Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• Zahra Khavaninzade ¹
• Roya Rasouli ²
• Hamid Rezaeian ²

¹ PhD Student, Department of Counseling, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran

² Associate Professor, Department of Counseling, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Alzahra University,Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Abstract
Marital conflict is an injury that different families may be involved with. This research was conducted with the aim of identifying the experiences of teenage children exposed to parental marital conflict. The method of the current research was practical and of qualitative phenomenological type. The population of this study included teenage children exposed to parental marital conflict. Sampling was done in a targeted manner and continued until saturation and finally 12 children were selected and the participants were subjected to in-depth semi-structured interviews. In order to analyze the data, Colaizzi method was used. Data analysis led to the identification of 3 main themes, 12 sub-themes and 42 primary concepts. The first main theme, psychological problems, included the sub-themes of feeling of failure, feeling of fear, depression, mental preoccupation, feeling of being neglected, negative behaviors of teenagers and lack of psychological security.The second main theme was academic-occupational problems, which included job changes of parents and neglect, and finally, communication issues with acquaintances and friends. Was. In general, the results showed that teenagers with conflicting families are at risk and have psychological and communication problems.

Keywords

• Marital conflict
• Family
• Adolescent children