1989 Volume 3 Issue 2 Pages 75-84
In this study, we examined the effects of interpersonal exchange of instrumental and emotional functions upon satisfaction with the relationships with their parents.
One hundred and forty-five female college students completed questionnaires regarding the relationships with their father and with their mother.
The main results were as follows.
1. More frequent exchanges of interpersonal functions were occurred in the relationship with their mother than in the relationship with their father. And the subjects had more satisfying relationships with their mother than with their father.
2. Partial correlational analysis showed there was significant positive correlation between satisfaction and exchanged emotional interpersonal functions. And there was also significant positive correlation between the presumed satisfaction of the parents and exchanged emotional interpesonal functions.
The results are interpreted in terms of the dyadic relationships within the family system.
