Abstract
The aim of the study is to develop an indigenous parent consultation model based on the viewpoint of positive psychology, and to further discuss the empowerment development and transformation contexts of consultees in the process of consultation. Three data were collected from four female parents, which are the transcripts in the process of consultation, the transcripts of tracking interviews and the texts of tracking questionnaires, then analyzed the data by the template analysis method, to revise the initial version of parents empowerment concept model established by Gibson (1995). The results of the study are: (1) After giving cultural and behavioural connotation, the researcher further developed six empowerment subjects which are “Exploring and Tracing Back to the Origin”, “Initiating Fortune from the Extreme Adversity”, “Comprehending from Converting Thoughts”, “Facilitating from Being Proficient”, “Flourishing Strengths” and “Diversifying Crises into Safeties”. (2) Empowerment transformation uses “Exploring and Tracing Back to the Origin” and “Initiating Fortune from the Extreme Adversity” as the principal line, then, to form a dynamic force which will transform the origin exploration to bittersweet. (3) The results of empowerment are to establish parenting wellbeing by the extensibility of relationship culturing, to promote the appropriate expression of parenting by awareness transformation, so as to create a power of “Diversifying Crises into Safeties”.
Highlights
Intensive efforts have been made by the educational and medical organizations to assist the development of mental adaptation among juveniles in recent years
The positive psychology has led a view of increasing the wellbeing and efficacy of the target in the mental adaptation through enhancing the positive experience, which is different from the traditional medical models (Snyder & Lopez, 2002)
The positive psychology has been widely used in various mental hygiene practices
Summary
Intensive efforts have been made by the educational and medical organizations to assist the development of mental adaptation among juveniles in recent years. The related organizations had taken great efforts to assist the physical and mental adaptation of the juveniles, they seem to ignore the psychological care of their targets. Parent empowerment refers to a social experience that parents identify and improve their ability to realize their demands, solve their problems and control their life by necessary resources (Gibson, 1995). By introducing the concept of empowerment, foreign scholar Gibson (1995) proposed five empowerment topics in the study on the maternal empowerment development in the family with children suffering chronic disease, namely, finding the reality, considering setback, criticizing and introspecting, controlling and maintaining. The parent consultation with the positive psychology perspective focuses on whether parents can gain full nourishing and empowerment to improve their wellbeing and significance in the parenting process
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