Fractured Identity: A Framework for Understanding Young Asian American Women's Self-harm and Suicidal Behaviors.
Fractured Identity: A Framework for Understanding Young Asian American Women's Self-harm and Suicidal Behaviors.
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10.1007/s12552-014-9115-4
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发表时间：
2014
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3.1
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尽管年轻亚裔美国女性的自杀率很高，但这种现象的原因仍不清楚。这项定性研究探讨了16个年轻的亚裔美国妇女谁是移民的孩子，并报告自我伤害和/或自杀行为的历史的家庭经历。我们的研究结果表明，参与者经历了多种类型的“失能的养育方式”，其特征是：虐待，负担，文化脱节，脱离，和性别规定的养育。与这些家庭动力联系在一起的是参与者所遭受的双重束缚。由于受到多种类型的负面养育，这些女性感到被对立的力量所麻痹，陷入了满足父母期望和社会期望的强烈愿望之间，同时也反抗“完美的亚洲女性”的形象。在双重束缚的折磨下，这些妇女形成了一种“破碎的身份”，导致使用“不安全的应对”策略。被困在“痛苦之网”中，这些年轻女性独自承受痛苦，并从事自残和自杀行为。
Despite the high suicide rate among young Asian American women, the reasons for this phenomenon remain unclear. This qualitative study explored the family experiences of 16 young Asian American women who are children of immigrants and report a history of self-harm and/or suicidal behaviors. Our findings suggest that the participants experienced multiple types of “disempowering parenting styles” that are characterized as: abusive, burdening, culturally disjointed, disengaged, and gender-prescriptive parenting. Tied to these family dynamics is the double bind that participants suffer. Exposed to multiple types of negative parenting, the women felt paralyzed by opposing forces, caught between a deep desire to satisfy their parents’ expectations as well as societal expectations and to simultaneously rebel against the image of “the perfect Asian woman.” Torn by the double bind, these women developed a “fractured identity,” which led to the use of “unsafe coping” strategies. Trapped in a “web of pain,” the young women suffered alone and engaged in self-harm and suicidal behaviors.