A Study on the Divorce Experienced by Marriage Immigrant Women

결혼이주여성 이혼경험 연구

The purpose of this study was to analyze the life experiences of fifteen marriage immigrant Asian women who went through running away from their home countries, marrying with Korean men, divorcing from their husbands, and coping with many difficulties after their divorce in Korean society. In order to conduct this study grounded theory methods have been employed. The central phenomenon digged out from this study was 'resistance to baffled reality' (i. e. dislocation). The causal conditions which brought about the central phenomenon were 'escaping for survival' and 'experiencing the gap between reality and expectation. 'The intervening conditions included 'getting to know the reality of their husbands,' 'losing hope,' and 'not being able to pull themselves together.' The contextual conditions consisted of 'being treated as maids,' 'becoming victims of family violence,' 'making up their minds to survive,' 'securing future life,' 'being marginalized,' and 'being aware of themselves as strangers.' The action/interaction strategies on the central phenomenon were 'building support systems,' 'building up will for new life,' and 'reconstructing social identity.'The final outcome was 'arranging places of new settlement.' The divorce was classified as four types: 'coping and growth,' 'emancipation and settling down,' 'being overwhelmed by livelihood,' and 'continuous wandering.' Based on these results, this study provided a few political and practice suggestions to prevent family violence and divorces among multi-cultural families, and also to bumper the impacts of divorce.

본 연구는 다문화 가족 부부의 이혼을 예방하고 이혼으로 인한 충격들을 완화할 수 있는 방안들을 마련하기 위해 이혼을 경험한 결혼이주여성 15명을 대상으로 국제결혼선택에서부터 결혼생활, 이혼, 이혼 후의 생활까지의 과정을 근거이론으로 분석하였다. 분석결과 중심현상은'어긋난 현실에 대한 저항(탈구)하다'였으며, 인과적 조건은'생존을 위해 탈출하다', '기대와 현실의 격차를 실감하다'였으며, 중재적 조건은'남편 실체 알게 되다','절망하다','마음 추수리지못함'이었으며, 맥락적 조건은'하녀 취급당하다', '가정폭력 피해자 되다', '일단 살고 보자고 결심함', '미래 삶의 담보 마련함', '주변화 되다', '이방인 의식이 들다'였다. 작용/상호작용 전략은'지지체계 구축 하다', '새 삶의 의욕 다지다', '사회 정체성 재구성 하다', 결과는'정착지 마련하다'였으며, 핵심범주는'해체를 통한 안전한 정착지 찾기'였다. 이혼유형은 대처성장형, 해방안주형, 생활눌림형, 유랑지속형으로 분류되었으며 이혼과정과 상황모형이 제시되었다. 이러한 결과를 바탕으로 다문화 가족 이혼예방과 이혼 후 충격을 완화할 수 있는 정책적, 실천적 방안을 제시하였다.