The Relationship between Marital Ren（Forbearance）and Depression

• Main Authors: Nai-li, Wang, 王乃立
• Other Authors: 利翠珊
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2013
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/66601257645380633493

碩士 === 輔仁大學 === 兒童與家庭學系碩士班 === 101 === The purpose of this study is to explore the concept of marital Ren(Forbearance), which is a common behavior for Taiwanese couple to deal with the conflict situations in their marriages. Furthermore, to examine the relationship between husbands’ and wives’ rong-ren (tolerance), ren-nai (endurance), ren-rang(yieldingness) and depression. The data sources are taken from the data base built by 3 Taiwanese researchers, study titled “ Work - Faily Conflict” Wave II data, which invited 301 couples living in the Taipei metropolitan area with at least 1 preschool child to complete a questionnaire package. A total of 458 valid questionnaires (229 couples) were completed. The result of this study suggested that significant differences between husbands’ and wives’ were found in the 3 different types of ren. The husbands’ rong-ren, ren-nai, and ren-rang towards their wives was higher than the wives’ towards their husbands. Furthermore, the Regression analyses indicated that both husbands’ and wives’ rong-ren can predict his and hers own depression, the higher rong-ren act, the lower depression will be perceived. However, on the other hand, only wives’ ren-nai predicted their own depression , the higher ren-nai wives act, the higher their depression will be perceived. This study not only showed the differences between Taiwanese couple interaction in their marriages, but also revealed that o f the 3 types of ren in the marriage, when come front with some conflict , rong-ren seemed to be a more positive behavior toward oneself’s metal health, and only in wives’ data showed the negative effect between ren-nai and depression.