This study is intended to identify experience of people leaving from the child care institution to lead an independent lifestyle and to provide an overall understanding of their own personal experiences.
This study has applied a phenomenological res...
This study is intended to identify experience of people leaving from the child care institution to lead an independent lifestyle and to provide an overall understanding of their own personal experiences.
This study has applied a phenomenological research method developed by Giorgi to proceed reflexive activity of the researcher on the observed experience and collected resources from study subjects and phenomenological reflection on the contemplative dwelling to describe essential structure.
There were 5 study subjects including adults pursuing a career as an office worker after leaving from child care institutions or children in an extended service in the city of Busan. Resources have been collected from March to June in 2012, and an in-depth interview has been utilized as a method for collecting data in qualitative research to identify subjective recognition and personal experience of study subjects. In addition, it has been intended to interpret the meaning of an experience for independent lifestyle after leaving the child care institutions using semi-structured approach of the instruction on interview for convenience of data analysis.
Time and location for the interview were determined based on convenience of subjects, and most of it was conducted at a counseling room from work. Consultation has been performed for 2 or 3 times in average a week with each session for approximately 40 to 50 minutes.
This study has derived 52 different meaningful statements from 5 study subjects through analysis procedure developed by Giorgi, and specific inquiries including 'how was a positive aspect on the independent lifestyle after leaving the child care institution?' 'is there any negative aspect on the independent lifestyle after leaving the child care institution?' and 'what was the most significant part that was needed for leading an independent lifestyle after leaving the child care institution' among sub-categories of the 'recognition on the life not too long after leaving the child care institution,' 'a period spent for leading an independent lifestyle after leaving the child care institution,' 'psychological and social expression after leaving the child care institution' have been derived.
While preparing for the independent lifestyle at the child care institution, study subjects were turned out to have difficulty in private and social issues. In other words, there was no such an independent lifestyle in the past when they slowly adjusted their lifestyles.
Study subjects had a feeling of loneliness in the society that they firstly experienced after leaving the child care institution and also frustration and lonesomeness to solve everything on their own.
There are many obstacles that a person faces to lead an independent lifestyle in reality after leaving the child care institution. Study subjects were not properly ready for economically independent lifestyle due to a previous life at the institution. On the other hand, they had a difficulty in finding a place to live with an earning less than minimum wage. Even when being hired, they were forced to work for preparing living expenses at a random place without pursuing their own preference.
They experienced many difficulties after leaving the child care institution and ended up compromising their lives in the reality. There are many realistic obstacles that they might face, but finding a dream along with proper compensation is still a journey on their lives.
Experiencing the difficulty in leading independent lifestyle, it has been specifically recognized how much a practical measure for managing independent lifestyle was needed suggesting issues of it in their own perspectives.
Leading an independent lifestyle that was not familiar was difficult enough to produce an expectation and passion for a new lifestyle, but it turned out that they exerted an effort to accept reality and overcome obstacles. Hereupon, there has been a tremendous achievement on the development but still in lack of practical measure in the facility, and this behooves a particular policy to be introduced.