A Study on the Emotional Healing Efficacy of the Audiovisual Work: The Case of the Homeless Male in Taipei City
Date Issued
2015
Date
2015
Author(s)
Huang, Shih-Syuan
Abstract
The homeless is a social fact in Taiwan. Lack of emotion self-regulation, the homeless might encounter emotional disturbance or mental problems. Some studies indicate that movie therapy (cinemathrapy) can be used to enhance the resilience of people who are emotionally disturbed. However, the emotional healing efficacy of the audiovisual work for the homeless remains to be confirmed. The researcher adopted content analysis, participant observation and in-depth interview to explore the emotional disturbance problem of 10 homeless male interviewees, as well as the emotional healing efficacy of the audiovisual work for the interviewees. The purpose of the study includes: 1) to identify the category of the emotional disturbance problem for the homeless male; 2) to explore the emotional healing efficacy of the audiovisual work for the homeless male; 3) to investigate the healing factors which have influences on the homeless male. According to the findings, the homeless male with emotional disturbance problem frequently encounter loss of occupation, loss of relationship and loss of health. It is also identified that 10 audiovisual works assist the homeless male to go through the emotional healing stages of identification, catharsis and insight. In addition, the factors that affect the emotional healing efficacy include: the similarity of the background between the character and the viewer; the infectious emotional expression of the character in the audiovisual work; the positive problem-solving method employed by the model character. Based on the result of the study, the researcher made the following suggetions for public libraries and homeless service providers: 1) to provide the homeless with bibliographies about the audiovisual work on emotional healing; 2) to consider the physical condition of the homeless in the selection of the audiovisual work on emotional healing; 3) to seek for the collaboration between public libraries and homeless service providers.
Subjects
the homeless
emotional healing
movie therapy
cinematherapy
audiovivual work
developmental bibliotherapy
Type
thesis
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