| Summary: | 碩士 === 朝陽科技大學 === 休閒事業管理系 === 103 === The aim of the current study was to explore the mental processes of conflicts and happiness of the international volunteers. The information was obtained through interviewing with twelve volunteers in depth and analyzed with the ground theory. The motivation of being a volunteer abroad came from the faiths of egoism and altruism. The extent of conflicts and happiness would differ according to the proportion of the two beliefs. The conflicts originated from ego conflicts, conflicts of values, role conflicts, goal conflicts and interpersonal conflicts. The frustrations in ego conflicts play the most important part. Inter-role conflicts and relationship part of interpersonal conflicts constituted the resting portions of the helplessness. The coping strategies of interpersonal conflicts and role conflicts included avoiding and compromising. Acceptance was used to cope with ego conflicts and approach-avoidance conflicts. The happiness of international volunteers emerged from satisfication of needs, differences from previous experiences and new things learned during the service. The gratification of self-esteem played the most important part in the satisfication of needs, followed by the fulfillment of love and belongingness. Besides, conflicts coexisted with happiness, Self-Abuse and Ambitions among the volunteers during their services. There was a positive relationship between happiness and conflicts. From the Heider balance theory, we concluded that there was a positive balance among international volunteers, happiness and conflicts, which enhanced the volition of keeping the volunteers on services in order the get the feelings of happiness in an environment filled with conflicts. Through this research, we hoped to provide some advices for the participation and programs of education for international volunteers in the future.
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