Exploring Resilience with Families - National Report for Belgium Authors:

Methodology This section outlines the methodology that was followed, detailing the sampling strategy, describing the profile of the participants who were recruited for the focus group discussions, and explaining the steps followed in the data collection and data analysis phase. [...] The table below outlines key information about the organisation of the focus group discussions, including the location where the focus group discussion was held, the recruitment mode and the number of participants. [...] The age of the children, in effect their life stage, shaped the intensity of the expenses and associated stress for the families. [...] Alongside the mental burden of being the sole caregiver, the responsibility of being the sole financial provider for the family exacerbates the amount of stress experienced by these parents. [...] Furthermore, the discussions repeatedly highlighted the variance in the intensity of pressures and the extent to which they were aggravated when the family constellation was different to the norm two-parent and children family.