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马来西亚华裔中年女性的失落经验之叙事研究
The Narrative Study of Loss Experiences in Middle-aged Chinese Women in Malaysia
摘要
本研究旨在采用叙事取向研究初步探究马来西亚中年女性的失落经验与因应，以及失落后的成长与省思。藉由她们的失落故事，了解马来西亚华人传统社会底下女性困顿与推进的片段，从而思索当今女性的位置与未来方向。故，本研究邀请三位年龄介于45－59岁的中年女性进行半结构式的深度访谈，进行叙事分析，然后与华人传统文化进行文本对话。透过“整体－内容”分析，研究者将访谈资料置于受访者的生命脉络中，整合出有意义情节的小主题，呈现她们的生命故事。透过“类别－内容”分析，依据研究问题做出综合分析，得到以下结果：（一）中年女性的失落经验围绕在不同的亲密关系；（二）中年女性以隐忍、妥协、自我归咎方式因应关系困局；（三）中年女性成长源于向外重新学习和连接家庭外的社会支持系统；（四）中年女性关系失落后重新把重心放在自己身上；（五）失落经验提升中年女性对他人的同理；（六）中年女性得以从失落中建构意义。
並列摘要
This study aims to use personal narrative research to explore the experiences of loss by middle-aged Chinese women in Malaysia. The study aims to deepen their reflections and growth in the process, in addition to the construction of meaning in their stories of the past, juxtaposed in the context of contemporary traditional Chinese culture. In this study, three middle-aged women, aged between 45 and 59, were interviewed in depth through semi-structured interviews. The collected narrative were analysed using the "holistic-content" model. We placed the data in the context of the interviewees' lives and integrated them into small themes with meaningful episodes to present their life stories. This is then followed by the "categorical-content" model, in which analysis were made based on the research questions. The research result showed that: (1) the experience of loss by middle-aged women were exposed to different intimate relationships; (2) relationship difficulties tend to be responded with self-blame; (3) middle-aged women's personal growth comes from self-relearning and connection to social support systems outside the family; (4) middle-aged women tend to focus on personal development after experiencing loss in intimate relationships; (5) experience of loss encouraged middle-aged women's empathy for others; and (6) middle-aged women were able to construct meaning from the experience of loss.