Lived Experiences of Young Adults From Broken Families on Marital Relationships

Abstract

Introduction: People often take for granted the impact of having separated parents on children. Individuals from broken homes are highly impressionable and the effects of what they have witnessed during childhood are conventionally carried with them into adulthood. There have been a limited amount of studies describing the impact of parental separation of young adults’ perception on marriage. This study aimed to delve into how parental separation affects young adults’ perception on marital relationship.
 
 Method: This study used a phenomenological research design to explore young adults’ perception on marriage. A total of 12 young adults coming from broken families participated in the study to provide the researchers with information about their thoughts and feelings about marriage. The researchers used a semi-structured interview and the collected data were analyzed using the Colaizzi’s method.
 
 Results: There were four themes that emerged from their opinions on marriage, such as God-centered relationship, couples in love, legalization of a relationship, and foundation of family. Perceptions of young adults from broken families were categorized into four themes: negative experience leading to fear, development of trust issues, poor self-worth, and attachment problems. The participants explained that the negative outlook on marital relationships is related to the negative experiences, trust issues, poor self-worth, and attachment issues that developed as impact of broken families.
 
 Discussion: The researchers recommend that similar studies with a quantitative approach be conducted for the further assessment of the dilemma presented by the study. Further research could bring about different results especially if done on a large population and different locations.

Our Generation at Risk: Tale of Disintegrated Families’ Children in Areas of Pakistan- A Review

“…If any of the parent cheated onto other, children develop rage, anger and offensive behavior which will continue to foster even when child is grown into an adult (Philpott, 2013). Children of such families often develop insecurities and instabilities (Pickhardth, 2011;Falculan et al, 2019). According to research of Dinah and Tumuti in 2012, divorce or separation of parents results in destruction of child's psychology and also raises the probability that they will never marry, due to fear of divorce or disloyalty from companion.…”