本研究欲探討台灣成年女性性?角色特質、共依附與自尊的關係，採問卷調查法，以「Spann-Fischer共依附量表」、「個人特質量表」、「Rosenberg自尊量表」蒐集台灣320位十八歲以上女性的資料以皮爾遜積差相關、典型相關分析和變異數分析進行處理。本研究發?：1.表?性特質和共依附中的「以他人?焦點」、「無法表?情感」?負相關；表?性特質與共依附中「認同照顧者角色」?正相關。工具性特質和共依附總分、共依附中「以他人?焦點」、「透過關係獲得意義感」和「無法表?情感」?負相關。2.台灣女性的性?角色特質和共依附有?組顯著之典型相關存在。3.不同性?角色取向和高低不同共依附對台灣女性自尊的關係?有交互作用存在。

The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship among sex-role orientation, codependency and self-esteem of female adults in Taiwan. The sample consisted of 320 female adults in Taiwan. Instruments used in this study included Spann-Fischer Codependency Scale, Personal Attribution Questionnaire and Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale. Data obtained in this study were analyzed by Canonical correlation analysis and ANOVA. The primary findings were :1. The relationship between sex-role orientation and codependency dimensions (“Put the focus outside of self”, “lack of open expression of feeling” )in codependency had significant negative correlation with expressiveness (p ＜ .05), and “identified caretaking activities” in codependency had significant positive correlation with expressiveness (p ＜ .05).“Put the focus outside of self”, “captured a sense of purpose through relationship with others” and “lack of open expression of feeling” in codependency had significant negative correlation with instrumentalness (p ＜ .05).2. The canonical correlation between sex-role orientation and codependencyI. The first canonical correlation between sex-role orientation and codependency showed that the more the female had expressiveness and instrumentalness, the less she had “put the focus outside of self”, “captured a sense of purpose through relationship with others” and “lack of open expression of feeling”. This result suggested that androgyous female had less “similarity to codependency”.II. The second canonical correlation between sex-role orientation and codependency showed that when a female had more expressiveness and less instrumentalness, she had more “identified caretaking activities” and “captured a sense of purpose through relationship with others”, indicating that “feminine” females had more“identified caretaking activities” and “captured a sense of purpose through relationship with others”.3. There were no interactions between different sex-role orientation and codependency scores for self-esteem.Based on these findings, “codependency” may be different from “similarity to codependency” or “expressiveness” (feminine orientation). For the future research, exploration of the definition of codependency and clarification of the idea of codependency are suggested.