Anxiety and mood (대한불안의학회지)

Korean Academy of Anxiety Disorders (대한불안의학회)
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Mental Health and its Correlates of Marriage-Migrant Women in a City

도시거주 결혼이민여성의 정신건강 현황과 영향 요인

  • Park, Subin (Department of Psychiatry, Seoul National Hospital) ;
  • Yong, Hyo Joong (Department of Social Welfare, Sungkyunkwan University) ;
  • Hong, Jin Pyo (Department of Psychiatry, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine)
  • 박수빈 (국립서울병원 정신건강의학과) ;
  • 용효중 (성균관대학교 대학원 사회복지학과) ;
  • 홍진표 (성균관대학교 의과대학 삼성서울병원 정신건강의학교실)
  • Received : 2015.01.27
  • Accepted : 2015.04.20
  • Published : 2015.04.30
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Abstract

Objective : The objective of this study was to examine the mental health status and its correlates of the marriage-migrant women in Seoul, Korea. Methods : One hundred and seventy marriage-migrant women and one hundred and sixteen married Korean women were recruited from community to complete Symptom Check List-90-Revision (SCL-90-R). Marriage-migrant women were also asked for their socio-demographic factors, acculturative stress, family-relationship stress, and social support. The scores on the SCL-90-R were compared between marriage-migrant women and married Korean women, and the correlates of marriage-migrant women's mental health were investigated. Results : Compared to married Korean women, marriage-migrant women showed lower levels of mental health problems including somatization, obsession-compulsion, interpersonal sensitivity, depression, anxiety, hostility, paranoid ideation, and psychoticism. Longer length of residence in Korea, lower family income, social support, higher acculturation stress, and family relationship stress were all associated with mental health problems of marriage-migrant women Results : Our results suggest that mental health of marriage-migrant women is not necessarily bad, and several factors may affect their mental health. However, further studies are required in a larger representative sample to confirm the study findings.

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