The purpose of this study was to review the previous studies that have dealt with and used Family Adaptibility and Cohesion Evaluation Scales(FACES) considered as an effective instrument for measuring family functioning in order to clarify the theoretical meaning the practical applicability the limitation and the problems of this instrument. FACES has considerably contributed in measuring family dynamics in research and clinical fields and been paid attention to by researchers and clinicians since 1979 However the instrument has been also pointed out its limitation due to the conceptual and methodological problems. This study reviews these problems and then presents some implications to help to improve these problems and to explore the application of this instrument as a measure of family functioning.