In my thesis, I mainly explore the challenges that minors face upon the divorce or separation of their parents and their ways of coping with challenges. I also focus on what changes the children experienced after the separation or divorce and how much support they received from relatives, friends and professionals. I also devoted part of the research to what kind of support from professionals the interviewees would like to receive as children and what would be their suggestions for improving professional performance in this professional field.
In the empirical part of the research, I used a qualitative analysis to investigate how children experienced separation or divorce of their parents, what was their view of the parents' decision, what challenges they experienced during this time and what support they received. I qualitatively analyzed eight interviews that were made with young adults who had the experience of separation or divorce of their parents during childhood or adolescence.
Through research, I found that separation or divorce brought different challenges and stressors to the children and everyone coped with them in their own way. What they all had in common was that they tried to fill their time and distract themselves with various activities. Although the separation or divorce brought many challenges, it also brought positive changes to the children's lives. Interviewees reported that it brought them more peace, relaxation and relief. An important role of a social worker who at work meets a child who is going through a separation or divorce of parents, is to help and support him in overcoming challenges, providing a safe place and giving a child the feeling of being heard and the possibility of co-decision.
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