Family Experiences among Male Formees of Different Religious Congregations at Tangaza University, Kenya

The main purpose of this study was to investigate the family experiences among the male formees of different religious congregations studying at Tangaza University. This study adopted the Bowen family theory and was conducted using convergent parallel design. A total of 307 participants were selected, with 285 for the quantitative strand and 22 for the qualitative strand, based on statistical analysis. The qualitative data was collected through in-depth interviews while the quantitative data was collected using questionnaires. The study used family problems questionnaire for quantitative data collection. Data analysis was done through content and thematic analysis for qualitative data while descriptive and inferential statistics were performed using SPSS version 25. The main findings of the study revealed four major family experiences namely: loss and death (M= 3.70, std= 1.129), sickness (M=4.12, std= 1.119), financial stability (M= 2.79, .522) and parents’ marital status (M= 3.69, std= 1.054). The study recommends psycho-spiritual counseling and counseling psychology to the male formees, as effective and efficient mechanisms to be explored in handling family experiences.