已婚女性家庭系統的交會：親情與角色的兩難

本研究主要的目的，在探討女性婚後是否經驗到不同家庭系統之間的拉扯，以及如何回應不同角色的需求。焦點團體法是主要的資料收集方式，研究者以工作狀況（家庭主婦／職業婦女）及居住型態（與公婆合住／分住）兩個變項為主，選取合適的對象接受訪談。結果顯示，已婚女性的代間關係經驗中，集合了角色的複雜性與情感的矛盾性。她們在面對代間困境時，通常有「自我說服而認命」及「不認命卻無可奈何」兩種反應。本研究提出兩項結論。第一，現代社會中，傳統父系規範產生持續與鬆動的現象，已婚女性在面對情感與角色兩難處境時未必完全遵循父系的規範。第二，女性婚後家庭系統的交會為她們帶來另外兩種新的困境，分別是「忠誠衝突的困境」與「回饋親恩的困境」。

Intergenerational relationships between married women and their parents and parents-in-law are explored. Loyalty conflicts among married women and their responses to these are viewed within different family systems. Data are collected from 4 focus groups classified on the basis of their employment status, and their intergeneration living arrangements (coresidents/ non-coresidents). Results indicate that intergenerational experiences for most women are mingled with role complexity and affection ambiguity. In confronting the intergenerational dilemma, married women develop two different strategies: regarding it as their fate and accepting it, or alternatively not seeing it as such and trying to change it. If the parental generation holds strong traditional values, married women usually experience some feelings of powerlessness. This study first concludes that patriarchal tradition remains a fact but seems to be less rigid in modern Taiwan. The role of daughter-in-law is less restricting, too. Second, encountering different family systems presents new dilemmas for married women, introducing a conflict of loyalty and uncertainty with regard to reciprocation to their parents.