系統理論的興起為二十世紀自然及社會科學社群開啟研究方法及思想的新取向。系 統思維的觀點也提供家庭研究及治療者一個新的概念架構，間接促成家族治療及家庭心理學 的進步與發展。本文探討系統的思維模式如何在婚姻關係的研究中落實與應用，並以回顧國 內婚姻適應的研究為例，探討一般系統理論及家庭心理學的系統觀點如何提供今後對相關研 究的努力與改進方向。

　　　　　The emergence of systems theory engenders new philosophical and methodological perspectives for natural and social scientists in the 20th century. The systems perspective provides a new conceptual framework for the study of family, which results in the development and progress of family psychology and family therapy. In this paper, the author starts with the introduction of the major principles of general systems theory and the three components (the system components, the integrative component, and the process component ) that are provided by W.M. Pinsof as the conceptual and methodological guidelines for family paychology. This is followed by a review of the marital adjustment studies that were conducted in Taiwan during the past thirty years. The review focuses on “systems perpective”as the paradigm underlying family research and investigates the implications of this framework for conceptualization and research in the marital adjustment area.