"Jag krigar för din skull" : En kvalitativ studie om föräldrars medberoende till missbrukande barn
(2019) SOPA63 20192School of Social Work
- Abstract
- Co-dependency is a controversial concept and a social problem affecting a large group of parents whose children are addicts. The purpose of this study was to investigate how parents with co-dependents experience and describe their situation in relation to their child with substance abuse problems, and how they experience and describe the help and support of Swedish society. Material and method: To achieve our results we have used a qualitative content analysis. We have analyzed four autobiographies based on symbolic interactionism and system theory. Results: Our results have shown that many parents have experienced and described that they have developed a co-dependency in relation to the child who abuses. The parents have also described... (More)
- Co-dependency is a controversial concept and a social problem affecting a large group of parents whose children are addicts. The purpose of this study was to investigate how parents with co-dependents experience and describe their situation in relation to their child with substance abuse problems, and how they experience and describe the help and support of Swedish society. Material and method: To achieve our results we have used a qualitative content analysis. We have analyzed four autobiographies based on symbolic interactionism and system theory. Results: Our results have shown that many parents have experienced and described that they have developed a co-dependency in relation to the child who abuses. The parents have also described that they often feel mentally ill because of the child's substance abuse problems. Another result of the study showed is that the problem of abuse together with the co-dependency problem led to conflicts between the family members, which often resulted in a difficult life situation for the whole family. The result also shows that the parents experienced and described that there are deficiencies in the social services when it came to getting help for their own co-dependents. (Less)
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- author
- Gustavsson, Theresa LU and Klintbo, Pernilla LU
- supervisor
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- Anna Rypi LU
- organization
- course
- SOPA63 20192
- year
- 2019
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Co-dependency, family relationships, drugs, alcohol, abuse
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 9006756
- date added to LUP
- 2020-03-19 11:54:24
- date last changed
- 2020-03-19 11:54:24
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abstract = {{Co-dependency is a controversial concept and a social problem affecting a large group of parents whose children are addicts. The purpose of this study was to investigate how parents with co-dependents experience and describe their situation in relation to their child with substance abuse problems, and how they experience and describe the help and support of Swedish society. Material and method: To achieve our results we have used a qualitative content analysis. We have analyzed four autobiographies based on symbolic interactionism and system theory. Results: Our results have shown that many parents have experienced and described that they have developed a co-dependency in relation to the child who abuses. The parents have also described that they often feel mentally ill because of the child's substance abuse problems. Another result of the study showed is that the problem of abuse together with the co-dependency problem led to conflicts between the family members, which often resulted in a difficult life situation for the whole family. The result also shows that the parents experienced and described that there are deficiencies in the social services when it came to getting help for their own co-dependents.}},
author = {{Gustavsson, Theresa and Klintbo, Pernilla}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{"Jag krigar för din skull" : En kvalitativ studie om föräldrars medberoende till missbrukande barn}},
year = {{2019}},
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