本研究主要探討不同家庭生命週期族群在面臨壓力時所採取之休閒策略及其調適效果。研究方法採用問卷調查，並選擇臺北地區之居民為研究對象。問卷內容包括個人特性、壓力知覺、健康狀況、休閒調適策略、休閒選擇以及調適結果。本研究透過群落分析將受訪者以生命週期分為四個族群：單身青年族、單身熟齡族、滿巢青壯族、空巢中老族。研究結果顯示不同家庭生命週期族群在面臨壓力時所選擇的休閒調適策略確實具有差異，而且休閒調適策略確實能有效減輕壓力。其中，休閒提振心情對所有族群而言是共同有效的紓壓策略；但是，休閒促進交誼僅對單身青年族紓壓有效；而休閒舒緩身心策略則是除了單身熟齡族之外，對其餘三個族群皆能有效減輕壓力。

The purposes of this study were to explore the valid leisure strategies and leisure choices adopted by people when they faced stress, and make comparisons of these leisure strategies and their effects on decompression among different family life cycle groups. The survey was conducted in Taipei City. Respondents were separated into four groups through Cluster Analysis, which named: unmarried youths, unmarried senior adults, full-nest adults, emptynest middle-age or aged people. The results revealed that the choices of leisure strategies, activities and companions were different among varied family life cycle groups under stress. Moreover, leisure coping strategies could be valid predictors of immediate stress reduction. Regarding the effects of decompression, the leisure mood enhancement was the common valid strategy for all groups, however the leisure companionship was just useful for unmarried youths, and the leisure palliative coping was effective for all groups except newly-married adults.