Chan, Tsun-Hung Albert
Gratia Christian College, Hong Kong
Title: Common Heroes: Positive Narrative Approach with Male Cancer Survivors
Biography
Biography: Chan, Tsun-Hung Albert
Abstract
In Maggie’s Cancer Caring Centre in Hong Kong participants of men support group usually share their heroic stories on their life struggles. Their narrated positive character strengths and virtues are easily matched with those which proposed by Paterson and Seligman in developing positive psychology (2004). These positive character strengths and virtues are in following 6 areas: 1. Courage: Integrity, Persistence, Bravery, vitality 2. Humanity: Love, Kindness, Social Intelligence, 3. Transcendence: Aesthetic Ability, Gratitude, Hope, Humour, Spirituality, 4. Temperance: Self-regulation, Prudence, Humility/Modesty, Forgiveness and Mercy, 5. Justice: Leadership, Fairness, Citizenship, and Wisdom and knowledge: Creativity, Curiosity, Open-mindedness, Love learning, Perspective. This study intents to identify the existed positive character strengths and virtues among the participants in the men cancer support group through their life narratives. The positive character strengths and virtues will be identified and reflect on through narrative group process. Participants are encouraged to support one another, to tell and retell their own and others’ stories to identify positive character strengths and virtues. In order to find the commonalities among participants to rate their consented positive strengths and virtues which enable them to face their struggles with cancers.