This master’s thesis seeks to understand father’s relationship and its impact on the self-respect of young adult women. The theoretical part includes a review of topics dealing with modern social challenges of young adult women, self-respect, fatherhood and the role of the father in the lives of young adult women as well as the impact the father’s relationship has on their intimate partner relationships.
The purpose of the empirical part was to use the qualitative method of thematic analysis and study how young adult women experience father’s relationship and what impact self-respect has on them. The study included eight women participants aged between 25 and 30. At the time of the study four participants were single and four were in a relationship. The thematic analysis revealed five main topics. Within the scope of self-respect, we discovered how the participants respect themselves and investigated the father-daughter relationship. Furthermore, we studied how daughters identify father’s self-respect, discussed intimate relationships, past and present partners and together identified the similarities and differences between fathers and partners.
The study brought to light the importance of the role fathers have in their daughter's perception of her relationships, in particular relating to self-respect and other relationships.
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