現代夫婦の勢力関係研究についての一考察

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This paper develops a theoretical model to measure marital power in present Japanese society. The Authority Model, which many Japanese researchers use, may be valid in cases when one spouse is socially assigned more authority over the other. In current Japanese society, however, husbands and wives have come to be assigned authority evenly. It therefore seems more appropriate to discuss power in terms of control of negotiations. While 1995 research data from the Hyogo Prefectural Research Institute of Family Issues reveal the limitations of the authority approach, they do not specifically address the approach of discussing power by measuring control in negotiations.
These results suggest that it is no longer possible to explain marital power through the decision-making process alone. Rather, it would be more valid to note how much one spouse' s preferences about his or her marital relationship in decision-making situations were realized over that of the other spouse in actual decision-making situations. With this approach, it would be necessary to follow-up on the bargaining process between spouses during decision-making, clarifying the preferences of each spouse, and seeing which spouse is able to realize preference.