|
KMID : 1025820170250040863
|
|
Family and Family Therapy
2017 Volume.25 No. 4 p.863 ~ p.882
|
|
|
Divorce Counseling Experiences of Premarital Pregnancy Couples: An Interpretive Phenomenological Study
|
|
Kim Soo-Jee
Choi Ji-Won
|
|
|
Abstract
|
|
|
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate the experience of premarital pregnancy couples in divorce counseling.
Methods: The process of divorce counseling covers the marital cycle and developmental crises, from pre-marriage to determination of divorce. Data were collected over an eighteen-month period from 6 couples who were interviewed during their 10th session of counseling. The data were analyzed using the interpretive phenomenological method.
Results: A total of 5 large themes and 16 small themes with components were derived: “motivation of marriage,” “unbalance and struggle of the couple system,” “over-dependency and differentiation in the relationship of family of origin,” “influential systems on parents’ role,” and “discovery of coping skills and strengths during divorce counseling.”
Conclusions: The researchers discussed the results within the context of premarital pregnancy couples in divorce counseling, attending to developmental crises and struggles in the family cycle. The results can contribute to the development of prevention strategies in family therapy practices
|
|
|
KEYWORD
|
|
|
premarital pregnancy, divorce counseling, interpretive phenomenology
|
|
|
FullTexts / Linksout information
|
|
|
|
|
|
Listed journal information
|
|
|