Stories of maternally bereaved young adults and their interpersonal relationships
Date of Publication
2016
Document Type
Bachelor's Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts Major in Psychology
College
College of Liberal Arts
Department/Unit
Psychology
Thesis Adviser
Mary Grace Seranilla-Orquiza
Defense Panel Member
Roberto E. Javier, Jr.
Abstract/Summary
The main purpose of the qualitative study is to understand the stories of young adults who grew up with the absence of their mother due to early death and to explore on how this has influenced the way they form interpersonal relationships. With the use of the narrative analysis as a methodology that includes an extensive interview with six (6) participants, the study is able to describe these experiences and make sense of their stories. The narrative analysis qualitative method allowed to produce four (4) themes: (a) sense of independence, (b) drawing strength and support from friends, (c), compensation, and (d) longing for mother. For most, the participants saw both the positive and negative impact of the experience to them but gave insight and emphasis on how the experience made them stronger and shaped them to who they are today. As a result, it was also one's need for love and affection that was found in the people closest to them, which are their fathers, house helpers, siblings, friends, close relatives, and the like. With that, the people who try to fill the spot of the participant's supposed mother was highlighted as to how important these people were on shaping their well-being and beliefs. More so, the loss of a mother makes an impact as to how they make and value interpersonal relationships by how they set standards for the people they choose to be in their lives that are essential to how they gain interpersonal growth.
Abstract Format
html
Language
English
Format
Accession Number
TU21466
Shelf Location
Archives, The Learning Commons, 12F, Henry Sy Sr. Hall
Physical Description
69 leaves ; 28 cm.
Keywords
Mothers--Death; Death--Psychological aspects; Young adults--Philippines; Interpersonal relations--Philippines; Bereavement--Psychological aspects
Recommended Citation
Fernando, L. C., Robles, M. O., Oba, A. S., & Jacinto, R. D. (2016). Stories of maternally bereaved young adults and their interpersonal relationships. Retrieved from https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/8444
Note
At head of title: Running head: Maternally bereaved young adults and their interpersonal relationships.