本研究是以Foa等人(1993)的「資源」觀點，來分析婦女在離婚時所可能擁有的生活資源與其離婚後適應的關係，分為自己提供給自己的資源，即個人的條件和特質；和別人所給與的資源兩大類。並採質化研究深入訪談為資料的主要蒐集方法，由分析的資料來看，離婚對女性的衝擊始於婚姻出現狀況開始，而隨時間過去，婦女離婚後生活的適應在型態上也會有一些差異，所以資源在不同階段所能發揮的作用也不相同。研究者依適應型態的不同將離婚適應分成四階段，1.「離」、「合」之間的混亂階段；2.離婚後需立即面對的主要適應議題與離婚資源的關係；3.適應議題的轉變與離婚資源的關係；與4.成長等四個階段。此四階段並無明確的時間區隔，只是發生的順序不同。文中還比較了不同人際關係所提供的資源在具體性上的差別以及其引申的意涵。 研究發現：1.離婚適應是一個長期的動態歷程，包含與生活相關的各向度，所以離婚者可獲得的資源如何，影響其離婚後生活適應的品質。2.以資源影響適應的觀點而言，資源當然對適應有益，但當適應牽涉到生活的各層面時，同一資源對不同向度的生活適應，便可能產生負面的影響。3.既然離婚適應是一個長期的歷程，同一項資源在不同的時間點上，特別是在人際關係所提供的資源方面，人際間的互動，可能隨著時間的消逝，而在心理層面有所改變，則這些改變就可能影響其所提供的資源，並進而影響婦女離婚後的生活適應。 / Based on Foa’s “Resource” perspective in 1993, this research analyzes the relationships between the resources women potentially own during the course of getting divorced and their adaptability to the post-divorced life style. The resources are grouped into two major sources: self-resources, i.e. personal qualifications and characteristics, and external-resources provided by others. This research relies on in-depth qualitative interviews as its main source of input data collection methodology. According to input data analyses, women’s post-divorced life styles have very different adaptive patterns. Therefore, “resources” also display different functions in divorce process. Based on different adaptive patterns, the researcher proposes four phases of divorce adaptability: 1) the chaotic phase of “marriage” or “divorce”; 2) the relationships between adaptation issues and resources during the phase immediate after divorce; 3) the relationships between the transformation of adaptation issues and resources; and 4) growth. There is no fixed timeframe for the four phases. The only distinction is the sequence of occurrence. Furthermore, this research compares the “concreteness” of resources provided by various inter-personal networks and its implications. This research discovers that: 1) the post-divorced adaptation is a long-term, dynamic process, covering all aspects of life. As a result, the resources available to divorcee will directly affect the quality of her post-divorced adaptation. 2) From the perspective of resources affecting adaptability, resources are certainly positive. However, when the adaptation involves with all aspects of life, the same resource might have negative effect on some certain dimensions. 3) Because divorce adaptation is a long-term process, the same resources, especially those provided by inter-personal networks, would likely fade away as a result of changes in personal interactions, and might psychologically affect the resource function, which in turn will affect women’s post-divorced life adaptability.