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This qualitative study explores the experiences of young adult stepchildren who have gone through multiple family transitions of parental divorce and remarriage in their childhood or adolescence. The findings reveal that the stepchildren experienced an unsettling life in multiple homes. Despite having no choice or control over the family events, they seemed to have accepted well their role as passive participants, and perceived having both gains and losses in the process. Having a stable significant figure as well as something to look forward to seem to have brought them a sense of stability that was so important in helping them survive the serial changes in their lives. Various types of coping strategies have been identified as having contributed to the amazing resilience shown by the stepchildren in this study. 撮要：本研究的對象是曾在兒童或少年期經歷過父母離婚及再婚，並曾跟隨再婚父 母居住的年青人。研究發現他們雖然缺乏穩定的家庭，甚至感到寄人籬下，但是他 們仍能夠接受現實，體會到有失也有得，亦在轉變中尋找到一絲安穩。本文除了闡 述受訪者的經歷，並集取及分析了一些有助他們從艱難中站起來的方法。