Journal of Digital Convergence (디지털융복합연구)

The Society of Digital Policy and Management (한국디지털정책학회)
권호 표지
DOI QR코드

DOI QR Code

Factors Affecting Depression among Female Marriage Immigrants

여성결혼이민자의 우울 영향요인 연구

  • 김연수 (백석대학교 사회복지학부)
  • Received : 2014.09.04
  • Accepted : 2014.11.20
  • Published : 2014.11.28
Download PDF
⟨ Previous Next ⟩

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate factors affecting depression among female marriage immigrants in relation to demographic, family, self-efficacy, acculturation, and physical health aspects. The subjects were 556 marriage immigrants residing in Seoul, Keong-gi, and Chung-cheong areas. 47.1% of the subjects showed $${\geq_-}16$$ of CES-D which is the cutting points on depression. The results from hierachical regression analysis indicated that family income(${\beta}=-.13$, p=.002) at the first demographic model and self-efficacy(${\beta}=-.13$, p<.001), family relationship(${\beta}=-.16$, p<.001), acculturation to Korean culture(${\beta}=-.08$, p=.05), acculturative stress(${\beta}=.31$, p<.001), and mal-physical health(${\beta}=.18$, p<.001) at the final model affected female marriage immigrants' depression. The explanatory power of these variables was 37.1%. Based on these results, social services and policies for the prevention of depression among female marriage immigrants were discussed.

본 연구는 여성결혼이민자의 우울에 영향을 미치는 요인에 관한 연구로서 우울을 측정하는 대표적 도구인 CES-D척도를 사용하여 여성결혼이민자의 우울점수의 수준을 알아보고, 우울에 영향을 미치는 다양한 요인을 인구사회학적 변인, 개인 내적 및 가족변인, 신체건강변인, 문화적응변인으로 나누어 검증하였다. 연구대상자는 서울, 경기 및 충청지역에 거주하는 여성결혼이민자 556명이었으며, 분석결과 CES-D척도의 우울절단점인 16점을 기준으로 할때 연구대상자의 47.1%가 우울집단에 속하는 것으로 나타났다. 위계적 회계분석 결과 인구사회학적 변인이 투입된 1단계 분석에서는 월평균가족수입(${\beta}=-.13$, p=.002)이 우울에 유의미한 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났으며, 모든 변인이 투입된 최종 모델에서는 자아효능감(${\beta}=-13. $, p<.001), 가족관계(${\beta}=-.16$, p<.001), 한국문화적응(${\beta}=-.08$, p=.05), 문화적응 스트레스(${\beta}=.31$, p<.001), 그리고 신체적 불편증상(${\beta}=.18$, p<.001)이 우울에 미치는 영향력이 유의미하였으며, 우울의 37.1%를 설명하는 것으로 검증되었다. 이상의 연구결과에 기반을 두고 여성결혼이민자의 우울감 감소 및 정신건강 증진을 위한 사회적 지원방안에 관해 논의하였다.

Keywords

References

  1. Korean Statistical Information Service, The State of International Marriage, from http://www.kostat.go.kr, 2013.
  2. Korea Immigration Service, Korea immigration service monthly report, from http://www.immigration.go.kr, 2014. 5.
  3. Jayasuria, L., Sang, D., & Fielding, A. Ethnicity, immigration, and mental illness: A critical review of Australian research. Canberra: Bureau of Immigration Research. 1992.
  4. Berry, J. W., Immigration, acculturation, and adaptation. Applied Psychology: An International Review, vol. 46, no. 1, pp.5-68, 1997.
  5. Hovey, J. D., Acculturative stress, depression, and suicidal ideation in Mexican immigrants. Journal of Cultural Diversity Ethnic Minor Psychology, vol. 6, pp. 134-151, 2000. https://doi.org/10.1037/1099-9809.6.2.134
  6. Vega, W. A., Kolody, B., Valle, R., & Hough, R., Depressive symptoms and their correlates among immigrant Mexican Women in the United States. Social Science Medicine, vol. 22, pp. 645-652, 1986. https://doi.org/10.1016/0277-9536(86)90037-7
  7. Salgado de Snyder, V. N., Factors associated with acculturative stress and depressive symptomatology among Married immigrants women., Psychology of women Quarterly, vol. 11, pp. 475-488, 1987. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-6402.1987.tb00919.x
  8. O. K. Yang, & Y. S. Kim, A study on the effects of depressiveness among foreign wives through marriage migration. Mental Health & Social Work, vol. 26, pp. 79-110, 2007.
  9. J. A. Kim, S. J. Yang, K. J. Kwon, & J. H. Kim, Predictive factors of depression among Asian female marriage immigrants in Korea. Nursing and Health Science, vol. 13, pp. 275-281, 2011.
  10. J. K. Chung, & K. M. Yang, Recent developments in acculturation theories. Korean Journal Psychology, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 101-136, 2004.
  11. Lazarus, R. S., & Folkman, S., Stress, appraisal, and coping. New York: Springer.
  12. K. S. Chung, & J. E. Han, International marriage immigrants' adjustment and mental health, Korean Demography, vol. 32, no. 2, pp.87-114, 2009.
  13. K. J. Hyun, & Y. S. Kim, The impact of acculturative stress and perceived social support on depression among female marriage immigrants: Direct and moderating effects of social support. The Korean Journal of Woman Psychology, vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 653-677, 2012.
  14. H. Im, The impact factors on mental health among marriage migrant women. Mental Health & Social Work, vol. 34, pp. 189-221, 2010.
  15. J. Y. Ha, & Y. J. Kim, Factors influencing depression in married immigrant woman in Korea. Korean J Women Health Nurs, vol. 19, no. 4, pp. 254-264, 2013. https://doi.org/10.4069/kjwhn.2013.19.4.254
  16. Gibson, M., Immigrant adaptation and patterns of acculturation. Human Development, vol. 44, no. 1, pp.19-23, 2001. https://doi.org/10.1159/000057037
  17. Ryder, A., Alden, L., & Paulhus. D., Is acculturation unidimensional or bidimensional?. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, vol. 79, no. 1, pp. 49-65, 2000. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.79.1.49
  18. Castro, V. S., Acculturation and psychological adaptation. Greenwood Press: Westport․Connecticut․London, 2003.
  19. Kim, B. J., Sangalang, C. C., & Kihl, T., Effects of acculturation and social network support on depression among elderly Korean immigrants. Aging & Mental Health, vol. 16, no. 6, pp. 787-794, 2012. https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2012.660622
  20. Choi, S., & Reed, P. L., Contributors to depressive symptoms among Korean immigrants with type 2 diabetes. Nursing Research, vol. 62, no. 2, pp. 115-121, 2013. https://doi.org/10.1097/NNR.0b013e31827aec29
  21. Radloff, L., & Locke, B., The community mental health survey and the CES-D scale. In community surveys of psychiatric disorders, New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1986.
  22. H. S. Park, The school resilience of Korean adolescents in poverty. Ph. D. dissertation, department of Social Welfare graduate school, Seoul National University, 1998.
  23. O. K. Yang, & Y. S. Kim, Construction and validity of family relation scale-brief form, Journal of family relations, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 103-129, 2007.
  24. Y. S. Kim, Development of an acculturation scale for female marriage immigrants in Korea. The Women's Studies, vol. 81, no. 2, pp. 103-146, 2011.
  25. Sandhu, D. S., & Asrabadi, B. R., Development of acculturative stress scale for international students: Preliminary findings, Psychological Reports, vol. 75, pp. 435-448, 1994. https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1994.75.1.435
  26. Bartone, P. T., Ursano, R. J., Wright, K. M.,, & Ingraham, L. H., The impact of a military air disaster on health of assistance workers. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, vol. 177, pp. 317-328, 1989. https://doi.org/10.1097/00005053-198906000-00001
  27. S. H. Cho, The probability of break-up in families of the unemployed: from the perspective of the unemployed breadwinner. Ph. D. dissertation, department of Social Welfare graduate school, Seoul National University, 1999.
  28. M. J. Cho, & K. H. Kim, Diagnostic validity of the CES-D(Korean version) in the assessment of DSM-III-R Major depression, Journal of Korean Neuropsychiatry Association, vol. 32, no. 3, pp.381-399., 1993.

Cited by

  1. Meta-analysis of depression among marriage-based migrant women in South Korea vol.11, pp.3, 2017, https://doi.org/10.1111/aswp.12126