The Process of middle generation marriage and family life meaning making: A GT studying

Marriage is the prelude to entering the long-standing family of institution that its Candidates have different perspectives under the influence of various factors. One of them is generational movements. The fundamental changes in the way of entering, content management and leaving family indicate differences about marriage between the current generation and the previous one. The aim of this study is to find out the process of meaning formation of marriage in the "middle generation" who are on the borderline of experience of their and their parents' lasting marriage and early and multiple arrivals and departures of their children. The participants of this qualitative research based on Grounded theory method (systematic approach) are men and women residents in Tehran, with at least thirty years of experiencing marriage. The number of them until the theoretical saturation were 21 people. The results indicate the core category of the safety of tradition and two sub-categories including sacred validation and clear processor of life. Family life is clear from the perspective of this generation, in which it is only necessary for the person to be in his/her role and continue the path that has already existed. In this way, there is no need for individual's creativity or active action to present a specific individual's story but individuals fulfill their obligations to the society and the next generation by continuing the path of the past. This finding makes it possible to compare the semantic developments of family from the perspective of new generation (in further studies).