Marital enqing: an examination of its relationship to spousal contributions, sacrifices, and family stress in Chinese marriages.
The purpose of this study was to extend understanding of Chinese couples' enqing, a culturally specific component of marital affection that involves the expression of feelings of gratitude and admiration toward one's spouse. In this study, the authors examined family stress, spousal contributions, and sacrifices to study their possible effects on enqing in Chinese marriages. Participants were 455 married people living in northern Taiwan. Overall, the results highlighted the importance of spousal contributions and sacrifices in the development of marital enqing. Additionally, the results indicated that family stress moderated the spousal economic contribution--enqing relationship and the spousal sacrifices--enqing relationship for wives, but not for husbands.
Chen
Fu-Mei
FM
Department of Child and Family Studies, Fu-Jen University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China. als0015@mails.fju.edu.tw
Li
Tsui-Shan
TS
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D044466:Asian People / Q000208:ethnology*; D001290:Attitude / Q000208:ethnology*; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000208:ethnology*; D013624:Taiwan