Lived experience of married women with marriage without parental consent:A phenomenological study

Marriage as a way to attain peace and human needs has always been front him and people always try to make the best choice for their partner to have a life full of satisfaction. Therefore, the present study seeks to investigate the lived experience in women who married without parental consent.

The research was carried out with a qualitative approach and phenomenological model.The statistical population of the study included 15 women who married without family consent and therefore have no relationship with their original family, were selected by purposive sampling method and sampling continued until data saturation and lack of access to new data.The qualitative research method used was semi-structured interview. All interviews were recorded and transcripted verbatim and analyzed using the Coliseum method.

In this study, 4 main subjects and several minor subjects were extracted. The main subjects included: marital satisfaction, feeling lonely, distress tolerance and mutual support.

According to Iranian culture and the deep influence of the family, the issue of family and parental satisfaction is a case that couples should pay special attention to when choosing and deciding to get married. The results of the present study showed low marital satisfaction, high loneliness, and low mutual support in the women. Also, relatively high distress tolerance has been obtained from the results.Keywords: lived experience, women, marriage without family permission, phenomenological study