2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Sense of the Significance of Being Alive:Building Social Work Frameworks informed by Survival Narrativees
| Project/Area Number |
15K13107
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Social welfare and social work studies
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| Research Institution | Kawasaki University of Medical Welfare |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
Cleminson Tim 川崎医療福祉大学, 医療福祉マネジメント学部, 講師 (20412265)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
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| Keywords | ソーシャルワーク / ライフストーリー / 生きていることの有意味感 / スティグマ |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This research aims to map the social and psychological factors that aid individuals living with stigmatized conditions such as Hansen’s disease, HIV and alcoholism.The researcher posits the notion of ‘transcendental Narrative’ in which individuals discover a deeper meaning in life through their experiences that enables them to transcend their suffering.Whether individuals reach this form of narrative and,if so,the factors that enable this process of self-redefinition are the focus of this research. Hansen’s disease,HIV and alcoholism have been chosen for this research as they are conditions that have been stigmatized.The researcher hope to use this mapping to help service users create a strengths model of self based on their cultural and personal resources.In doing so,it is hoped the social worker and service user can find a pathway towards self-acceptance and redefinition.
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| Free Research Field |
社会福祉学
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