在探討婚姻歷程的文獻中得知，無論從家庭結構的改變、或是個人心理歷程的發展，婚姻生活經常是種「有序性」的變化過程。這種「有序」可隨著家 庭生命週期（時間因）而改變，也可隨著個人心境的成熟（成長因）而改變。 本研究深入訪談台灣二十位已婚男性，發現大多數的受訪者對婚姻的變化，較 敏感於婚姻生活所發生的具體事件（事件因），由生活中具體發生的重要事件 引發當事人的婚姻體驗，再依其應對事件的反應方式，歸納出兩種不同的路徑 （path）。在婚姻滿足感方面，研究者在訪談的本文中找出五項「因子」，為受訪男 士提及會影響其對滿足感，分別為信任與瞭解、個性與習慣、生活庶務、孩子以及性生活。

　　　　　A Qualitative research has been arranged in order to study the sensitivity of married men toward marriage life in the urban society. The results are as follows: 1. Most married men are sensitive to the concrete life events instead of abstract or psychological life processes. 2. There are six kinds of experience being processed during those life events, which include: confrontation, under-standing, commitment, co-creation, romance and transference. 3. There are five factors that influence the satisfaction to marriage for the married men, which include: personality and habit, children, trust and understanding, house keeping and sex relationship.