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Lived Experiences of a Single

Mother
A research paper about the lived experiences of a widow.

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Abstract

The paper is about the situation of single mothers.

Widows are expereincing a lot of changes throughout their journey. It is

not just their behavior but also their mental capability is also affected. This
situation strengthened them and help them focus on their children. This
study aims to know how single mothers cope with the problems they are
facing and understand the experiences of supporting a child alone fully.
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Introduction
PART 1
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Family comes from the great word home Every individual came from a family, it
helps an individual in shaping their lives and it plays a major role in the formation of
one's personality. It becomes a mold that forms an individual and the training
ground for love, knowledge, and, foundation of a person. No one can deny that
family is the foundation of society. Lessons they learn in family life had something to
do with guiding them towards on their set of clearly defined personal values and
behaviors. But no family is perfect, considering the situation of those who are a
single parent.
However, widows are still able to eventually recover from this situation may be
through perseverance, diligence, self- love, courage, positive thinking, faith and
family support.
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Research Thesis
Problem Statement
WHAT I WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT I WANT TO PROVE OR DISPROVE

The strength of widows amidst the challenges

The lived experiences of a single mother. they faced.
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LIMITED TO
Lived Experiences of a Single Mother

Limitations
of the Study
LIMITED TO
Participants who are in widowhood
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Review of Related
Literature
PART 2

BY CAHAYA DEWI
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Related Literature
DL UGONSKI AND MOTI (2016)
"This scenario has been associated with
negative health consequences such as
extreme sadness and depression"
SA VIKKO ET AL., (2010).
"This allows to recognize the difference
between "being" alone and "feeling" alone.
Therefore, it is not stunning that past studies
have found that marital status, particularly
widowhood, is among the toughest predictors
of sadness."
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HOLM & SEVERINSSON (2012)
"Being abandoned by a partner in life is
generally experienced as the most stressful
normative life event."
DIGIACOMO, LEWIS, PHILLIPS,
NOLAN AND DAVIDSON (2015),
"Several women identified assumption of
household financial management as the most
difficult aspect of coping with their husband’s
death."
BY CAHAYA DEWI
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Research
Participants
SUBJECTS OF THIS STUDY
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Methods
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Data Collection
Methods
STEPS AND ACTION ITEMS

STEP 1 STEP 2 STEP 3

The researchers prepared main The researchers distributed The researchers proceed to
interview questions and collect consent forms from the the interview using the research
consent forms. participant before the instruments to gather data.
scheduled interview.
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Results
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SADNESS

Qualitative
All of the respondents were in depth sadness
due to what happened to their spouse.

Results
FINANCIALLY INCAPABLE
RESEARCH FINDINGS AND
All of the respondents struggled financially but
HIGHLIGHTS were able to overcome it

FEAR
All of the respondents were scared on how
they are going to raised their children alone.
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Method Of Analysis
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Giorgi's Method

a phenomenological method of analyzing critically the personal story of

a person about his/her experiences.
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Conclusion
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This study aims to analyze and understand the lived experiences of a

single mother. The researchers used a Qualitative research design. The
gathering of data is through interviews with the help of the research
instruments used such as video and audio recorder, pen and paper. The
researchers limited their participants on single mothers in the selection of
widowhood and received their consent to proceed with the interview. The
study resulted in the participant having similar situations and difficulties
which are sadness, fear, and financially incapable.