「亦友亦敵？」－安置機構少女同儕互動經驗探究

Abstract

青少年時期正邁入學習獨立生活和自主的發展階段，同儕關係可以提供少年在這階段完成重要的發展任務。對於因種種因素進入安置體系的少年，由於與機構內同儕有密集的相處時間，因此彼此間與一般在學校內的同儕關係有所不同。然而，藉由少女對情感部分擁有良好的表達能力，及目前安置機構內的個案以少女居多，因此本研究特針對安置少女與機構內同儕互動經驗作為探究。 本研究共與六名安置少女進行訪談，有因兒童及少年福利法和因兒童及少年性交易防制條例進入安置機構之少女，並以北部安置機構為抽樣區域。研究發現受訪者與機構內同儕間的互動關係，可以發展出類似親人、姐妹般的情誼。在安置過程中，相互給於一定的支持和鼓勵，讓受訪者可以在機構內獲得不一樣的關懷與溫暖。此外，也發現受訪者與機構內同儕間的關係是處於疏離且不穩定的狀態。受訪者在機構內與同儕關係不管是好是壞，若一旦日後裡開機構，受訪者仍然希望可以與他們保持聯繫。有此可見，安置機構內的同儕關係對於受訪者是存在非常重要的意義與價值。

Adolescence is a developmental stage when young people learn to live independently and be responsible for selves. Peer relationships play a crucial role in this stage. In Taiwan, adolescents might be placed in the residential care system for various reasons. They are forced to interact with peers of difference backgrounds and experiences, and they are more likely to experience peer relationships different from those of schoolmates. Adolescent girls tend to express their emotions better than boys, and their experiences with peers are the focus of this study. This research aimed to study the peer relationships of girls living in residential institutions, to examine how they perceived friendships, interacted with each other, and saw each other as their friends. Face-to-face interviews with six girls in three residential institutions in Northern Taiwan were done between May to June of 2011. These girls were placed under the “Child and Youth Welfare Law” or the “Child and Youth Sexual Prevention Act.” Findings indicated that girls and their peers could forge bonds likened to that of close relatives or even sisters. During placement, peers provided important support and encouragement to one another, allowed the interviewees to feel being concerned in the institutions. On the other hand, it is also found that the relationships between the interviewees and their peers in residential care were distant and unstable. It did not matter whether relationships with their peers were good or bad, the interviewees still hoped to keep in touch with them after they left the institutions. It is evident that to the interviewees valued peer relationships in placement very much.