英文摘要
|
Purpose: This study explored and analyzed the pursuit of love by two adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) who had different sexual orientations. Aspects of the process, including motivation for love, pursuit skills, concept of love, and changes in the process, were assessed. Methods: This study adopted the narrative research method by employing in-depth and semistructured interviews. Data were collected and subsequently analyzed, and the love stories of the two research subjects were examined. Results/Findings: The study results revealed that Mr. Unrequited had a total of four love stories concerning a girl. He focused on the girl's looks and attractiveness. He became aware of the possibility of being in love when he felt good upon laying his eyes on the girl for the first time. When he pursued the girl, he tended to build a relationship through natural processes. He would observe the girl and wait to chat with her. In addition, he would act affectionately with her and gifts her presents. He was inclined toward loving the girl like a good friend. He pursued love in a secure and conservative manner, and the more his love developed, the more difficult he found confessing to it. He would adjust to the love process through the simple method of not thinking too much about his ASD. "No insistence and no settlement" was his concept of love, and he was willing to treat the other person with sympathy and tolerance. He believes that love between two individuals who like each other should be simple. Mr. Social had pursued love four times, and was attracted toward men. In his first romantic relationship, he wanted a companion. In the second one, his partner was innocent and had not been socialized, which evoked Mr. Social's instinct to take care of him. In contrast to his second relationship, he longed to be cared for by the other in this third one. In his fourth relationship, he found the other party to be mature and considered being in a relationship with him worthwhile. The common feature among all his lovers was that they were all men who looked or acted like boys. Mr. Social actively pursued love by constantly looking for and chatting with men who interested him. In addition, he gave gifts and directly confessed his love. His style of pursuing love with different people was diverse-from ignorantly "having fun" in the beginning and simple dedication, passion, and madness to long-term stability. Owing to his ASD, he did not know how to address love in the beginning and, later, felt numb toward love. His process of sexual self-identification had four stages, namely doubt/awareness, test/exploration, suppression/confusion, and acceptance/identification. His concept of love was focused on liking somebody, and their gender was incidental. Furthermore, although he perceived love as indispensable, he did not think of it as the only thing that mattered in life. An analysis of the similarities and differences between the pursuits of love by the two participants revealed that in terms of similarities, they both showed implicit preference toward the conditions of their lovers. Furthermore, they both suffered from ASD but learned to re-adapt themselves. Love was also found to alleviate the symptoms of ASD. Their behaviors when in love highlighted their unique rational thinking. In terms of differences, they demonstrated completely different styles for pursuing and confessing love. Conclusions/Implications: Each of the participants followed different processes in their respective pursuits of love; for example, Mr. Unrequited "crossed the comfort zone for love." He was originally dull but later showed his active and gentle side and learned to give and care for others. Mr. Social "adjusted the pace and identified his sexual identity." At the beginning, he loved deeply and was helpless. Later, he slowed down and reviewed his excessive behaviors and negative thinking and bravely accepted his homosexual self. We recommend that educators should be aware of the love experiences of those diagnosed with ASD and the problems they face. Furthermore, the courses in the special needs domain must integrate the process of love in the curriculum to help individuals with ASD identify themselves.
|
参考文献
|
-
卓紋君, Wen-Chun(2004)。臺灣人愛情風格之分析研究。中華輔導學報,16,71-117。
連結:
-
莫少依, Shao-I,張正芬, Cheng-Fen(2014)。不共脈絡性:輕症自閉症學生的人際互動特徵。特殊教育研究學刊,39(2),33-59。
連結:
-
Bauminger, N.,Solomon, M.,Aviezer, A.,Heung, K.,Gazit, L.,Brown, J.,Rogers, S. J.(2008).Children with autism and their friends: a multidimensional study of friendship in high-functioning autism spectrum disorder.Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology,36(2),135-150.
-
Cederlund, M.,Hagberg, B.,Billstedt, E.,Gillberg, I. C.,Gillberg, C.(2008).Asperger syndrome and autism: a comparative longitudinal follow-up study more than 5 years after original diagnosis.Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders,38(1),72-85.
-
Chang, Y. C.,Chen, C. H.,Huang, P. C.,Lin, L. Y.(2019).Understanding the characteristics of friendship quality, activity participation, and emotional well-being in Taiwanese adolescents with autism spectrum disorder.Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy,26(6),452-462.
-
Clandinin, D. J.,Connelly, F. M.(2000).Narrative inquiry: experience and story in qualitative research.San Francisco, CA:Jossey-Bass.
-
Gregor, A.,Špajdel, M.(2013).Romantická láska z pohladu sociálnej neurovedy.Ostium,9(4)
-
Hendricks, D.(2010).Employment and adults with autism spectrum disorders: Challenges and strategies for success.Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation,32(2),125-134.
-
Kanner, L. (1943). Autistic disturbances of affective contact. Nervous Child, 2, 217-250.
-
Kerr, K. (2007). Romantic relationships and autism spectrum disorder. Amaze Information Sheet, 6. Retrieved from https://studylib.net/doc/18282349/romantic-relationships-and-autism-spectrum-disorder
-
Kindelberger, C.,Tsao, R.(2014).Staying alone or getting attached: development of the motivations toward romantic relationships during adolescence.The Journal of Genetic Psychology,175(2),147-162.
-
Lau, W.,Peterson, C. C.(2011).Adults and children with asperger syndrome: exploring adult attachment style, marital satisfaction and satisfaction with parenthood.Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders,5(1),392-399.
-
Lee, J. A.(1973).Colours of love: an exploration of the ways of loving.Canada, Toronto:New Press.
-
Lieb, R. W.,Bohnert, A. M.(2017).Relations Between Executive Functions, Social Impairment, and Friendship Quality on Adjustment Among High Functioning Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder.Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders,47(9),2861-2872.
-
Lieblich, A.,Tuval-Mashiach, R.,Ziber, T.(1998).Narrative Research: Reading, Analysis and Interpretation.Thousand Oaks, CA:Sage Publications, Inc..
-
Lincoln, Y. S.,Guba, E. G.(1985).Naturalistic inquiry.Beverly Hills, CA:Sage.
-
Mazurek, M. O.(2014).Loneliness, friendship, and well-being in adults with autism spectrum disorders.Autism,18(3),223-232.
-
Newport, J.,Newport, M.(2002).Autism Asperger’s & sexuality: pube arlington.Arlington, TX:Future Horizons Inc..
-
Ornitz, E. M.,Ritvo, E. R.(1968).Perceptual inconstancy in early infantile autism. The syndrome of early infant autism and its variants including certain cases of childhood schizophrenia.Archives of General Psychiatry,18(1),76-98.
-
Orsmond, G. I.,Shattuck, P. T.,Cooper, B. P.,Sterzing, P. R.,Anderson, K. A.(2013).Social participation among young adults with an autism spectrum disorder.Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders,43(11),2710-2719.
-
Pearlman-Avnion, S.,Cohen, N.,Eldan, A.(2017).Sexual well-being and quality of life among high-functioning adults with autism.Sexuality and Disability,35(3),279-293.
-
Petrina, N.,Carter, M.,Stephenson, J.,Sweller, N.(2017).Friendship Satisfaction in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Nominated Friends.Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders,47(2),384-392.
-
Renty, J.,Roeyers, H.(2006).Quality of life in high-functioning adults with autism spectrum disorder.Autism,10(5),511-524.
-
Rubin, Z.(1970).Measurement of romantic love.Journal of Personality and Social Psychology,16(2),265-273.
-
Rutter, M.(1978).Diagnosis and definitions of childhood autism.Journal of Autism & Childhood Schizophrenia,8(2),139-161.
-
Simon, V. A.,Aikins, J. W.,Prinstein, M. J.(2008).Romantic partner selection and socialization during early adolescence.Child Development,79(6),1676-1692.
-
Solomon, M.,Rogers, S.,Bauminger, N.(2011).Abstract Reasoning and Friendship in High Functioning Preadolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorders.Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders,41(1),32-43.
-
Sternberg, R. J.(1986).A triangular theory of love.Psychological Review,93(2),119-135.
-
Stokes, M. A.,Kaur, A.(2005).High functioning autism and sexuality: A parental perspective.Autism,9(3),266-289.
-
Stokes, M.,Newton, N.,Kaur, A.(2007).Stalking, and social and romantic functioning among adolescents and adults with autism spectrum disorder.Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders,37(10),1969-1986.
-
Strunz, S.,Schermuck, C.,Ballerstein, S.,Ahlers, C. J.,Dziobek, I.,Roepke, S.(2017).Romantic relationships and relationship satisfaction among adults with asperger syndrome and high-functioning autism.Journal of Clinical Psychology,73(1),113-125.
-
王政茹, Cheng-Ju(2008)。臺北=Taipei, Taiwan,國立臺灣師範大學特殊教育學系=National Taiwan Normal University。
-
王銘涵, Ming-Han(2012)。花蓮=Hualien, Taiwan,國立東華大學特殊教育學系=National Dong Hwa University。
-
江孟恩, Meng-En(2018)。臺北=Taipei, Taiwan,臺灣大學社會工作學系=National Taiwan University。
-
吳采玲, Tsai-Ling(2012)。臺北=Taipei, Taiwan,中國文化大學青少年兒童福利學系=Chinese Culture University。
-
邱妤芳, Yu-Fang(2016)。臺北=Taipei, Taiwan,國立臺灣師範大學特殊教育學系=National Taiwan Normal University。
-
張春興, Chun-Xing(1996).教育心理學.臺北=Taipei, Taiwan:東華=Tung Hua.
-
莊明貞, Ming-Jen,阮凱利, Kai-Li,吳臻利, Jen-Li,柴成瑋, Cheng-Wei,蕭又齊, You-Chi,賴玫美, Mei-Mei,何怡君, Yi-Jiun,陳靜宜, Jing-Yi,江慧娟, Huei-Jiuan,廖窈吟, Yau-Yin(2010).敘事探究─課程與教學的應用.臺北=Taipei, Taiwan:心理=Psychological.
-
陳漢釗, Han-Jhao(2014)。花蓮=Hualien, Taiwan,國立東華大學特殊教育學系=National Dong Hwa University。
-
彭麗蓉, Lih-Jung(2014)。嘉義=Chiayi, Taiwan,國立嘉義大學特殊教育學系=National Chiayi University。
-
鈕文英, Wern-Ing(2017).質性研究方法與論文寫作.臺北=Taipei, Taiwan:雙葉書廊=Yeh book.
-
鄭津妃, Chin-Fei(2015)。臺北=Taipei, Taiwan,國立臺灣師範大學特殊教育學系=National Taiwan Normal University。
|