Identifying family factors affecting the academic failure of adolescent female students (Qualitative Study)

Aim: This qualitative study aimed to identify the family factors affecting the academic decline of adolescent female students and using interpretive phenomenology. Method: Participants were selected from the twelfth grade girls of nomadic education in Khuzestan province. Who were eligible to enter the study and had a drop in education. The sampling was goal-based with fifteen participants. Semi-structured interview was the method used and the interview and data analysis process continued until the theoretical saturation was reached. Data were analyzed by Dickelmann method. Results: The results led to extraction of 13 concepts and five categories. Based on the results, intra-family factors, cultural-family factors, individual factors, environmental-family factors and educational-family factors were identified. Discussion: It can be discussed that from 15 people, 6 to 15 people mentioned some of the causes of their academic failure that resulted from Family factors have been effective and common to their academic failure. Conclusion: family is considered as the first and most important educational base of emotional development and psychological well-being, experts and education officials and other educational institutions should pay special attention to nomadic students, especially nomadic teenage girls, so that They can pass this age-sensitive period with spiritual, psychological and educational success.