Erduran Tekin Özge
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, National Defense University, Turkish Air Force Academy, İstanbul, Turkey.
BMC Psychol. 2025 Jun 3;13(1):595. doi: 10.1186/s40359-025-02943-2.
For girls, the father is the first man they meet and also the first opportunity to recognise the characteristics of the opposite sex. Within the scope of this research, aims to examine the romantic relationship and mate selection experiences of young women with a history of paternal neglect and abuse.
In line with this purpose, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 25 female participants selected by purposive sampling and snowball sampling in order to examine the phenomenon in detail. Considering the analysis of the interviews and the uniqueness of the participants’ experiences, Smith and Osborn’s Interpretative Phenomenological analysis steps were followed.
As a result of the analyses, it was seen that four main themes, namely ‘Characteristics of traumatic experience, relationship with the father, women’s partner preferences, and coping resources’ and fourteen sub-themes explaining these themes emerged. The findings provide an opportunity to understand the role of paternal traumas in women’s choice of romantic partners and mates and to explore the resources they can use to cope with these traumas.
In line with the results obtained, suggestions are presented to improve the romantic relationship and mate selection experiences of young women with a history of paternal neglect and abuse and to increase their mental health by establishing healthy relationships.
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s40359-025-02943-2.
对于女孩来说，父亲是她们遇到的第一个男性，也是她们认识异性特征的第一次机会。在本研究范围内，旨在考察有父亲忽视和虐待经历的年轻女性的恋爱关系和择偶经历。
为此，通过目的抽样和滚雪球抽样选取了25名女性参与者进行半结构化访谈，以便详细考察这一现象。考虑到访谈分析和参与者经历的独特性，遵循了史密斯和奥斯本的解释现象学分析步骤。
分析结果显示，出现了四个主要主题，即“创伤经历的特征、与父亲的关系、女性的伴侣偏好和应对资源”以及解释这些主题的14个子主题。这些发现为理解父亲创伤在女性选择恋爱伴侣和配偶中的作用以及探索她们可用于应对这些创伤的资源提供了契机。
根据所得结果，提出了一些建议，以改善有父亲忽视和虐待经历的年轻女性的恋爱关系和择偶经历，并通过建立健康的关系来提高她们的心理健康水平。
在线版本包含可在10.1186/s40359-025-02943-2获取的补充材料。
