Journal of Social Service Research, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1 - 14
Published: Jan. 16, 2025
Studies on parental depression predominantly use quantitative designs and are based in Western cultural contexts. Research the lived experiences of Chinese parents with major depressive disorder (MDD) Hong Kong society is scant. In this study, we aim to address research gap using a qualitative design, exploring parents' subjective experiences. From December 2022 April 2023, 12 parents, purposively sampled from community-based setting, participated semi-structured, rigorous interviews how they responded MDD. Using thematic analysis, an overarching theme "revitalizing parenthood" was identified, under which five subthemes, namely "rejecting fatalism depression," "regulating proximity children," "retaining parenthood," "redefining suffering," "untapped resources dyad," were generated. The findings provide suggestions for social workers engage MDD, who perceived as active players journey recovery revitalizing parenthood. Mental health professionals researchers should consider departing deficit-based landscape resilience-oriented perspective identify potential may contribute well-being whole family.
Language: Английский