Table 2.

Methodological activities of Van Manen

#	Van Manen’s methodical activities	The researchers’ activities
1	Turning to the nature of lived experience	People's (Men and women) lived experiences of early marriage can be vital for planning and policymaking
2	Investigating experience as we live it	An adult person aged more than 18 years with a history of early marriage
3	Reflecting on the essential themes which characterize the phenomenon	Thematic analysis was employed
4	Describing the phenomenon through the art of writing and rewriting	A phenomenological text was created through writing and rewriting techniques
5	Maintaining a solid and oriented relation to the phenomenon	The themes were discussed concerning the phenomena
6	Balancing the research context by considering parts and whole	The transcripts and the extracted themes were compared and studied closely