Li Wendy Wen, Tse Samson
James Cook University, Australia
University of Hong Kong, China.
J Health Psychol. 2015 Mar;20(3):300-12. doi: 10.1177/1359105314566611.
This article uses examples of problem gambling and help seeking among Chinese international students in New Zealand to demonstrate place identity transformation. Two-wave narrative interviews were conducted with 15 Chinese international students. Place identity among participants is shown to be a process that features the transformation of participants' identity. While the casinos in which the Chinese international students gambled gave rise to negative place identities, positive place identities facilitated the participants to change their problematic gambling. Through the investigation of place identity transformation, this article promotes a strength-based, non-labelling approach to intervention for people who are concerned about their gambling behaviours.
本文以在新西兰的中国留学生中的问题赌博和寻求帮助为例，来展示场所认同的转变。对15名中国留学生进行了两阶段的叙事访谈。研究表明，参与者的场所认同是一个以其身份转变为特征的过程。中国留学生赌博的赌场引发了负面的场所认同，而积极的场所认同则促使参与者改变他们的问题赌博行为。通过对场所认同转变的调查，本文倡导一种基于优势、不贴标签的方法，用于干预那些担心自己赌博行为的人。
