This study explores the process of self-reliance preparation among female heads of household’s in single-parent family welfare facilities. Fifteen female heads of households who had been living in such facilities for over three years participated in...
This study explores the process of self-reliance preparation among female heads of household’s in single-parent family welfare facilities. Fifteen female heads of households who had been living in such facilities for over three years participated in the study. The research analyzed the specific content, process, and context of their preparation for independence after entering the facilities. Using Strauss & Corbin’s grounded theory approach, the study identified 55 concepts, 24 subcategories, and 6 categories through open coding. Axial coding revealed the causal condition as “a place of survival at the crossroads of life and death,” the central phenomenon as “acquiring a thorough economic sense,” and the contextual condition as “a desperate struggle for life.” The action/interaction strategy was “improving resilience,” the intervening condition was “connection with the facility’s boundaries,” and the outcome was “the coexistence of safety and anxiety.” The analysis of the self-reliance preparation process of female heads of households identified five stages: psychological and emotional capital formation, human capital formation, economic capital formation, social capital formation, and sustainable capital formation. In selective coding, the Core category emerged as “forming capital that can be continuously utilized by connecting the boundaries of the facility as a mother.” This study is significant in that it provides theoretical, policy, and practical implications centered on grounded theory regarding the process by which female heads of single-parent families in welfare facilities prepare for independence.