فصلنامه خانواده پژوهی (Sep 2019)
Lived experience of single children of their interaction with parents "A Phenomenological study"
Abstract
Single child is one of the growing forms of Iranian families and it is important to examine the dimensions and special issues related to it. The aim of this study is to provide a deep understanding of Single childeren experience of interacting with parents. The research method is phenomenology which is a qualitative method . For this purpose, 18 Single child were selected using Voluntary purposeful sampling and analyzed using semi-structured interviews. The interviews were recorded and word-by-word, finally, the data were analyzed in a thematic analysis. In this study, six main themes were extracted, which included attention and care, dependency, concern, loneliness, responsibility, and communication triangle. According to the findings of this study, single-child suffer greatly in interacting with parents in the gongpong dimensions, so correction of interactive patterns and parenting information can be effective in preventing negative outcomes. Given that the findings were derived from a native research, it could be possible to create special educational packages for these families.
