Date
5-22-2024
Department
School of Behavioral Sciences
Degree
Doctor of Philosophy in Counselor Education and Supervision (PhD)
Chair
Lisa Sosin
Keywords
unconditional love, focused attention, eye contact, physical touch, parenting
Disciplines
Counseling
Recommended Citation
Robinson, Saundra H., "A Parent-Child Intervention for Conveying Unconditional Love: A Transcendental Phenomenological Pilot Study" (2024). Doctoral Dissertations and Projects. 5617.
https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/doctoral/5617
Abstract
Every child wants to know whether their parents love them. The answer to this question is absolutely the most important thing in any child’s life. Most parents love their children, but not all know how to convey love in a way that their child feels loved. The purpose of this study was to examine how parents can put their feelings of love into action by applying a parent-child intervention of eye contact, focused attention, and physical touch. This transcendental phenomenological pilot study explored the lived experience of four individual parents applying the intervention over a 30-day period, contributing to positive change in the parent-child relationship. Throughout the study, interviews and surveys were conducted to gather data for further analysis. Findings of the study revealed major themes and sub-themes that showed the intervention to be effective in improving the parent-child relationship. These findings were discussed in relevance to extant literature. Implications and recommendations for future research were identified.
