en The narrative analysis of decision-making process to remarry ● International Health مقاله اصيل پژوهشي Orginal Article <p style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-align: justify;"><font size="3"><font color="#000000"><span mso-ascii-theme-font:="" mso-bidi-language:="" mso-bidi-theme-font:="" mso-hansi-theme-font:="" new="" style="font-family: " times="">This study is done to investigate female heads of household&rsquo;s</span><span mso-ascii-theme-font:="" mso-bidi-theme-font:="" mso-hansi-theme-font:="" new="" style="font-family: " times=""> </span></font></font><span mso-ascii-theme-font:="" mso-bidi-language:="" mso-bidi-theme-font:="" mso-hansi-theme-font:="" new="" style="font-family: " times=""><font size="3"><font color="#000000">decision-making process for remarriage and its barriers.It`s a qualitative study by narrative analysis strategy in which we use both thematic analysis and structural analysis using semi-structured interviews with nine women in Gonabad. The results of this study show these persons strongly feel the lack of husband due to the variety of needs, but barriers to remarriage have a deterrent role in the final decision to remarriage<span dir="RTL"> </span></font></font><font color="#000000" size="3">and this structural pressure is to the extent that put women in conflict for making final decision and this conflict will increase over time.</font></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-align: justify;"><font size="3"><font color="#000000"><b><span mso-ascii-theme-font:="" mso-bidi-language:="" mso-bidi-theme-font:="" mso-hansi-theme-font:="" new="" style="font-family: " times="">Keywords</span></b><span mso-ascii-theme-font:="" mso-bidi-language:="" mso-bidi-theme-font:="" mso-hansi-theme-font:="" new="" style="font-family: " times="">: decision-making process, remarriage, narrative analysis, thematic analysis, structural analysis, </span><span mso-ascii-theme-font:="" mso-bidi-theme-font:="" mso-hansi-theme-font:="" new="" style="font-family: " times="">Female heads of households</span></font></font></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-align: justify;">This study was done to investigate female heads of household&rsquo;s decision-making process for remarriage and its barriers. Since an important part of these women&rsquo;s life was not researchable through questionnaires and details of their life would be omitted, it&#39;s felt the need to do qualitative work; therefore, it&#39;s a qualitative study by narrative analysis strategy in which we used both thematic analysis and structural analysis by using semi-structured interviews with 9 women in Gonabad. The results of this study showed these persons strongly felt the lack of husband due to the variety of needs, but barriers to remarriage have a deterrent role in the final decision to remarriage and this structural pressure is to the extent that put women in conflict for making final decision and this conflict will increase over time. In the final, 9 of them had feeling the need, tending to remarry, social perceptions, expectations originated from emotions, expectations originated from position, subjective norms and evaluating and expecting benefits.</p> decision-making process, remarriage, narrative analysis, thematic analysis, structural analysis, Female heads of households Decision-Making, Remarriage, Narrative, Thematic 234 245 http://jrh.gmu.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-267-4&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Bibiaghdas Asghari بی بی اقدس اصغری a_asghari2002@yahoo.com 100319475328460014704 100319475328460014704 Yes Department of Social Science, School of Humanities, Islamic Azad University Gonabad Branch, Gonabad, Iran Maryam Eskafi مریم اسکافی meskafi@yahoo.com 100319475328460014705 100319475328460014705 No Department of Social Science, School of Humanities, Islamic Azad University Gonabad Branch, Gonabad, Iran