職業婦女之婆媳衝突探討：以已婚護理人員的婆媳衝突為例

Conflicts between Career Women and Their Mothers-in-Law:An Example of Married Nursing Staff

本研究期藉由已婚護理人員婆媳衝突現象的解析，以瞭解現代職業婦女在華人家庭之樣貌。此研究採立意取樣，針對自述曾與婆婆有過衝突的八位已婚護理人員進行深度訪談。在訪談資料整理之後，作者依循文本進行內容分析及歸類，找出兩大主軸；一、家庭圖像：描寫勾繪參與者家庭的主要面貌，其中所呈現的三個範疇為：（一）上下之分；（二）內外有別；（三）家庭界域不一。二、衝突與適應：再現參與者家庭衝突的轉捩點及緩衝之道。最後作者討論在參與者的家庭內維持的華人家庭之傳統面貌圖樣，並進一步討論在衝突過程中，身為現代職業婦女的媳婦與傳統華人家庭樣貌下的婆婆在資源取得上的比較。The purpose of this study was to explore the coping mechanisms of working women in Chinese families undergoing modem-day transitions by analyzing the conflicts between married nurses and their mothers-in-law. Theoretical sampling was used for the selection of participants. In-depth interviewing was used for the collection of data. Eight married nurses who had encountered conflicts with their mothers-in-law were interviewed. The data was analyzed by consistent content analysis. According to this study, Taiwanese families remain traditional and patriarchal. The study also revealed that modem daughters-in-law had better opportunities to obtain resources than their traditional mothers-in-law in achieving a balance between traditional filial piety and modem filial piety. The two major themes that emerged from the data were: a) family structure and b) conflict and adaptation which consisted of turning points and buffers to the conflicts.