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Samodzielność życiowa dorosłych córek nadopiekuńczych rodziców
The Self‐reliance in Life of Female Adults of Overprotective Parents

Author(s): Dorota Alina Ruszkiewicz
Subject(s): Family and social welfare
Published by: Społeczna Akademia Nauk
Keywords: self-reliance; over-dependence; parental attitudes; adulthood

Summary/Abstract: The problem was solved in the qualitative methodology. The subject the research is the independent living of adult daughters overprotective parents. The purpose of this study is to investigate the self-reflection of adult daughters of overprotective parents, about their independence of life.The study used a case-by-case approach called "case study". The material was obtained througha partially structured interview, i.e. it was not strictly orientated to the adult life of parents whose parents were overprotective or completely undirected. This was an interview focused around a specific topic, which was the reflection about their self-reliance. The results of the research show that the interviewer fulfills all the criteria that make up the common definition of self-reliance (education, legal employment and stable housing). At the same time, they have a subjective sense of lack of selfreliance, which is manifested in, for example, the inability to run a household or settle official matters,the need to have a person who would lead them through life, and specific functioning as a social worker.

  • Issue Year: 8/2018
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 87-98
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish