本研究主要是探究新婚第一年的夫妻所面臨的衝突議題、瞭解衝突反應的本質、及衝突反應與婚姻品質的關係。新婚夫妻是在台北市辦理結婚登記者，從中隨機抽樣並進行郵寄問卷調查及深入訪談，本研究樣本共計182對夫妻，其中16對夫妻完成深入訪談。研究發現，新婚期較常引爆的衝突點多集中在夫妻溝通、相處時間分配、及金錢議題上；量化及質性資料分析結果皆顯示，妻子比丈夫較常用哭泣及冷戰方式來面對衝突；當夫妻處於衝突情境時，一方的處理方式容易引發另一方類似的衝突反應，只要有一方願意平靜討論彼此的衝突，配偶亦較容易採取溝通的策略，若是一方選擇激烈爭執或冷戰的方式，相對會引發配偶採取相同策略的動機。集群分析的結果亦顯示，新婚夫妻衝突反應的類型是對稱的，可分為正向反應及負向反應兩種，即是「以牙還牙，以眼還眼」的衝突反應模式。再者，夫妻的衝突程度、衝突反應發生的頻率與其婚姻品質有顯著的關聯性。當夫妻間衝突程度越高，其婚姻品質就越低；若夫妻雙方常常激烈爭執或爭吵，其婚姻滿意度也越低；採用平靜討論的頻率越高，夫妻親密的互動越多。若以對偶夫妻為分析單位來看，正向反應夫妻的婚姻品質比負向反應的夫妻高。

This study first investigated the relationship problems that newlywed couples had during the first year of marriage. It further examined the profiles of conflict responses and the relationship between conflict responses and marital quality. Participants were recruited from a random sample who enrolled marriage license from the end of the year 2000 to the beginning of the year 2001 in Taipei. One hundred and eight-two newlyweds completed a mail survey, of which 16 participated an in-depth interview. The results showed that couple communication, time together and money were frequently occurring and more intense problem areas during the first year of marriage. Quantitative and qualitative data also showed that wives displayed crying and stonewalling behaviors to handle conflict more than husbands. One's behaviors were likely to elicit similar responses of the partner when couples were in conflict. One's calm discussion would elicit effective communication of the partner. One's arguing or stonewalling would elicit negative responses of the partner. Furthermore, the two symmetrical profiles were identified: ＂positive response couples＂ and ＂negative response couples＂ that support the ＂tic for tac＂ pattern of conflict responses. Lastly, there was a significant relationship among the severity of conflict, conflict responses and marital quality. The more severe couples perceived conflict, the lower degree of marital quality they had. Couples who frequently displayed arguing or fighting behaviors were likely to have a lower degree of marital quality. Couples who calmly discuss their disagreement more often were likely to have more intimate interaction. When studying the couple as the unit of analysis, results indicated that ＂positive response couples＂ had a higher degree of marital quality than ＂negative response couples.＂