An interpretative phenomenological analysis of paternal bereavement in young adults

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Thesis Type: Doctorate

Institution Of The Thesis: Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Psychology, Turkey

Approval Date: 2016

Student: AYŞEN MARAŞ

Supervisor: FARUK GENÇÖZ

Open Archive Collection: AVESIS Open Access Collection

Abstract:

This thesis aims to gain an in-depth understanding on how young adults experience paternal bereavement. Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis is used in order to find superordinate themes that are shared among seven young adults, aging 20-35, who have lost their fathers in the past 10 months to 65 months. The emerged themes are discussed in terms of the related literature on bereavement.