. Subsequently, through integration and linking of the concepts, 3 main themes of positive emotional experiences (calmness and positive adjustment to divorce), negative emotional experiences (anger, fear, guilt, and helplessness), and negative behavioral experiences (changes in family structure and support networks, and personal problems) were inferred, and their related components and concepts were interpreted separately.
Conclusion: After parental divorce, adolescents encounter various positive and negative emotional experiences as well as different negative behavioral experiences. Lack of awareness and timely treatment of these experiences can lead to more severe problems in their mental-social health. . Therefore, it is suggested that therapists interpret life experiences of these people more deeply and provide therapeutic interventions based on the themes obtained from the current research.
Keywords: Divorce, Lived experience, Adolescents, Qualitative study
References
1-Damari B, Masoudi Farid H, Hajebi A & et al. Divorce Indices, Causes, and Imple-mented Interventions in Iran. Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology. 2022;28(1):76-89.
2. Azimi Rasta M, Abedzade M. Study of the factors affecting divorce among couples in the family. Sociological Studied of Iran. 2013;3(10):31-46.
3. Kalantari A, Roshanfekr P, Javaheri J. Three Decades of Researches about “Divorce Causes” in Iran: A Review. Women's Strategic Studies. 2011;14(53):129-62.
4-Jaberi S, Etemadi O, Fatehizade M & et al. Iranian women’s divorce style: A qualitative study. Family process. 2022;61(1):436-50.
5-Askari-Nodoushan A, Shams Ghahfarokhi M, Shams Ghahfarrokhi F. An analysis of the socioeconomic characteristics of divorce in Iran. Strategic Research on Social Problems in Iran. 2019;8(2):1-16.
6. Gholamzadeh Jofreh M, Sodani M. Lived Experience of Iranian Women and Men’s Adjustment to Divorce: A Qualitative Study. Journal of Counseling Research. 2022;21(82):5-31.
7-Amato PR. The consequences of divorce for adults and children: An update. Društvena istraživanja-Časopis za opća društvena pitanja. 2014;23(1):5-24.
8-Haimi M, Lerner A. The impact of parental separation and divorce on the health status of children, and the ways to improve it. Journal of Clinical & Medical Genomics. 2016;4(1):1-7.
9-Roizblatt S, Leiva FV, Maida SA. Parents separation or divorce. Potential effects on children and recommendations to parents and pediatricians. Revista chilena de pediatria. 2018;89(2):166-72.
10-Dowling E, Barnes GG. Working with children and parents through separation and divorce: the changing lives of children: Bloomsbury Publishing; 2020.
11-Hartman L, Mandich A, Magalhães L & et al. Young adults’ experiences of parental divorce or separation during their adolescence: An occupational perspective. Journal of occupational science. 2016;23(2):234-44.
12-Özdemir U. An evaluation of adolescents from divorced families. Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies. 2007;2(3):227-31.
13-Emery R, Beam C, Rowen J. Adolescents' Experience of Parental Divorce. Encyclopedia of Adolescence. 2011:10-7.
14-Emami Sigaroodi A, Dehghan Nayeri N, Rahnavard Z & et al. Qualitative research methodology: phenomenology. Journal of holistic nursing and midwifery. 2012;22(2):56-63.
15-Wirihana L, Welch A, Williamson M & et al. Using Colaizzi’s method of data analysis to explore the experiences of nurse academics teaching on satellite campuses. Nurse Researcher. 2018;25(4):30-4.
16-Habibi A, Jalalnia R. Phenomenology approach. Tehran: Narvan; 2022.
17-Rastgar-Agah M. Statistical strategies for objectifying theoretical saturation in qualitative studies. Quarterly fo educational measuremen. 2023;Painting.
18-Mohammadi B. An introduction to qualitative research methods. Tehran: Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies.; 2014.
19-Zamani-Zarchi MS, Gholamali LM, Ejei J & et al. A phenomenological study of emotional experiences of children with divorced parents. Journal of research in psychological health. 2018;12(1):24-36.
20-Livingstone P. Exploring experiences of parental divorce in childhood using semi-structured interviews and Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. Manchester Metropolitan University. 2019:1-17.
21-Tomcikova Z, Madarasova Geckova A & et al. Parental divorce, adolescents’ feelings toward parents and drunkenness in adolescents. European addiction research. 2011;17(3):113-8.
22. Johnsen IO, Litland AS, Hallström IK. Living in two worlds–children's experiences after their parents' divorce–a qualitative study. Journal of pediatric nursing. 2018;43:e44-e51.
Fatemeh Sadat Tabatabaei (Ph.D.)1, Kiumars Farahbakhsh (Ph.D.)2, Mohammad Hosein Fallah (Ph.D.)3, Saeid Alireza Afshani (Ph.D.)4
1.Ph.D Student of Counseling, Yazd Branch, Islamic Azad University, Yazd, Iran
2.Corresponding author: Associate Professor, Department of Counseling, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran. Email: farahbakhsh@atu.ac.ir Phone: 09131154635
3.Associate Professor Department of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Yazd Branch, Islamic Azad University, Yazd, Iran
4.Professor Department of Cooperation and Social Welfare, Faculty of Social Sciences, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran
Abstract
Introduction: Divorce within families has various and often detrimental effects on adolescents, and lack of understanding adolescents' psychosocial experience regarding their parents' divorce is considered an obstacle in employing effective intervention methods. Therefore, the aim of this present study was to investigate and identify the components of adolescents' lived experiences after their parents' divorce in Iran.
Methods: This qualitative exploratory study was conducted using Colaizzi's theory in collecting, conducting, and analyzing the data. To this end, 24 adolescents aged 12 to 18 from Yazd city, who had experienced their parents' divorce, were identified through purposive sampling method, and their information was collected through semi-structured interviews in 2022. It is worth mentioning that all data were recorded, and the sampling continued until data saturation was achieved.
Results: Analysis of the lived experiences of the participants revealed 9 main thematic units out of a total of 126 meaningful units. Subsequently, through integration and linking of the concepts, 3 main themes of positive emotional experiences (calmness and positive adjustment to divorce), negative emotional experiences (anger, fear, guilt, and helplessness), and negative behavioral experiences (changes in family structure and support networks, and personal problems) were inferred, and their related components and concepts were interpreted separately.
Conclusion: After parental divorce, adolescents encounter various positive and negative emotional experiences as well as different negative behavioral experiences. Lack of awareness and timely treatment of these experiences can lead to more severe problems in their mental-social health. . Therefore, it is suggested that therapists interpret life experiences of these people more deeply and provide therapeutic interventions based on the themes obtained from the current research.
Keywords: Divorce, Lived experience, Adolescents, Qualitative study
References
1-Damari B, Masoudi Farid H, Hajebi A & et al. Divorce Indices, Causes, and Imple-mented Interventions in Iran. Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology. 2022;28(1):76-89.
2. Azimi Rasta M, Abedzade M. Study of the factors affecting divorce among couples in the family. Sociological Studied of Iran. 2013;3(10):31-46.
3. Kalantari A, Roshanfekr P, Javaheri J. Three Decades of Researches about “Divorce Causes” in Iran: A Review. Women's Strategic Studies. 2011;14(53):129-62.
4-Jaberi S, Etemadi O, Fatehizade M & et al. Iranian women’s divorce style: A qualitative study. Family process. 2022;61(1):436-50.
5-Askari-Nodoushan A, Shams Ghahfarokhi M, Shams Ghahfarrokhi F. An analysis of the socioeconomic characteristics of divorce in Iran. Strategic Research on Social Problems in Iran. 2019;8(2):1-16.
6. Gholamzadeh Jofreh M, Sodani M. Lived Experience of Iranian Women and Men’s Adjustment to Divorce: A Qualitative Study. Journal of Counseling Research. 2022;21(82):5-31.
7-Amato PR. The consequences of divorce for adults and children: An update. Društvena istraživanja-Časopis za opća društvena pitanja. 2014;23(1):5-24.
8-Haimi M, Lerner A. The impact of parental separation and divorce on the health status of children, and the ways to improve it. Journal of Clinical & Medical Genomics. 2016;4(1):1-7.
9-Roizblatt S, Leiva FV, Maida SA. Parents separation or divorce. Potential effects on children and recommendations to parents and pediatricians. Revista chilena de pediatria. 2018;89(2):166-72.
10-Dowling E, Barnes GG. Working with children and parents through separation and divorce: the changing lives of children: Bloomsbury Publishing; 2020.
11-Hartman L, Mandich A, Magalhães L & et al. Young adults’ experiences of parental divorce or separation during their adolescence: An occupational perspective. Journal of occupational science. 2016;23(2):234-44.
12-Özdemir U. An evaluation of adolescents from divorced families. Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies. 2007;2(3):227-31.
13-Emery R, Beam C, Rowen J. Adolescents' Experience of Parental Divorce. Encyclopedia of Adolescence. 2011:10-7.
14-Emami Sigaroodi A, Dehghan Nayeri N, Rahnavard Z & et al. Qualitative research methodology: phenomenology. Journal of holistic nursing and midwifery. 2012;22(2):56-63.
15-Wirihana L, Welch A, Williamson M & et al. Using Colaizzi’s method of data analysis to explore the experiences of nurse academics teaching on satellite campuses. Nurse Researcher. 2018;25(4):30-4.
16-Habibi A, Jalalnia R. Phenomenology approach. Tehran: Narvan; 2022.
17-Rastgar-Agah M. Statistical strategies for objectifying theoretical saturation in qualitative studies. Quarterly fo educational measuremen. 2023;Painting.
18-Mohammadi B. An introduction to qualitative research methods. Tehran: Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies.; 2014.
19-Zamani-Zarchi MS, Gholamali LM, Ejei J & et al. A phenomenological study of emotional experiences of children with divorced parents. Journal of research in psychological health. 2018;12(1):24-36.
20-Livingstone P. Exploring experiences of parental divorce in childhood using semi-structured interviews and Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. Manchester Metropolitan University. 2019:1-17.
21-Tomcikova Z, Madarasova Geckova A & et al. Parental divorce, adolescents’ feelings toward parents and drunkenness in adolescents. European addiction research. 2011;17(3):113-8.
22. Johnsen IO, Litland AS, Hallström IK. Living in two worlds–children's experiences after their parents' divorce–a qualitative study. Journal of pediatric nursing. 2018;43:e44-e51.
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Received: 2023/10/29 | Accepted: 2024/03/2 | Published: 2024/04/27
Received: 2023/10/29 | Accepted: 2024/03/2 | Published: 2024/04/27
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