ANTHROPOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE PSYCHO-SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT OF DIVORCE ON DIVORCED MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN IN SUB- CITY OF SABEAN IN DIRE DAWA, ETHIOPIA

Authors

  • Shambel Tufa Telila Assistant Professor
  • Dagne Tafa Gemechu Lecturers at Dire Dawa University
  • Dire Dawa, Ethiopia Lecturers at Dire Dawa University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53555/eijhss.v2i4.25

Keywords:

Divorce, Children, Mother, Psychological, Social, Economic Impact)

Abstract

The justification of writing this paper was to investigate the psychological, social and economic impact of divorce on mothers and their children in Dire Dawa City in sub-City of Sabean. The study attempted to examine the shocks happened due to divorce because divorce is the termination marriage. The impacts include psychological, social and economic which caused families upset especially the shock to children after divorce in Dire Dawa City particularly to Sabean sub- City. 

Anthropologists need to have a concern about the ethical consideration for the society under study (the host society). Everything about the society under study should have to be kept in secret or not exposed without the consent of these societies. Therefore, the researcher tried to establish rapport with the host community to get permission in order to get consent of the society under study to investigate the issue. The study also has its own methodology, the study design, source of data, instruments of data collection, and methods of data analysis and interpretations. 

Therefore, the researcher used both primary and secondary sources of data to explore the impact of divorce on children and divorced mothers in Sabean sub-City. Lastly the researcher tried to conclude that the study showed divorces have strong impact on future life of children.

 

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Published

2017-12-27