這篇硏究論文是用臺灣全國性的調查資料，探索出影響 1228 個情感的或財務支持連繫的因素。研究發現提供支持者的特質及關係維繫之機制比需要支持者的特質更明顯地影響了情感或財務支持連繫形成的機率。性別和教育代表不同的位置資源。男性傾向於提供更多的財務支持，而女性傾向於提供更多的情感支持。高教育者較傾向於提供情感支持，而低教育者較傾向於提供財務支持。闢係內容，連繫強度，及支持需要者及提供者特質的相似性是關係維繫機制的成份。在臺灣，影響不同支持連繫最重要的變項是關係內容。一般親屬較傾向於提供財務支持，而非親屬較傾向於提供情感支持。親屬對財務支持連繫的影響較 Wellman and Wortley (1989，1990) 爲大。在臺灣父子軸，兄弟姐妹軸，及其他親屬軸全顯著地提供財務支持的機率較提供情感支持的機率爲高。

This paper examines the factors affecting 1228 intimate ties of emo­tional and financial support studied in a nationwide Taiwanese survey. It found that the characteristics of support providers and the maintenance mechanism of relationships are more important than the characteristics of those demanding the support in explaining the probability of forming emotional or financial support ties. Sex and education represent differ­ential positional resources. Men tend to provide more financial support, and women tend to provide more emotional support. Highly educated people tend to provide more emotional support, and less educated peo­ple tend to provide more financial support. The content of relationships, the strength of ties, and the similarity of characteristics are components of maintenance mechanism of relationships. The most important in Tai­wan is the content of relationships: kin tend to provide more financial support and nonkin tend to provide more emotional support. The finan­cial support ties of kin are much stronger than Wellamn and Wortley found (1989, 1990). Parents-children, brothers-sisters, and other kin all significantly provide more financial support ties than emotional support ties.