本研究秉持行動研究的社會實踐精神，協助弱勢處境的單親爸爸們走進社區，以戲劇演出的形式面對社會大眾。同時，進一步從敘事理論及劇場理論分析單親爸爸們所創作的劇本，從中探究社會意識中建構的男性意義與價值。這個研究發現了處於社會邊緣的男人其內心世界的痛苦與矛盾，也在劇本中見到了男性超越工具性價值的自我成長途徑。最後，我們從研究經驗出發，為助人專業與福利輸送者提出若干建議，希望在協助弱勢男性的案主時，關注其工具性角色、生產價值、以及權力與權威角色等議題。

Based on the spirit of social practice in action research, the single fathers were encouraged to explore their vulnerable situation toward the community by the form of drama in this study. From the analysis of scripts created by those single fathers, the researcher inquires into the meaning and value of manhood constructed by social consciousness. Not only inner pains and contradiction, but also the values of personal growth being sought by the men were founded in this study. A number of suggestions is proposed to the social assistance system and helping profession, which are paying more attention to the issues of power and the pressure from instrumental roles which playing by the men.