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Influencing Factors on Mental Health Help-Seeking Behavior in Korean and Immigrant Married Women

한국 기혼여성과 이민 기혼여성의 정신건강 도움추구행동 영향요인

  • Received : 2017.07.18
  • Accepted : 2017.10.13
  • Published : 2017.10.31
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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to identify and compare the factors that influence the mental health help-seeking behavior in Korean and immigrant married women. A cross-sectional descriptive study design was used. Participants were 110 Koreans and 91 immigrants in D metropolitan city. Collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, ${\chi}^2$-test, t-test, ANOVA, ANCOVA, Pearson correlation coefficient, and multiple regression with SPSS 21.0 program. Mental health help-seeking behavior was significantly correlated with depression, belief toward mental illness, and perceived need for mental health service in Korean women, and with Korean fluency, belief toward mental illness, and social support in immigrant women. In the regression analysis results, the predictors of mental health help-seeking behavior were belief toward mental illness in Korean married women (10.5%), and Korean fluency, nationality, belief toward mental illness, and social support in immigrant women (59.0%). These findings should be considered when developing strategies for enhancing the mental health help-seeking behavior in married women.

본 연구는 한국 기혼여성과 이민 기혼여성을 대상으로 정신건강 도움추구행동에 영향을 미치는 요인을 파악하고 비교하고자 수행된 서술적 조사연구이다. 본 연구대상은 D 광역시에 거주하는 21-45세의 기혼자인 한국여성 110명과 이민여성 91명 총 201명이다. 자료수집기간은 2015년 7월 1일에서 8월 3일까지였으며, 자기보고식 설문지로 조사하였다. 수집된 자료는 SPSS 21.0 version을 이용하여, 서술통계, ${\chi}^2$-test, t-test, ANOVA, ANCOVA, Pearson Correlation Coefficient, multiple regression으로 분석하였다. 본 연구결과, 정신건강 도움추구행동은 한국여성에서 우울, 정신질환에 대한 신념, 정신건강서비스에 대한 요구와 유의한 상관관계가 나타났다. 또한, 이민여성에서는 한국어 유창성, 정신질환에 대한 신념, 사회적 지지와 유의한 상관관계가 나타났다. 다중회귀분석결과, 정신건강 도움추구행동 영향요인은 한국여성에서는 정신질환에 대한 신념으로 나타났으며, 총 설명력은 10.5%이었고, 이민여성에서는 한국어 유창성, 정신질환에 대한 신념, 사회적 지지로 나타났으며, 총 설명력은 59.0%였다. 따라서 추후 대상자를 확대하여 정신건강 도움추구행동을 예측할 수 있는 다양한 영향요인을 파악하고, 본 연구결과에서 유의한 변수들을 고려하여 기혼여성의 정신건강 도움추구행동을 증진시키기 위한 중재의 개발을 제언한다.

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