Document Type	Master's Dissertation
Author	Joshi, Smita
Email	smitaj@telkomsa.net
URN	etd-01202012-102600
Document Title	Indian couples' narratives of the empty nest experience
Degree	Master of Arts
Department	Psychology
Supervisor	Advisor Name Title Prof L H Human Supervisor
Keywords	empty nest phenomenon Indian couples
Date	2011-09-08
Availability	restricted
Abstract The goal of this study was to explore the narratives of three Indian couples who experienced the empty nest phenomenon. The participants were selected from the predominant Indian community of Laudium (Centurion), which is west of Pretoria, South Africa. The participants were between 50 to 70 years of age. The research was conducted within the narrative metaphor. The researcher conducted unstructured interviews with the participants, transcribed the material, and analyzed the narratives by means of the “Three-dimensional Space Approach”. The narratives of the Indian couples revealed that the empty nest event created ramifications in various other areas of all the participants’ lives, as they experienced a transition from being parents before the empty nest, to being parents after the empty nest. The research was conducted within the guidelines of the Postgraduate and Ethics Committees of the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Pretoria, South Africa © 2010, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria Please cite as follows: Joshi, S 2010, Indian couples' narratives of the empty nest experience, MA dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-01202012-102600/ > F11/9/315/gm
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