人類家人與動物家人生活經驗之探究

Abstract

本研究目的為了解人類家人與動物家人之家庭生活經驗，以及人類家人與動物家人之間家人關係的依附關係。本研究以詮釋現象學作為研究取向，懸置既有經驗與知識，以開放的態度進行人類家人與動物家人之家庭生活經驗探究。研究過程邀請四位曾與動物家人共同生活之受訪者，以半結構訪談進行生活經驗的蒐集，並以主題分析法進行研究資料的分析。研究結果以「初為家人的探尋與建立」、「情感深化與家人關係的持續」、「日常遇變動，福禍與共真感情」、「身軀不再，存在有形亦無形」四個共同主題呈現人類家人與動物家人之間家庭生活經驗，並進一步以華人家庭系統以及依附理論進行討論。研究結論分為「以責任承擔與家人情感為互動核心的家庭生活經驗」、「人類與動物家人由日常情誼產生依附關係」兩個部分。並依據研究結論，提出與動物家人共同生活的人類家屬、教育與心理領域專業工作者以及未來研究之建議。

The purpose of this study was to understand lived experience and family attachment relationship of human and animals as family members. The research orientation of the study was hermeneutic phenomenology, the research explored human and animal members’ family lived experience by an open-minded attitude, suspending existing knowledge and experiences.Four interviewees had lived with animal members were invited. Through semi-structured and in-depth interviews to collect data about lived experiences.Through the thematic analysis, there were four common themes of the family lived experiences among humans and animal members. Their experiences were as follows: (a) explore and build relationship as family members; (b) family relationship keep grow fonder; (c) facing changes and share life's ups and downs by real emotion; (d) material bodies pass away and exist in an incorporeal way. And discuss those experiences above by Chinese family systems and attachment theory.Research results are below: (a) Taking responsibility and family emotion as core interaction of family lived experiences; (b) the relationship between human and animal members grows from daily relationship to attachment relationship. According to the results of this study, some suggestions are offered for humans who lived with animal members, professional educators, counselors and further researchers.