A Study on Family Crisis and Resources with Special Reference to Cases in the Taiwan Provincial Taichung Children''s Home

• Main Authors: Chang Yi-Chun, 張憶純
• Other Authors: 古允文
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 1999
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/67957383323369285208

碩士 === 國立暨南國際大學 === 社會政策與社會工作學系 === 87 === A Study on Family Crisis and Resources with Special Reference to Cases in the Taiwan Provincial Taichung Children''s Home -- The ABC-X Model of Family Stress Yi-Chun Chang Abstract： This thesis is bases on the "ABC-X model of Family Stress", especially focusing on the family resources. By case studies we interview with the parents who settled their children in the Taiwan Provincial Taichung Children''s Home, to see the processes why and how they must search for an alternative way to family functions. We find a "stress pile-up" phenomenon in family life cycle. The resources at both personal level and family system are not enough to cope with stressful family events or situations, because the resources from such primary system are limited and usually with conflicts. And it is also hard to get supports from social system. Resources form social networks are "poor", "blocked", or "unavailable", while the informal supports to families are weak and difficult to have a just information. An exploration on whether families take their children home or not, economic and living conditions, caring capability, and external factors, such as stigma, are the main reasons behind their decisions. But many cases show that their problems remain and these retard their efforts to take children home. Finally, we tried to propose some strategies linking to the provisions can be done by social work practice and the government. We argue that more positive measures and resources should be devoted to preserve and reunify a well-functioning family. A more concrete and comprehensive family policy is necessary in the near future, by which families should not be left on their own.