出刊年月/Date of Publishing

2007.03

所屬卷期/Vol. & No.   第37卷第1期 Vol. 37, No. 1

類型/Type                 研究論文 Research Article

篇名/Title
The Judgment and Consequences of Justice Among American Newlyweds: A Social Exchange Perspective
美國新婚夫妻的公平觀——社會交換理論的解釋

作者/Author
蕭英玲、史黛西．漢蒙斯 Ying-Ling Hsiao and Stacy Hammons

頁碼/Pagination
pp. 73-109

摘要
本研究以社會交換理論的論點來解釋新婚夫妻形成公平觀的原因及其所帶來的影響。文中以結構方程模式分析1991至1993年於美國華盛頓州連續進行三年研究中的第三波資料，探討162對新婚夫妻之資源分配與公平觀的關係，以及公平觀對婚姻品質和個人心理健康的影響。結果顯示，當個人在婚姻關係中所投入的資源越多，越容易在關係中產生不公平的感受。在不同的資源分配中，雙方在情感的投入及家務分工模式是丈夫用來判斷關係是否公平的重要因子；個人擁有的特質及家務分工模式是影響妻子在關係中感受公平與否的主要關鍵；而收入及職業地位則是透過影響家務分工模式間接影響夫妻的公平觀。當妻子在關係中感受到不公平，其婚姻品質容易降低，也較容易產生焦慮的徵兆。然而，丈夫的公平觀對其婚姻品質及焦慮狀況並無影響。

Abstract
Using social exchange perspectives, we investigated how the distribution of various resources influence individuals’ subjective judgments of justice and the consequences of perceived injustice. This study used a sample of 162 newly married couples, drawn from the third wave of a three-year panel study during 1991-1993, conducted in the state of Washington. A structural equation model was used to evaluate whether the distribution of resources (socioeconomic characteristics, affection, personal traits, working hours, and housework) affects perceptions of justice, and whether injustice has negative consequences on the individual assessments of marital quality and psychological distress. The results showed that the distributions of affection and housework were two main factors in the husbands’ determination of whether the marital relationship was fair or unfair. On the other hand, personal traits and housework performance were the primary sources of wives’ judgment of relative justice. The distribution of income and occupational status had an indirect effect on perceived injustice, mediated by housework allocation. Perceived injustice was found to be associated with a decrease in the marital quality and psychological distress for wives, but not for husbands.

關鍵字/Key Word
公平觀、美國新婚夫妻、社會交換理論
justice, American newlyweds, social exchange theory

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學門分類/Subject
社會學 Sociology