A dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Arts in partial fulfillment of the
requirements for the degree of Masters of Arts (Counseling Psychology) in
the Department of Psychology at the University of Zululand, South Africa, 2011. / The major objective of the study was to document the experiences and meaning attributed
to the divorce of one’s parents.
The results emerged from this study undoubtedly pointed out that the majority of the
experiences of children of divorce are negative experiences and had negative impacts to
their well being (personally, psychologically, economically and even socially). The
meaning attributed to these experiences, is mostly negative attributions and there were
few positive. Some of the participants have benefited from their negative and painful
experiences. That was by changed their thought orientation to be more focused and being
responsible individuals, whereas, it has changed other’s personality and self perception
for the bad.
Based on the findings of this study and evidence from consulted literature on the
experiences and meaning attributed to the divorce of one’s parents entails pain, abuse,
development, loss, despair, responsibility, deprivation and lot more. Most of the literature
reviewed concurred with findings of this study.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uzulu/oai:uzspace.unizulu.ac.za:10530/1090 |
| Date | January 2011 |
| Creators | Nhlangulela, Ntombintombi Christian |
| Contributors | Thwala, J.D., Dhlomo-Sibiya, R.M. |
| Publisher | University of Zululand |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | application/pdf |
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