Qualitative research of sacramental marriage in Archdiocese of Zadar

U ovom se diplomskom radu iznose rezultati istraživanja provedenog na uzorku od deset sugovornika koji su sklopili sakrament ženidbe na području Zadarske nadbiskupije. Cilj ovog rada je dobiti uvid u stanje obitelji na području Zadarske nadbiskupije, njihova razmišljanja o sakramentu ženidbe, njihove razloge, motive, nakanu pri sklapanju sakramenta ženidbe te saznati na koji način doživljavaju priježenidbeni, posliježenidbeni i obiteljski pastoral. U istraživanju je korištena kvalitativna metodologija pomoću polustrukturiranih intervjua. Intervjuirani sugovornici u braku su šest mjeseci, dvije, tri, osamnaest, dvadeset i trideset i dvije godine. Iz rezultata rada, kroz prikaz citata sugovornika, dobiven je uvid u iskustvo i percepciju sugovornika o sakramentu ženidbe, razloge, motive i nakanu pri sklapanju tog sakramenta, na koji način su doživjeli priježenidbeni, posliježenidbeni i obiteljski pastoral. Potrebno je provesti daljnja istraživanja, kvalitativna i kvantitativna, koja bi produbila spoznaje dobivene ovim radom.In this thesis presented results of a survey are conducted on a sample of ten interlocutors who assembled the sacrament of marriage in Archdiocese of Zadar. The aim of this thesis is to gain an insight into the condition of families in the Archdiocese of Zadar, their thoughts on the sacrament of marriage, their reasons, motives, intention in assembling the sacrament of marriage and find out how they experienced premarital, postmarital and family pastoral care. In this research qualitative methodology was used, by means of semi-structured interview. Interviewed interlocutors have been married for six months, two years, three, eighteen, twenty and thirty-two years. The results of the thesis, through the presentation of quotations from interlocutors, provide an insight into the interlocutor’s experience and perception of sacrament of marriage, reasons, motives and intention in assembling that sacrament, how they experienced premarital, postmarital and family pastoral care. Further research, both qualitative and quantitative, is needed to deepen the insights gained from this thesis