Hearing, Listening and Understanding: A study of aboriginal mental in Taiwan

• Main Authors: Wan-Leng Hsu, 許惋稜
• Other Authors: Siang-Hua Tey
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2014
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/8x64z7

碩士 === 國立暨南國際大學 === 輔導與諮商研究所 === 102 === The study is proceeded with purposively sampling. The five choshen interviewers are of different orgins of tribes, such as Bunun, Paiwan and Seediq. The study is proceeded with in-depth interviews. The analysis strategies and steps are based on Giorigi's phenomenological method. The results of this research show that： 1. The mental health of aborigine include the following three dimensions: (1) to be responsible to family, job and oneself; (2) to have close and good linkage relationship with others; (3) from self-liberation toward self-realization. 2. The relationship between aboriginal mental health and their life world include (1) the inner norms of conduct of aboriginal society; (2) the reciprocal production system; (3) the qualitative change after conflicting with a mordern society. 3. The strategies that the aborigine maintain, restore and promote their mental health are mainly based on social support systems and inner resilience. The former sources includes family, chruch and village, whereas the latter sources includes positive thinking, concret action to fulfill oneself and spiritual fulfilment. At the last part, based on the discussions of the research results,the researcher has proposed some reconmentations.