本研究探究的主題是青少年與父母的離合關係。研究之目的係透過受訪個案及個案母親的深度追蹤訪談,瞭解在身心急遽發展,學校制度與環境轉變壓力下,青少年自我發展歷程中之離合發展狀態與離合存在狀態,青少年與母親離合關係的變化歷程。 本研究係以詮釋學及後現代批判理論的哲學為基礎,採用生命史研究方法,從先前理解所建構之離合概念出發,不斷與所蒐集之受訪個案與母親之檔案資料、訪談資料進行對話,經過概念與經驗資料相互的詮釋與修正的過程,以完成資料分析與解釋的工作。 本研究最後獲得對青少年與父母離合關係之離合概念的深層理解中,是以「控制需求」與「安全需求」為核心概念,所形成青少年與母親離合關係中有關「離」、「合」與「離合並存」之自我發展狀態;離合的存在狀態則包含有「全然的離」、「全然的合」、「形合實離」、「形離時合」、「離合模糊存在」、「離合矛盾存在」、「離合混亂存在」、「離合協商存在」與「離合相融」等九種存在狀態;而離合關係的變化歷程,則是一個從離合相融到離合相融的七個發展階段,其中每一個階段有一個故事情節代表其離合關係的發展歷程,最後則將七個故事情節組構成為能與前述概念適配的生命史。
The purposes of the research were to understand (1) the concepts of the separation-attachment relationship, (2) the developmental states of the separation-attachment relationship, and (3) the transition of the separation-attachment relationship between the adolescence and the mother. The theoretical background to the life history were hermeneutics and postmodern critical theory. First, the researcher constructed the pre-understanding for these preceding concepts of the separation-attachment. Analyzing the collected file data and visiting data. The researcher corrected and increased the content of these preceding concepts. The result of this research constructed some new concept for the preceding concept. The need for control will lead the adolescence into the development of the separation—individuation process. And the need for security will lead the adolescence into the development of the attachment process. There are 9 developmental states for the female suicide adolescence and 7 stages in the transition of the separation -- attachment relationship between the female suicide adolescence and the mother. Finally, the researcher wrote a life history of the female suicide adolescence for fitting those constructed new concepts.