A Study On Marital Quality and Attitude Toward Divorce of Couples in Taipei Area

• Main Authors: Tung-Yun Tsai, 蔡彤雲
• Other Authors: Shu-Hsin Ko
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2015
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/26832110522035425228

碩士 === 中國文化大學 === 生活應用科學系碩士在職專班 === 103 === This study aims to explore the perception of “marital quality” and “attitudes toward divorce” of married couples in Taipei. It also investigates different views between different “personal background factors” and “familial background factors” couples. The correlation of “marital quality” and “attitudes toward divorce” is presented as well. Moreover, how would “personal background factors” and “familial background factors” influence the “martial quality” and “attitudes toward divorce” is also probed. Purposive sampling and snow sampling were adopted to on the samples of 600 Taipei married couples, 559 samples were all valid returns (93.16%). A “personal background questionnaire”, “parental martial scale”, and “attitude toward divorce scale” were used as tools. Data processing were performed by the software SPSS for Windows 22.0 with the statistical methods such as descriptive statistics, one-sample t-test, independent samples t-test, one-way ANOVA, Scheffe’s Method, Pearson’s product-moment correlation and multiple regression analysis. The results indicated that: A. The current situation of “marital quality” and “attitudes toward divorce” of the Taipei married couples: 1. Data show that the “marital quality” in Taipei is positive. The “acceptance with respect” dimension appears the highest quality; while the “affective interaction” reveals the worst quality. 2. The “attitudes toward divorce” of Taipei married couples tend to be open. They have higher tendency to accept divorce. “The intentions of divorce” dimension shows the highest degree of acceptance. The “marital sustainability” reveals the most conservative attitudes and the least acceptance. B. The difference between “personal background factors” and “marital quality” in Taipei married couples: 1. There is low negatively significant correlation among “age”, “marital years”, “children numbers” and “marital quality.” That is, the couples who are older, have longer marital years, and have more children tend to have worse marital quality. 2. There is low positively significant correlation among “education”, “sexual satisfaction” and “marital quality.” Data revealed that the couples who receive more education and enjoy better sexual satisfaction have higher martial quality. C. The discrepancy in Taipei married couples’ marital quality based on familial background factors: There is low negatively significant correlation among “spouse marital conflicts”, “acceptance of extramarital relationship”, “perception of familial financial pressure” “parental marital conflicts”, “attitudes toward parental divorce” and “martial quality.” The study indicated that the couples who have more conflicts with spouses, higher acceptance of extramarital relationship, more partial marital conflicts and higher acceptance of partial divorce have worse marital quality. D. The discrepancy in Taipei married couples’ “attitudes toward divorce” according to “personal background factors”: 1.There is significant difference in Taipei married couples’ “attitudes toward divorce” based on the “gender” factor. “Wives” are more liberal than their “husbands” and tend to accept divorce. 2.There is low negatively significant correlation between “sexual satisfaction” and “attitudes toward divorce.” The results indicate that the married couples with higher sexual satisfaction hold more conservative attitude toward divorce. E. The discrepancy in Taipei married couples’ “attitudes toward divorce” according to “familial background factors”: There is low positively significant correlation among Taipei married couples’ “spouse marital conflicts”, “attitudes toward extramarital relationship”, “parental marital conflicts”, “attitudes toward parental divorce” and “attitudes toward divorce.” The study reveals that married couples who have more conflicts with their spouses, higher attitudes toward extramarital relationship, more parental marital conflicts, and higher attitudes toward parental divorce hold more liberal attitude toward divorce. F.The correlation between Taipei married couples’ “marital quality” and “attitudes toward divorce”: There is low negatively significant correlation between the participants’ “marital quality” and “attitudes toward divorce.” The higher evaluation they respond to the marital quality, the less possibility for them to accept divorce. G. The predictive power of “marital quality” based on Taipei married couples’ “personal background factors” and “familial background factors”: There is significant correlation between participants’ “education: above graduate school”, “sexual satisfaction”, “conflicts with spouses”, “attitudes toward extramarital relationship” and “familial financial pressure” factors and marital quality. Forty one percent of the variability can be predicted. The participants who receive higher education and have more sexual satisfaction gave higher evaluation of marital quality, while the ones who have more conflicts with spouses, more liberal attitudes toward extramarital relationship and higher perception of familial financial pressure gave lower evaluation to marital quality. H.The prediction of “attitudes toward divorce” based on Taipei married couples’ “personal background factors” and “familial background factors”: There is significant correlation between participants’ “gender: female”, “marital years”, “attitudes toward extramarital relationship”, “parental marital conflicts” and “attitudes toward parental divorce” factors and “attitudes toward divorce.” Twenty four percent of the variability can be predicted. Data appear that participants who are female, more liberal extramarital relationship, more sensitive to parental conflicts, and higher perception of parental divorce tend to accept divorce. Those who have more marital years hold more conservation attitudes toward divorce. I. The explanation of “attitudes toward divorce” based on Taipei married couples’ “personal background factors”, “familial background factors” and “marital quality”: There is significant correlation between participants’ “gender: female”, “marital years”, “attitudes toward extramarital relationship”, “parental marital conflicts” and “attitudes toward parental divorce” factors and “attitudes toward divorce.” Twenty four percent of the variability can be predicted. Data appear that participants who are female, more liberal extramarital relationship, more sensitive to parental conflicts, and higher perception of parental divorce tend to accept divorce. Those who have more marital years hold more conservation attitudes toward divorce. The study demonstrates that married couples should carefully nurture the marriage and family and maintain appeal for marital relationship. Rational and honesty communication is the priority when facing the marital and familial conflicts. Besides, establish positive attitudes toward sexual relationship to support intimate connection with the spouses is also important. Moreover, couples are supposed to respect each other and reach a consensus on familial finance. They also have to learn methods to foster a complete marriage as well as family.