成年男性喪失父(母)親之哀傷經驗敘說研究

Narrative research of grieving experience from male adults who loss of parent

彭英慈(Ying-Tzu Peng)

指導教授 ： 田秀蘭

國立臺灣師範大學/教育學院/教育心理與輔導學系/碩士(2004年)

摘要

本研究旨在探究成年男性喪失父(母)親事件之哀傷經驗。藉由喪親故事之敘說，瞭解遭受喪親事件之成年男性對此失落事件的覺知；理解成年男性喪親後之哀傷內涵，及喪親事件對成年男性之影響。
研究對象為三位喪失父(母)之成年男性。本研究採敘說研究方法進行，並運用「整體—內容」分析方法呈現喪失父(母)之成年男性哀傷經驗的生命主題；並採用「類別—內容」分析方法進行資料分析，以更進一步理解喪失父(母)親之成年男性哀傷經驗之內涵。經資料分析後，呈現之研究結果如下：
覺知的內涵包含對死亡、失去、父(母)親死亡原因、父(母)親死亡意義、母親對死亡的自決，及喪親男性與父(母)親死亡事件的關係等六個部分；覺知的內涵受多元因素影響而改變。喪親男性的哀傷之情潛藏在敘事情節中，對自己的情感較為陌生或排斥壓抑，多以認知調整的方式調適哀傷，或透過他人行動化的陪伴獲得撫慰，面對家人的情感多以保護者的立場，透過行動表達關愛；此外，在社會支持部分出現認知提供與次級依附現象。喪親事件的影響部分，包含對自我概念、家庭動力、一般人際互動、生命態度及後續面對其他喪親事件反應之影響。
最後，根據研究的歷程和結果，提出有關本研究的反思和具體的建議，以供讀者和後續研究的參考。

關鍵字

哀傷 ； 成年男性 ； 喪親 ； 喪父 ； 喪母

並列摘要

The theme of the thesis is to conduct a research on the grieving experiences that three male adults have faced due to the death of parent. By telling the stories of loss would help us to better understand the thoughts of male adults toward the loss of their beloved one, to realize the content of grieving and the impacts on the grown man.

The participants of the research include three male adults. The study method of the thesis is narrative research. The researcher utilizes Holistic-content approach to present the life theme of the male adults who experience the loss of parent. Moreover, in order to further realize the content of grieving, Categorical-content approach has been applied on the purpose of data analysis. The result of the study is shown as follow:

The study has been discussed in six sections—Death, Loss, Cause of death of parent, Meaning of the death of parent, Self-determination of Mother to death, Relations between loss event and male adult survivor. Participants’ perceptions to content of death could be changed due to multiple factors. Male adults who suffered loss resulting from death of parent are more likely to hide their sorrow when telling their stories. They tend to deal with their bereavement by merely readjusting their own cognition or by receiving emotional support from others instead of facing sorrow directly. Most of them have chosen to be a so-called “protector” in the family and usually have shown their love for the family through “behaviors”. From perspective of social support system, phenomenon of cognition providing and secondary attachment forming has simultaneously appeared among family members. Speaking of impact of the loss for the participants, their reactions to self-concept, family dynamics, general inter-personal relationships, other possible loss events afterwards have been discussed in the research as well.

At last, the researcher has shared some refinement in her thinking and has proposed several new areas of discussion based on the process and result of the research.

並列關鍵字

grief ； male adult ； loss of parent ； loss of father ； loss of mother