本研究目的，首先在於探討中年婦女生涯轉換看法、「工作滿意、婚姻滿意、個人滿意」等方面的現況；其次希望了解不同背景變項中年婦女生涯轉換看法、「工作滿意、婚姻滿意、個人滿意」及採取生涯轉換行動的差異情形；再則，希望了解中年婦女生涯轉換看法、「工作滿志、婚姻滿意、個人滿意」與採取生涯轉換行動的關係；並進一步驗證此三變項互動關係模式的適配倩形。研究中以大台北地區，年齡在35-60成之中年婦女為研究對象，以「中年婦女生涯轉換情況調查問卷」為工具進行研究。此問卷含有中年婦女生涯轉換看法、「工作滿意、婚姻滿意、個人滿意」及採取生涯轉換行動等三種量表。經對 196位中年婦女先進行預試，將所得結束經以因素分析、積差相關及項目分析等，結果證明此問券具有良好的信度與效度。後開始正式施測獲得有效樣本807位。分別以描述分析、變異數分析、區別分析、卡方考驗、線性結構係分析等統計方法對所得資料進行分析。獲得重要發現如下：

一、中年婦女的生涯轉換看法自高到低，依序為「轉換是人生的再出發，自我效能的提昇(積極信念二)」、「轉換是人生的挑戰，可豐富人生(積極信念一)」、「轉換可規劃遠景，減少倦怠」、「不願生涯轉換，因它充滿不確定」，最後才為「考慮生涯轉換以實現更佳的自我」。此項結果表示中年婦女對生涯轉換多持有較為積極的信念--認為那是人生的再出發，可提昇自我效能，且是人生的挑戰，可使人生更豐富。

二、中年婦女對目前的工作情況均很滿意。

三、中年婦女對自己婚姻關係僅屬於尚稱滿意的程度。

四、中年婦女對當前的個人狀況相當滿意。

五、年齡、教育程度、家庭收入、婚姻狀況及配偶態度不同，中年婦女的生涯轉換看法，亦有顯著的差異存在。

六、教育程度、家庭收入、婚姻狀況及配偶態度不同，中年婦女工作滿意，亦均有顯著差異存在。

七、年齡、家庭收入、婚姻狀況不同，中年婦女的婚姻滿意，亦有顯著差異存在。

八、教育程度不同中年婦女的個人滿意，亦有顯著差異存在。

九、家庭收入、婚姻狀況及配偶態度不同，中年婦女所採取的生涯轉換行動，亦有顯著差異存在。

十、中年婦女的生涯轉換看法對其採取之生涯轉換行動的區別力，主要來自「考慮生涯轉換以實現更佳自我」和「不願生涯轉換因它充滿不確定」二方面；中年婦女的「工作滿意、婚姻滿意及個人滿意」對其採取生涯轉換行動的區別力，主要來自「工作滿意」和「個人滿意」。

十一、經由評鑑結果發現:「生涯轉換看法」、「工作滿意，婚姻滿意、個人滿意」等上游潛在變項，對「採取生涯轉換行動」下游潛在變項，有明顯的影響效果。

This study focused on the following topics. First, it explored midlife woman career transition attitude, work satisfaction, married satisfaction and individual satisfaction, Secondary, it tried to understand the differences between woman's demographic variables and environmental variables on midlife woman transition attitude, work satisfaction, married satisfaction, individual satisfaction and the action of career transition. Thirdly, the researcher also investigated the relationship among midlife woman career transition attitude, work satisfaction, married satisfaction, individual satisfaction and the action of career transition. Finally, the study also helps to probe the influence of midlife woman career transition attitude and work satisfaction, married satisfaction, individual satisfaction on the action of midlife woman's career transition.

This study employed the survey method. The subjects were 807 midlife women randomly sampled from Taipei district in Taiwan. The instrument included "Midlife Woman Career Transition Attitude Inventory", "Work Satisfaction Inventory", "Married Satisfaction Inventory", "Individual Satisfaction Inventory", and "The Action of Midlife Woman Transition Inventory".

Data were analyzed using the method of descriptive and inferential statistics, included Fregquencies, t-test, ANOVA, MANOVA, Correlation analysis, Discrimant analysis, Chi-square analysis, and LISREL. The major findings were:

1.The scores were above average on midlife woman career transition attitude and work satisfaction, married satisfaction, individual satisfaction.

2. Significant differences existed among the age, academics degree, family income, marital status and spouse attitude on midlife woman career transition attitude inventory.

3. Significant differences existed among the academics degree, family income, marital status and spouse attitude for work satisfaction.

4. Significant differences existed among the age, family income and marital status for married satisfaction.

5. Significant difference existed in the academics degree for on individual inventory.

6. The primary discrimination for midlife woman career transition attitude is self-actualization and changeless; the primary discrimination for midlife woman life satisfaction is work satisfaction and individual satisfaction.

7. Midlife woman career transition attitude and life satisfaction (work satisfaction, married satisfaction and individual satisfaction) have a great influence on the action of midlife woman career transition.

According to these findings, some suggestions for social education, midlife woman's educations, midlife woman's guidance, and educational administration were proposed. Morever, recommendations for further studies were offered in this dissertation.