Abstract
Introduction: Adolescence is a challenging period and cultural background plays an important role in families with adolescent. So exploring parents’ concerns in the specific context of Iran may improves nurses' family-based services and helps to reduce conflicts Iranian families with respect to adolescents. In this paper we explore perceptions of Iranian parents’ concerns in the family with raising adolescent children. Methods: Participants of this qualitative content analysis study were 23 parents with adolescents, who were recruited through purposive sampling. Data collection was done through semi structured in-depth interviews and analyzed based on Graneheim and Landman’s approach. Lincoln and Guba’s criteria were used to ensure the accuracy and strength of the study. Results: The theme "rebellion against parents’ authority" was supported by two categories: (1) parent-teenage conflict, and (2) difficulty in controlling. As the offspring enter adolescence, parents feel that their child is going to leave their domain. Conclusion: Findings from this study showed that the incongruity arises when traditional family norms fail to adapt to new patterns. Change of social and cultural norms in developing societies, has led to generational differences in families. This issue accompanied with adolescence, increases parents’ concern. So we recommend parental educational programs for learning effectively patterns for resisting internal challenges and communicate with adolescents.
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Adolescence is a challenging period and cultural background plays an important role in families with adolescent
J Car Sci 2018; 7 (1): 27-33. doi:10.15171/jcs.2018.005. Both during adolescence and thereafter, adolescents gradually look for a new balance
Adolescents often experience physical, psychological, social and behavioral changes[1] that result in difficulties for them and those around them. This is a difficult stage for both adolescents[2] and for the entire family and often increases tensions as well as inappropriate behaviors and relationships between parents and adolescents.[3]
Summary
Adolescence is a challenging period and cultural background plays an important role in families with adolescent. Adolescents often experience physical, psychological, social and behavioral changes[1] that result in difficulties for them and those around them This is a difficult stage for both adolescents[2] and for the entire family and often increases tensions as well as inappropriate behaviors and relationships between parents and adolescents.[3] Family changes through various development stages and adapts itself to the growth of children.[4] Failure to deal adequately with them will disrupt the family.[5,6] According to the 2011 census, the population of the age group of 10-19 years in Iran was reported to 12.3 million.[7] the study on adolescents is very important in our country
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