Conceptual model of coping strategies confronted the responsibilities of female-headed households: a phenomenological study

Conceptual model of coping strategies confronted the responsibilities of female-headed households: a phenomenological studyAbstractThe aim of the present study was to investigate coping strategies for women heads of households. Welfare was in Tehran. The sampling was first performed as a relative classification of Shemiranat, Shahriyar, Robat Karim and Tehran, then ended with a targeted sampling method of the property within two months until theoretical saturation. Statistical sample (35) of women heads of households, (12) social worker and 6 managers of welfare branches, in total (53) people. The data from the interview were analyzed by open and central coding method. Women's problems: psychological, physical, economic; Child related; Primary, cultural, and supportive families were identified. In addition, the results of 124 concepts, 17 sub-categories, 4 main categories: 1- Individual factors of effective coping strategies (resilience, self-efficacy, optimism, cognitive evaluation, spirituality) 2- Inefficient individual factors (cognitive and emotional distortions, passive style) , Physical-psychological disorders, dysfunctional parenting style) 3- Effective social factors (social participation, social cohesion, social trust) and 4-Inefficient social factors (insufficient participation, insufficient cohesion, insufficient trust and dependent factors)and 2 main themes of effective and ineffective coping strategies were identified. Based on the comprehensive multimodal hierarchical model, The effective components of spirituality, resilience, and the dysfunctional components of lack of trust and social cohesion, as well as the dependent and passive style in the female head of welfare, were more sensitive.