聋人、听人或其他?——聋人家庭听人子女的自我认同

Deaf, Hearing or Other?——Self-Identity of Children of Deaf Adult

聋人家庭听人子女作为连接聋人群体和听人群体的桥梁,其自我认同值得关注。基于华人自我四元论,通过对七位来自聋人家庭的青年听人子女进行访谈,发现其自我认同在不同场域下各有不同。他们在家内场域下表现出与寻常家庭无二致的常人认同;在以熟人关系为主的学校场域下表现出听人认同;在以生人关系为主的宏观社会场域下表现出聋人认同。上述三种社会取向的自我认同呈自卫型共存关系。同时还出现微弱的超越具体场域的个人取向自我,但目前尚不明确和稳定。未来,家庭、学校和社会应对聋人家庭听人子女自我认同的发展给予更多关注,以帮助其形成更为自洽和有序的统整性自我系统。

As a bridge connecting the deaf and the hearing, the self-identity of Children of Deaf Adult(CoDA) deserves attention. Based on the four-part theory of Chinese self, seven CoDAs were interviewed, and we found that their self-identity was different in diverse fields. In the family field, they had the “ordinary identity”, which was the same as that of common families. They identified themselves as hearing persons within the school field where the relationship of acquaintances dominated. And under the macro-social field dominated by strangers, they attributed their preference for the deaf. The three social-oriented self-identities were characterized by coexisting with self-defense. And there was a faint individual-oriented self-identity that transcended the specific field, but it was not clear and stable yet. In the future, more commitment should be paid by family, school and society in order to integrate self-identities of CoDAs suitably.