Beckner Brittany N, Helme Donald W
Am Ann Deaf. 2018;163(3):394-412. doi: 10.1353/aad.2018.0025.
Identity construction and how an individual chooses to navigate or display his or her identity play an important role in how that person communicates and interacts with others. One group for whom identity construction and navigation is a difficult process is the hard of hearing population. In the present study, Communication Theory of Identity (Hecht, 1993) and interactive interviews were used to gain insight into four layers of identity-personal, relational, enacted, and communal-in the hard of hearing individual. The authors discuss the themes within each identity layer and the gaps that are present between layers, as well as the implications of the identified layers and gaps.
身份建构以及个体选择如何展现或塑造自己的身份，在其与他人的沟通和互动方式中起着重要作用。对于听力障碍群体来说，身份建构和塑造是一个艰难的过程。在本研究中，身份传播理论（赫克特，1993）和互动访谈被用于深入了解听力障碍个体身份的四个层面——个人层面、关系层面、表现层面和群体层面。作者讨论了每个身份层面中的主题、各层面之间存在的差距，以及所确定的层面和差距的影响。
