親子情感、家庭角色與個人界域：已婚女性代間情感糾結的經驗與內涵

本研究的主要目的，在探討已婚女性代間關係中所面臨的自我、角色與親情困境。筆者先對五名上一代的女性進行一場焦點團體訪談，再針對大台北地區12個家庭35位女性進行深度訪談。研究結果顯示，上一代女性在面對母女與婆媳關係時，有相當強的無奈與感慨，並對自我價值感產生懷疑；她們與女兒和媳婦的關係中，也有相當程度的矛盾。至於中生代女性的代間關係，則呈現出三轉情感糾結，分別是代間愛憎感、罪疚感與拒斥感。代間愛憎感以兩代間的情誼為基礎，混雜著代間互動過程中的挫折；代間罪疚感與彼此的角色期待有關，出現既罪惡又愧疚的情感；而代間拒斥感則是來自自我與家系界限的糾結，是一種受到拒絕後，自我定位混淆的感受。

This research is to study the emotional complex between married women in two generations. Data were first collected from a focus group of 5 participants from the elder generation. In-depth interviews were then conducted with 35 women in 12 families. Results indicated that women in elder generation usually have doubts about the value of their self. Their feelings toward daughter and daughter-in-law are mixed. Elder married women show three kinds of emotional complexes: ambivalence, guilt, and being excluded. The feeling of ambivalence is based upon intergenerational affectionate connection, mixed with frustrations resulted from intergenerational interaction. The feeling of guilt is related to intergenerational role expectation. It usually happens when someone does not provide supports while obligated to. The feeling of being excluded comes from boundary ambiguity between self and family systems. It is a feeling of disorientation after being rejected by another family system.