The Theatrical Narrative Analysis Of Depressed Parents and Their Adolescent Abstract

• Main Author: 鄒繼礎
• Other Authors: 趙淑珠
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/35639480441945099652

博士 === 國立彰化師範大學 === 輔導與諮商學系所 === 103 === Based on the spirit of psychodrama perspective and constructivism, this study applies psychodrama theory and methods to develop a theatrical narrative interview and analysis framework. The depressed parents and their children of the two families were interviewed. The main purpose of the thesis is to understand the cross-generational transmission of depression with family and its implications for prevention of such transmission. The main findings about transmission of depression within family include: 1. The process of the four stages of role adjustment for children of depressed parents (CDP) provides new access to understand the cross-generational transmission of depression. 2. The difference in economic, social network, and other resources contributes to differential process of CDP role adjustment. And accordingly causes differential transmission of depression across generations. 3. The second phases of the CDP role learning, role restructuring, shows the key mechanism of transmission of depression. 4. The international and social context expands as the CDP leaves home during their later stage of adolescent development. On the one hand, CDP could trigger depression due to incomplete role restructuring in the new environment (daughter of family A). On the other hand, the experience of leaving home could be an access to re-entering role restructuring, which open the access to role creation (both daughter of family A and son of family B). 5. The role restructuring of CDP constitutes the first level of role transformation, which links to positive narratives among the two families. It also constitutes the basis for moving toward the second level of role transformation. The first level of role transformation seems to be the key mechanism for preventing depression transmission across generations. 6. The second level of role transformation occurs within the social context; it should go beyond family system and move further to a social context to experiment newly developed functional psychodrama roles. The second level of role transformation might be a basis for bringing long lasting positive narrative and constituting protective mechanism for depression transmission in the long run. 7. While CDP tries to overcome personal cultural conserves by spontaneity and creativity, the effort of acquiring knowing, working toward the restructuring of role clusters would contribute significantly toward CDP’s effort to overcome the restriction from personal cultural conserve. Based on the outcome shown above, the implications for prevention of depression transmission might be: A course or program for the prevention might be designed according to the role learning process. The program could teach and give training to CDP’s role learning in the context of family or a sub-system of family.