| 摘要: | 本研究目的在以質性研究方法，深入探討童年期受忽略之飼主，在遭逢同伴動物死亡後，生活上面臨的轉變與經驗歷程，並探討受訪者在此過程中，所經歷的感知與意義。本研究採質性研究的詮釋現象學方法，透過深入訪談研究參與者，藉由訪談文本，融入受訪者的情境脈絡中，理解並詮釋其面對同伴死亡之生活經驗。
本研究訪談四位研究參與者，共蒐集到8份文本資料，詮釋出三個共同主題：（1）一眼定情的緣分，生活點滴建情誼；（2）突來死訊難置信，負向思緒上心頭；（3）儀式哀悼賦新義，移情陪伴度悲傷；綜合這三大主題，以「內在需求與渴望之投射」做為飼主與同伴動物關係的本質詮釋；而「內在世界投射之瞬間瓦解」則為飼主遭遇同伴動物非預期死亡事件之本質。再者，將四位研究參與者於同伴動物死亡前後做一簡單心理歷程分析圖。最後，綜合討論本研究結果，並以一圖像來呈現本研究的普遍結構。
根據上述之研究分析結果提出七點結論：（1）飼主遭遇同伴動物非預期死亡經驗共有三大主題、（2）同伴動物的非預期死亡是飼主內在投射的瞬間瓦解、（3）非預期死亡的促發原因不同，情緒表達也會有所差異、（4）哀悼儀式有助於悲傷調適、（5）同伴動物是心靈支持也可能成為人際疏離之阻礙、（6）動物的死亡與飼養過多是另一種形式的創傷重複與剝奪、（7）有動物情感依附與互動經驗的飼主較容易進入諮商系統。最後，本研究根據上述結論，針對動物送養機構、非預期失去同伴動物者、相關的飼主親友與醫療喪葬專業人員、諮商輔導工作者與未來研究等方面提出具體建言。
This qualitative research interprets the life of the pet owners who lacked of attentions and care in childhood and experienced a sudden unexpected death of their companion animals. By the method of the hermeneutic phenomenology, this study goes deep into the life of the interviewees, discovering the profound meanings of the nature of their life.
Through the non-structural in-depth interviews, this study collects eight texts from four participants, who have experienced the sudden death of their companion animals. With the method of the hermeneutic phenomenology, three topics are generated from the study: (a) The feeling of affinity at first sight brings the owners and the companion animals together, and their relationship establishes through daily interactions, (b) the sudden death is too painful to bare and thus causes the animal owners to have negative emotions, (c) the mourning rituals and others’ company help owners ease their grief from the loss of the relationship. To elaborate these three subjects, the “projection of needs and desires” represents the relationships between owners and their companion animals. The “Inner World disintegrates quickly” represents the state that the owners who experienced the sudden death of their companion animals.
Furthermore, in this research the psychological process is analyzed and explained with a simple diagram. Based on the discussions of the three topics, the study generates seven points: (a) there are three main topics of pet owners experiencing the sudden death of their companion animals, (b) the disintegration of “Inner World” of the pet owners happens when they experience the sudden death of their companion animals, (c) emotional expressions differ from different causes of their companion animals’ sudden death, (d) mourning rituals can help ease their grieve, (e) the mental support from companion animals can be an obstacle in interpersonal relations, (f) the death of companion animals and keeping excessive pets is another re-traumatization and emotion deprival, (g) it is easier for pet owners, who have emotional attachments and interaction experience with animals, to get in counseling systems. Finally, I believe the research can offer useful suggestions to pet adoption agencies, pet owners who lose companion animals, and their relatives and friends, veterinarians, staff working in funeral business, counselors, and related future researches. |
