How I remember my parents' divorce: a phenomenological investigation.
In order to examine the experience of parental divorce for adult women, a phenomenological method was used. Ten women were interviewed and the interviews were transcribed verbatim and thematized. The themes that came from the texts of the interviews transcripts and the researchers' reflections on the phenomenological research group analysis were: Before the Divorce, During the Divorce, and After the Divorce. These themes were centered on a contextual ground of Time Frame of the Divorce. The results of this study can provide individuals with a context for understanding their own experiences of parental divorce. These results could also be helpful for mental health clinicians in anticipating the themes that clients will discuss relative to the stages of their parents' divorce.
Department of Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA. sstambau@utk.edu
Suzanne E
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Stambaugh
Mark A
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Hector
Austin R
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Carr
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004243:Divorce / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008875:Middle Aged; D008960:Models, Psychological; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D002666:Psychology, Child; D036301:Qualitative Research; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D017741:Survivors / Q000523:psychology*; D013714:Tennessee; D013997:Time Factors; D014930:Women / Q000523:psychology*