EXPLORING THE LIVED EXPERIENCES OF SEASONALLY UNEMPLOYED PARENTS IN THE GOUDA AREA

Authors

  • Fredeline Izaks North-West University
  • Jana Avenant North-West University
  • Izanette Van Schalkwyk North-West University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15270/54-2-634

Abstract

The aim of this qualitative study was to explore and describe the lived experiences of seasonally unemployed parents in the Gouda area of the Western Province. Positive psychology provided the theoretical framework. A qualitative descriptive research design was used and seven adult parents were selected purposefully. Thematic data analysis focused on the inductive coding of collected data. Findings indicate that seasonally unemployed parents experience periods of employment and unemployment as distinctly different. Yet their experiences during periods of being employed or not are described as a series of challenges varying in degrees of difficulty for parents and their children.   

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Author Biographies

Fredeline Izaks, North-West University

Post graduate student

Jana Avenant, North-West University

Centre for Child, Youth and Family Studies, COMPRES, Faculty of Health Science

Izanette Van Schalkwyk, North-West University

Centre for Child, Youth and Family Studies, COMPRES, Faculty of Health Science

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Published

2018-06-12

How to Cite

Izaks, F., Avenant, J., & Van Schalkwyk, I. (2018). EXPLORING THE LIVED EXPERIENCES OF SEASONALLY UNEMPLOYED PARENTS IN THE GOUDA AREA. Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk, 54(2), 210–224. https://doi.org/10.15270/54-2-634

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