The factors and grounds of loneliness of women (A study of phenomenology)

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• nazila ebrahimi ¹
• Mohammad Hossein Fallah ²
• Siamak Samani ³
• saeid vaziri ⁴

¹ PHD student in counsalting

² Faculty member and Assistant professor of psychology Islamic Azad University Yazd branch, Yazd, Iran

³ Faculty member and Associate professor of educational psychology Islamic Azad University of Shiraz branch, Shiraz, Iran

⁴ Faculty member and Assistant professor of educational science Islamic Azad University of Yazd Branch,Yazd, Iran

Abstract

The aim of this research was to achieve the cause and grounds of loneliness of women for deep recognition of this phenomenon. This study was carried out in a qualitative way to the phenomenological method and with purposeful sampling, to collect data from the semi-structured interview of women between the ages 30-55 years old, they included 98 married, divorced and bachelor women in Shiraz city in 2018-2019. The interviews were recorded and then analyzed and analyzed in a seven-step Colaizzi (1987) method. Findings from the factors and fields of loneliness were summarized in 11 main themes and also with 38 sub themes. The factors include 4 main themes: Non consonantal with wife, lake of communication skills, lack of support, weakness of empathy, and the grounds include 7 main themes: Unbalanced family, the imagine of God, mood disorders and the situation, physical problems, emotional cognitive inefficacy, weak self-esteem and positive cognitive regulation. The study findings can provide a clear picture of the experience of women who feel lonely so that that they can advantageous to address them

Keywords

• loneliness
• factors
• ground
• Phenomenological

20.1001.1.20088566.1399.11.41.1.5

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