特殊儿童家长的叙事认同:一项研究回顾

Narrative Identity of Parents of Children with Special Needs: A Review

抚养有特殊需求的孩子,会给父母带来相当大的挑战,影响其身心健康状况,使家长面临长期的适应和发展困境,并反作用于对孩子的教养。该研究着眼于抚养特殊儿童对家长自我认同的影响。通过回顾已有文献,考察特殊儿童家长如何将孩子生养的经历,纳入自己的身份认同,以至于将自己的人生串联为一个有意义的整体。借鉴叙事认同研究的成果,文章分析了关于特殊儿童家长的叙事认同的研究成果,提出了实施特殊儿童家长叙事认同研究的意义,对未来的研究方向做了讨论,尤其关注研究视角、研究方法的多样化,以及从叙事的角度关注对特殊儿童家长的支持。

Raising children with special needs can bring considerable challenges to parents, affecting their physical and mental health. Parents of children with special needs face long-term challenges re-lated to adaptation and development, which in turn affect their parenting. This study focused on the impact of raising children with special needs on parents’ identity. By reviewing the existing literature, it examined how parents of exceptional children incorporate their experiences of raising children with special needs into their own identity, so as to connect their own life as a meaningful whole. Referring to the research findings of narrative identity, this paper analyzed the research results of narrative identity of parents of children with special needs, put forward the significance of implementing research on narrative identity of parents of children with special needs, and discussed the future research direction. This paper particularly focused on the diversification of research perspectives and research methods, as well as the support for parents of children with special needs from the perspective of narrative research.