家庭系統研究中之性別議題

Gender Issues in Family Relationships: A Systems Perspective

本文之目的在回顧自1991年以來台灣有關婚姻與家庭研究中性別議題之文獻，並以系統思維觀點之互動建構、多元系統整合以及歷程的三特性來檢視目前之研究。作者結論目前之研究仍以個人式的自陳報告為主要資料來源，對於家庭中性別議題的研究仍未能考慮不同成員、不同次系統所建構的性別意義，並建議未來研究應朝向蒐集多位家庭成員以及以關係為單位之相關資料，並在研究方法上突破自陳式的傳統，以使對於家人關係的不同層面及複雜的本質可以有更深入的瞭解。

The purpose of this paper is to review publications in Taiwan regarding family relationship. Pinsof’s (1992) systems perspective was adopted to analyze gender issues in the study of family interaction. According to Pinsof, family psychology has three components that differentiated family psychology from traditional psychology, they are: interactive constructivism, integrative and process components. The author points out that only single person’s opinions and collected self-report data are included in most studies. It is suggested that multi-family members and even outsider’s perspective should be included for future studies to capture the integrative process of family system. In addition, longitudinal studies are also needed and encouraged.