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Publication date: 29 September 2016

Exploring How Parental Divorce Provides Meaning to Personal Development and Interpersonal Experiences among Emerging Adult Women

Kayla Reed, Trent S. Parker, Mallory Lucier-Greer and Marsha L. Rehm

This study examined how parental divorce during emerging adulthood gives meaning to emerging adults’ developmental stage and interpersonal relationships.

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Purpose

This study examined how parental divorce during emerging adulthood gives meaning to emerging adults’ developmental stage and interpersonal relationships.

Methodology/approach

The participant sample consisted of 15 females from the Southeastern United States who were between the ages of 18 and 25 (M = 21.5). Qualitative methods were utilized, with a transcendental phenomenological research methodology specifically applied. Interviews were conducted focusing on perceptions of the divorce experience in relation to important aspects of emerging adulthood, namely developmental experiences and interpersonal relationships, primarily intimate partner and dating experiences. NVivo was used to allow a “bottom-up” design, emergent design, and interpretive inquiry for data analysis.

Findings

Two major themes emerged from the data: (1) developmental stage facilitates insight into the divorce process and (2) parental divorce leads to contemplating and reconceptualizing perceptions of self and interpersonal relationships.

Research limitations/implications

Results are relevant to researchers, parents, and practitioners as divorce is examined with a developmental lens. Findings suggest that the meaning and impact of parental divorce are distinct for emerging adult children, characterized by awareness and personal reflection. Implications for parenting and practice are provided.

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Divorce, Separation, and Remarriage: The Transformation of Family
Type: Book
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/S1530-353520160000010010
ISBN: 978-1-78635-229-3

Keywords

  • Divorce
  • emerging adults
  • romantic relationships
  • self-identity
  • phenomenology

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Divorce, Separation, and Remarriage: The Transformation of Family
Type: Book
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/S1530-353520160000010029
ISBN: 978-1-78635-229-3

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Divorce, Separation, and Remarriage: The Transformation of Family
Type: Book
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/S1530-353520160000010017
ISBN: 978-1-78635-229-3

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Publication date: 15 May 2018

Addiction and religiosity in facing suicide: a qualitative study on meaning of life and death among homeless people

Ines Testoni, Salvatore Russotto, Adriano Zamperini and Diego De Leo

This qualitative research explores the relationship between religiosity, suicide thoughts and drug abuse among 55 homeless people, interviewed with interpretative…

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This qualitative research explores the relationship between religiosity, suicide thoughts and drug abuse among 55 homeless people, interviewed with interpretative phenomenological analysis. Analyzing the thematic structure of the participants' narrations, important main themes appeared in order to avoid suicide, among which family, the certainty of finding a solution and the will to live. However, the suicide ideation inheres in about 30% of participants, almost all believers, addicted and/or alcoholics. Results suggest that religiosity and meaning of death neither prevent from substances abuse and alcoholism, nor is a protective factor against suicide ideation. Meanings of life are the most important reasons for living, and when they are definitively considered unworkable, alcohol and drug help to endure life in the street. A specific model is discussed.

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Mental Illness, vol. 10 no. 1
Type: Research Article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/mi.2018.7420
ISSN: 2036-7465

Keywords

  • Suicide
  • drug addiction
  • homeless people
  • religiosity

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