Divorce is a complex experience intertwined with various risk factors. The study's objective is to examine risk factors for divorce from the viewpoint of divorcees in Slovenia. Semi-structured ...interviews were conducted with 14 participants (11 women, 3 men) from 28 to 54 years, having been divorced from six months to ten years. The results confirm previous findings, indicating that risk factors existed before marriage but were neglected by participants for various reasons, such as lack of knowledge and skills for building relationships. The findings of the study are a contribution to the development of family life education programmes, psychoeducation and psychotherapy in Slovenia.
This article presents results of a qualitative study of 12 adult couples making transition to parenthood. The aim of the study was to research the meaning of transition to parenthood through the lens ...of transformative learning theory. Transformative learning theory explains learning through meaning-making of that life experience. In this paper, the spiritual dimension of learning is emphasized. An important part of research methodology included biographical method, using semi-structured interviews before and after the birth of the first child. The research showed that transformative learning occurs in different spheres of life during transition to parenthood. This paper discusses the spiritual dimension of learning, meaning-making and presents results of the research.
Divorce is one of the more stressful and psychologically challenging experiences for spouses and whole families. After divorce, a new era begins, when it is necessary to re-adapt to life and during ...which hard feelings also emerge. During the process of divorce, successful emotional adaptation to the new situation is of great significance. Religion or spirituality can be a powerful source of help for an individual coping with stressful situations brought up by divorce. This study aimed to explore if and how divorcees experience the burden of divorce and along with it the relationship with God (within Catholic tradition) as a source of positive support in coping with divorce. We conducted open semi-structured interviews with 11 participants. With empirical phenomenological analysis, we built a general description of the investigated experience which entails three areas of experience: experiencing the burden of divorce, which is related to experiencing the relationship with God and the ways of spiritual coping with divorce, and experiencing the effects of religious coping with divorce. The result of this research can be used in evidence-based psychosocial (e.g. psychotherapy, counselling) and spiritual help for individuals in comprehensive care after divorce.
Introduction: Emotional factors are often specified as playing an important role in the context of problematic alcohol use and alcohol addiction. Aims: This study focused on examining the ...relationship between difficulties in emotion regulation, perceived personal problems, and problematic alcohol use. Methods: 374 participants from the general population in Slovenia and Croatia (34.8% men, 65.2% women) with an average age of 44.28 years (range: 26 to 74 years) completed the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT), Individual Problems and Strengths Scale (IPS) and Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale--Short Form (DERS-SF). Results: A higher level of problematic alcohol use positively correlated with difficulties in emotion regulation and the assessment of individual problems (p less than or equal to .010). Multiple linear regression analysis demonstrated that higher AUDIT scores were positively associated with two dimensions of difficulties in emotion regulation: impulse control difficulties (beta = 0.22, p = .008) and lack of emotional awareness (beta = 0.15, p = .010). Difficulties in emotion regulation completely mediated the effect of individual problems on problematic alcohol use (indirect effect: 0.18, CI -.06, -.31; p < .001): higher levels of individual problems contribute to higher levels of problematic alcohol use through the effect of difficulties in emotion regulation. Conclusions: The findings indicate the vulnerability of individuals with difficulties in emotion regulation to problematic alcohol use. Difficulties in emotion regulation are an important factor to consider for understanding the development, maintenance, and treatment of alcoholism and problematic alcohol use. Keywords: emotion regulation, alcoholism, stress, problem-solving, addiction
Divorce is a stressful life transition and does not have a single cause. This article presents the results of qualitative research on the causes for separation as perceived by women in Slovenia. Ten ...interviews were carried out with women divorced for less than 10 years and between 29 and 57 years old. The women created their own meanings of the reasons for divorce, all of which corresponded with other studies. The findings confirm the complex factors that contribute to the disintegration of marriage and that existed prior to the divorce. The research results present a vantage point for developing preventive activities that foster improved quality of interpersonal relationships in Slovenia.
Divorce is a complex experience intertwined with various risk factors. The study's objective is to examine risk factors for divorce from the viewpoint of divorcees in Slovenia. Semi-structured ...interviews were conducted with 14 participants (11 women, 3 men) from 28 to 54 years, having been divorced from six months to ten years. The results confirm previous findings, indicating that risk factors existed before marriage but were neglected by participants for various reasons, such as lack of knowledge and skills for building relationships. The findings of the study are a contribution to the development of family life education programmes, psychoeducation and psychotherapy in Slovenia.
Esejistično napisano delo, ki sloni na bogatih primerih in osebnem razmišljanju ter izkušnjah avtorja, postavlja mnogo vprašanj različnim strokam. Profesor Petrovec, ki je v našem okolju poznan kot ...vrhunski strokovnjak na področju izvrševanja kazni, svojo raziskavo postavi v dialog s filozofskimi spoznanji Hannah Arendt o banalnosti zla in Žižkovimi razmišljanji o globalnem nasilju.
Monografija z naslovom Od formalnega k neformalnemu: izobraževanje, učenje in znanje nadaljuje tradicijo interdisciplinarnega raziskovanja teh pojavov. Avtorji prihajajo iz različnih jezikovnih ...okolij in različnih znanstvenih področij ter uporabljajo pri svojem raziskovanju različne metodološke pristope (akcijsko raziskovanje, participatorno raziskovanje, utemeljena teorija, analiza dokumentov in študije primerov, kvantitativne empirične raziskave z uporabo vprašalnikov, če naštejemo nekatere). Vse troje vodi v pester prikaz spoznanj, hkrati pa nakazuje tudi fluidnost in nepreglednost področja neformalnega učenja in izobraževanja, ki je včasih kaotično.
Divorce or dissolution of a long-term intimate relationship is an event on the continuum of an individual's experience of attachment injury that is reawakened and played out again in this process. An ...attachment injury means the experience of rejection and betrayal of trust at a critical time of distress when one is in need of support. By means of the case study method, the article presents a case of a female client dealing with divorce. The history of traumatic relations through a lens of attachment theory is presented, along with divorce as the reawakening of an attachment injury and its processing in a relational family therapy model.
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