한부모가족 청소년의 가족생활 경험에 대한 질적 연구

A Qualitative Study on the Family Life Experiences of Single-Parent Family Adolescents

Objective: The purpose of this study is to discover the family life experiences of single-parent family adolescents. Methods: For the study, six adolescents in their teens from single-parent families living in Jeollabukdo were interviewed in-depth to analyze qualitative data. Results: The experience of teenagers in single-parent families was classified into five categories: (1) Becoming a single-parent family without realizing it (2) Being thankful to single parent for raising and protecting me (3) Non-parenting parent whose relationships are complicated by longing, love and hatred, as well as relationship weakening (4) The hidden difficulties of being a single–parent’s child (5) Support from grandparents and brothers, but adaptation that requires a lot of self-sufficiency. As a major result, adolescents were satisfied and trusted in their relationship with their parenting parent and had feelings of longing and love for their non-parenting parent. In particular, adolescents were interested in the dating and remarriage of their single parent. Adolescents tried to adapt to various emotional difficulties caused by parental divorce through their own efforts. Conclusions: Considering the results in this study, divorced parents, teachers and the community, and intact families should take a keener interest in and develop a greater understanding of single parent adolescents.