因父殺母而喪親，對其子女的衝擊，易導致複雜與長期的創傷，目前國內尚未有人關注於此，使他們經常孤立無援。本論文旨在呈現一名青少年—阿德，面對父殺母而失喪雙親時的主觀失落經驗，並透過敘說，了解他如何因應父殺母所帶來的衝擊。本研究以質性研究中的敘事論，為研究方法的理論基礎，以深度訪談所得的資料為文本，採Lieblich等人所提出的「整體—內容」和「類別—內容」分析法分析文本。 研究顯示(一)事件發生後，阿德需要穩固的參照點，以發展可供一生依循的信念。(二)根據「類別—內容」方法所獲得的結果歸納出阿德的因應模式，在壓力的面對上，因參照點浮動與認同危機而無法維持，所以「逃避」成為阿德習慣因應事件的方式。(三)父殺母的經驗可能導致自我認同的危機。 本研究發現阿德因頓失參照點而強烈的需求指導，對應的理論是Erikson「認同危機」理論，反映出對於類似當事人，不論專業工作者或是一般親友，提供指引可能是一個重要的方法。 Witnessing the murder of mother by father, and the lost of both parents at the same time is definitely a shock with life-long complications of a child. The trauma is so profound that the grief and coping following such a tragedy is assumed to be unusual. However, few research has ever shed light on such an issue world-wide and especially in Taiwan. In this study, by way of a narrative approach, the subjective experience of such an adolescent is investigated. Data was collected through narrative interview – the stories told my the research participant (A-Der). The ＂holistic--content＂ and ＂ categorical--content＂ perspectives were used to analyze the data. The results of this study showed that (a) due to the inflicted death of parents at the same date, it seemed that A-Der lost “cognitive reference” which lead to numerous mistakes during his later development; (b) according to ＂ categorical--content＂ analyses, the major coping strategy was “avoidance”, which is assumed to be resulted from the lack of cognitive references. Together, identity stagament and crises are the major characteristics of his teenage development; (c) together, up-rooted with no solid cognitive reference characterize his avoidant coping and serial failures in life. The findings suggested that A-Der might be in desperate need of guidance for his life. However, the stigma of murder of parents and by parents at the same time, prevented A-Der and people around from offering sufficient guidance. Not willing to talk about the tragedy implicated the shortage of guidance both asked and provided. The Erickson’s ＂identity theory＂ seems relevant to the present findings. In the future, the effectiveness of “providing guidance” to help similar clients could be a major hypothesis to be bear in mind for both researchers and counselors.
