| Author: | Lam, Wai Ka |
| Title: | Parenting experience during sojourn : a phenomenological study on non-refoulement claimants in Hong Kong |
| Advisors: | Ku, Ben (APSS) |
| Degree: | DSW |
| Year: | 2024 |
| Subject: | Parenting -- Social aspects Parenting -- Psychological aspects Social service Refugees -- China -- Hong Kong Hong Kong Polytechnic University -- Dissertations |
| Department: | Department of Applied Social Sciences |
| Pages: | 118 pages |
| Language: | English |
| Abstract: | Non-refoulement claimants (NRC) fleeing from their country of origin with the claims of being at risk of torture, inhuman treatment, or persecution, have been sojourning in Hong Kong pending for the determination by the Immigration Department of Hong Kong under the Unified Screening Mechanism. The current study aimed at apprehending the parenting experience of the NRC parents and searching for the meanings behind. Heideggerian Interpretive Phenomenology was employed as the research methodology. Purposive sampling was adopted. Twelves NRC parents with different nationalities were recruited, and semi-structured face-to-face in-depth interviews were conducted. Interpretative phenomenological analysis, theme analysis and conceptual analysis under reflective methods, and hermeneutic epoche-reduction were served as references for data analysis. Five themes were identified, namely (1) competing deprivation, (2) sojourning hopelessly and fearfully, (3) living in the Here-and-Now, (4) coping with loneliness, and (5) enduring hope through parenting. Through interpreting the lived experience phenomenologically, the themes of the parenting experience were not regarded as the generalized features, but the manifestations of the originary appearance of the Dasein, which were also the grounds for searching for the meanings behind. A more in-depth and humanistic understanding, including the inner landscapes of the NRC parents and the meanings of their parenting experience, were uncovered. It is believed that the findings of the current study would be of value to practitioners, policymakers, and general public. I would like to call for more studies on the refugee and NRC population, and most importantly more phenomenological studies in social work profession which would not only enhance the practice, but also the development of the profession. |
| Rights: | All rights reserved |
| Access: | restricted access |
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