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title	Narrative Inquiry on Life Story of A Middle School Boy of a Divorced Family, Who Participated in ‘Sip O Tong Hwal’ Group Counselling Program
author(s)	Seon Ki Chae(Department of Counseling Studies Korea Counseling Graduate University)
Keywords	‘Sip O Tong Hwal’ group counseling, narrative inquiry, divorced family experience, a middle school boy
Abstract	This study aimed to explore life story of a male-middle school student (Jimin), a participant of ‘Sip O Tong Hwal’ group counseling, with focus on the experiences in his daily life and see how male middle school students build meaning out of their the life experiences. The key research agenda was ‘how the student, a participant of Sip O Tong Hwal counselling, came to perceive these experiences through the counseling program. While participating in the program, Jimin was able to ruminate on his life and face the painful memories of the past. Jimin’s life experience with family is summarized in the story titled ‘The Saddest Snack in the World.’ The story is based on his childhood memory, tainted with economic difficulties and the parents’ divorce. It was an unusual day as he could get the whole package of the snack, that had been never allowed for him before and that snack became the saddest snack in the world as he heard the news of his parents’ divorce on the same day. Second, Jimin suffered a lot from domestic violence of his father, on top of economic difficulties. But still he was just a middle school boy who wanted to have a father like a friend. Jimin believed his parents divorced because of economic difficulties and that was why his father became violent. But still Jimin wants to be a friend of his father. So now he has the desire to become a friendly father for his son in the future. This study is meaningful to see how the life experiences like parents divorce affect a middle school boy who is struggling, going through the adolescence.
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