本研究的目的在於探討婚姻衝突因應行為的年齡與性別差異。以大台北 地區301位已婚者(110名年輕成年人，90名中年人，101名老年人;150名男性，151 名女性)為研究對象。受試者接受結構式問卷的個別訪問以回答當他們面對時常 發生的嚴重婚姻衝突事件時所採取的各種因應行為的程度及一組問卷。 Oneway共變數分析用來探討經過統計控制與個別婚姻衝突因應行為有相關的人 口統計變項與其他的研究變項後各婚姻衝突因應行為的年齡與性別差異。結果顯 示出年輕成年人比老年人採取較多自我責難的因應行為，但使用較少自我興趣的 因應行為。女性比男性採取較多爭執的因應行為，但採取較少自我興趣的因應行 為。

　　　　　The purpose of this study is to investigate age and sex differences inmarital coping behaviors. Structured questionnaires interview wasadministered to a sample of 301 married adult residents (110 young adults,90 middle-aged adults, 101 old adults; 150 males, 151 females) of Taipeiarea. Subjects were interviewed with Marital Coping Inventory to reportthe extent to which they used a variety of marital coping behavior whenthey encountered the most serious recurring marital conflict and a set ofscales. After statistically controlling the influences of variables that weresignificantly associated with individual marital coping behavior, OnewayANCOVA was employed to examine age and sex differences in mantalcoping behaviors. The results showed (1) Young adults are more likely touse self-blame marital coping behavior and less likely to use self-interestmarital coping behavior than old adults, (2) Women show greater use ofconflict marital coping behavior and less use of self-interest marital copingbehavior than men.