本研究乃基於家庭壓力知覺(Family Stress Perception；FSP) (Mu & Tomlinson, m1997)之理論架構，應用現象學研究法調查孩童面臨健康危機住進加護病房時家庭壓力之本 質結構。採理論性取樣，共14個家庭參與研究，選樣條件為病孩第一次住進加護病房，無慢 性病史且住在大臺北地區。應用調整過之Colaizzi (1978) 研究步驟，進行資料之收集及分 析，依半結構訪談指引，父母親倆人同時接受30-60分鐘錄音訪談。並進行交互資料信度與內 容效度之審核。研究結果顯現，父母親心理層次的經驗本質結構為界限模糊初始，其包括整 體性經驗及與之共存的過程性經驗、情況性經驗與情境性經驗。孩子的情況是否清晰及是否 在掌控之中為兩個核心特質。研究結果提供更契合以家庭為中心之生活經驗本質導向的護理 措施及醫院政策的建議。

　　　　　A modified Colaizzi's (1978) phenomenological study was used to explore family stress resulting from parental awareness of family dynamics and interactions when their children were admitted to a pediatric care unit. The theoretical background of the study was the structure of Family Stress Perception (FSP) (Mu & Tomlinson, 1997). Interview data was collected from 14 families during a first-time critical care hospitalization of their children in a teaching hospital in Taipei. A semi-structured interview guideline was used with both parents participating in a 30-60 minute tape-recorded interview. Inter-coder reliability and content validity were examined. The psychological realm of the FSP is the initial boundary ambiguity. It is a multidimensional phenomenon which includes a global experience with process experience, condition experience and situational experience. The results provide background for nursing interventions and represent the way to use the phenomenological approach in developing family related health knowledge.