| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立臺灣師範大學 === 教育心理與輔導學系 === 98 === The purpose of this research is to explore the subjective views from married males with a depressive disorder about their understanding of the cause that triggers the disease, their ways of dealing with the disease, and their change in their relationships with others in addition to comprehending the elements that help them to cope with the depressive disorder.
The approach for this research is based on a qualitative in-depth interview method, and the researcher has used a semi-structure interview guideline to interview three informants who were diagnosed as catching the depressive disorder. Then, the researcher has thematically annotated the ten text documents from the married males with the depressive disorder and analyzed them with a circulating concept to result in four essential themes:
I. Multifaceted and cumulative reasons to cause the depressive disorder:
The informants consider that multiple aspects including the expectation from family, personal, and culture, in addition to the cumulative pressure that causes their ailment.
II. Different challenges on admitting being ill and seeking for help:
For the informants, not only the syndromes of the disease but also the unfamiliarity and avoidance to both the depressive disorder and the psychiatric medical system make them suffer from the disease even more. In their following clinical experiences, because the depressive disorder is not cured easily, the informants feel anxious toward the treatments and the process.
III. More intense tribulations from difficult family interactions in addition to the
ailment:
The informants’ relationship with their family falls under unhealthy interactions in vague boundaries, conflicts, or estrangement. They, under the effect of the syndrome, can’t meet their own expectations on their family role, which often gives them more severe mental pressure.
IV. Gradual healing via the cooperation of external and internal assistances:
Due to the external assistance from the informants’ relatives and from the psychiatric medical system along with their adjustment in the interaction with others and within themselves, they are able to recover from the syndrome.
Based on the consequences of the research, the researcher has a further discussion and some suggestions to the government and its policy, to school and the social education, to the psychiatric medical system and professional helpers, as well as to the married males with the depressive disorder and their relatives. Finally, based on what have been learned from this research, the researcher provides a few suggestions for future study.
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