Abstract
This study focuses on drawing implications in the development of practical adaptation strategies of migration women by marriage. For this study, eight migration women by marriage were chosen and their adaptation strategies as a wife, daughter-in-law, and as mother to adapt themselves to family lives were observed. For this, phenomenological method was adopted and their adaptation strategies were analyzed mainly in terms of their relationships within a family. Their adaptation strategies drawn in this study could be categorized into 11 themes, 26 theme bundles and 76 meanings. First, in relation to their husband, their adaptation strategies were 'to live relying on their good husband' and 'to think of their husband as their supporter.' Second, the adaptation strategies with regard to their parents-in-law were 'to exclude their husband's family' and 'to admit their caregiving.' Third, their adaptation strategies in terms of their relation to the children, were 'to set their children as the goal for marriage life,''to incorporate themselves with the local community,' 'to be equipped with authority as a parent' and 'to raise the children as a Korean.' In addition, their psychological adaptation strategies displayed their admittance of changes, maintaining their own identity, their sustenance of self-esteem and the resignation. Finally, based on these results, this study suggested ways to facilitate their adaptation to family life as well as the essence of their adaptation strategies.
본 연구에서는 결혼이민여성이 가족생활적응을 위하여 아내, 며느리, 어머니로서 어떠한 적응 전략을 가지고 살아가고 있는지를 밝힘으로서 이들의 실천적 적응 전략을 개발하는데 유용한 함의를 도출하고자 하였다. 이를 위하여 8명의 결혼이민여성을 대상으로 현상학적 연구방법론으로 가족 내 관계의 차원 즉 부부관계, 시부모관계, 자녀관계를 중심으로 가족생활적응전략을 분석하였다. 분석결과, 부부관계 적응전략에서 '착한 남편 바라보고 살기', '남편은 나의 편이어야 함', 시부모관계 적응전략에서 '시집식구 배제하기', '돌봄의 수용', 자녀관계 적응전략에서 '자녀를 결혼생활의 목표로 삼음', '지역사회와 통합', '부모로서의 권위 갖추기', '한국 사람처럼 가르치기', 심리적 적응전략에서는 '정체성의 유지와 변화수용', '자존감 지키기', '마음비우기'의 11개 주제와, 26개의 주제묶음, 76개의 의미를 도출하였다. 이러한 결과를 토대로 결혼이민 여성의 가족관계에 따른 적응전략의 본질을 밝히고 가족생활 적응을 강화하기 위한 방안을 제시하였다.