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    Pre and Post-divorce Experience of Men Who have Taken Child Custody in Addis Ababa
    (Addis Ababa University, 2015-05) Debebe, Afomia; Kebede, Wassie (assistant professor)
    The main objective of this study is to understand how divorced men perceive and explain their pre and post-divorce family life experiences. The methodology followed is qualitative research Pre and Post Divorce Experiences of Men……… 6 with specific method of phenomenology that helped the researcher to understand the lived experience of research participants. The participants have been purposively selected from the concluded divorce cases at Lideta Supreme Court. Data has been gathered through face-to-face in-depth interview and analyzed by applying a rigorous data analysis procedure. The findings revealed that, the divorced men have experienced social, economic, emotional, and psychological problems. After the divorce, adjustment to the new status, raising children, social participation, assuming new role in the family have been found to be among the major challenging experience of participants. Men had no easy life after divorce and that has to be the focus of research and program intervention. The coping mechanisms used included personal determination to work hard and overcome the problems, religion and hope about the future, mobilizing support from the environment, optimism about making things better for the children, and the belief and commitment that they can raise the children alone. Based on the findings, it has been able to forward recommendations that professional social work practice is needed at micro and mezzo levels apart from establishing a policy direction at macro level that guides social work practice down the road. Family stability and reduction of divorce could be promoted by wider community awareness and family education programs at the three levels of social work intervention. Further research with a wider scope and coverage should also be conducted on this area in order to have a better understanding about the issue and help families avoid divorce or to help families cope with the impact of divorce and see a better society