It got me thinking: The impact of participating in a divorce decision-making interview.
benefits of research participation
divorce decision‐making
divorce ideation
qualitative
Journal
Journal of marital and family therapy
ISSN: 1752-0606
Titre abrégé: J Marital Fam Ther
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 7904614
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
21 Aug 2024
21 Aug 2024
Historique:
revised:
03
08
2024
received:
04
04
2024
accepted:
07
08
2024
medline:
22
8
2024
pubmed:
22
8
2024
entrez:
22
8
2024
Statut:
aheadofprint
Résumé
Although there is literature documenting the reasons for and outcomes of divorce, there is limited research about the divorce decision-making process. Researchers with the National Divorce Decision-Making Project interviewed (n = 30) people in the process of making a divorce decision. One year later they conducted a second interview (n = 22) with the same sample to track any changes in participants' divorce ideation. The current study reports on the results of a thematic analysis of participants' responses to the final question, "How did the initial interview impact your thinking about the future of your marriage?" Three salient themes emerged from the data: (1) talking got me thinking, (2) thinking got me acting, and (3) the conversation was (surprisingly) therapeutic. The authors highlight possible clinical implications and directions for future research.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Informations de copyright
© 2024 The Author(s). Journal of Marital and Family Therapy published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy.
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