• 아동학회지
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• 제35권6호
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• pp.47-64
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• 2014

This study was conducted with the aim of examining the acculturation process of children and parents from multicultural families, which can affect the self-esteem of the children concerned. The participants from each family consisted of the fathers, mothers, and school-age children of 179 households. The results of this study reveal the following: (1) First, the multicultural children scored higher than the average in self-esteem in most areas except school life. Furthermore, the children and parents had a comparatively positive attitude toward acculturation (2) Second, the children's level of self-esteem had significant correlations only with the acculturation of mothers as opposed to fathers. (3) Third, the impacts of acculturation of the children and their parents on the children's self-esteem followed different patterns according to the sub-areas of self-esteem. Specifically, the self-esteem for overall self-value and family relations rose when the multicultural acceptance attitude of mothers was high. However, area of peer relations was affected only by the acculturation of children. The area concerning school life was high when the mother-culture propagation attitude of mothers was low.

• 가정과삶의질연구
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.1-15
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• 2014

This study aimed to identify predictors of acculturation types among marriage migrant women at the individual and dominant society levels. To accomplish this goal, we recruited marriage migrant women from China and Vietnam, classified their acculturation types according to their scores on acculturation attitudes, and performed multinomial logistic regression on acculturation types by entering marriage migrant women's individual and dominant society level factors as covariates based on previous research. The results showed that most of the participants were classified under integration(N=376), followed by assimilation(N=66), separation(N=60) and marginalization(N=48). Lower household income, lower sense of mastery, weaker ethnic identity and lower social support predicted assimilation as compared to integration. Less education, higher household income, weaker ethnic identity, lower family satisfaction and lower social support predicted separation as compared to integration. Finally, as compared to integration, marginalization was predicted by lower sense of mastery, lower ethnic identity and lower social support. This study expands the current scholarship on acculturation by examining acculturation as an indicator of the psychosocial adaptation of immigrants and by identifying factors that predict specific acculturation types among marriage migrant women.

• 비교문화연구
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• 제29권
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• pp.153-176
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• 2012

This study focused on concretely how minority group's attitude accepting han-zu's culture changes. In the past, minority group's culture and han-zu's culture were acculturated spontaneously, not forcibly. But as the people's republic of china was founded and control of chinese government was intensified, control and interference of minority group area became aggressive, and acculturation became compulsory. However, after chinese economic reform, by economic affluence and modernization and urbanization according to economic affluence, acculturation of minority group's culture and han-zu's culture is changing from forced acculturation to spontaneous acculturation. Still there are some areas where mutual friction lasts because of forced acculturation. But except some areas the stream is changing rapidly to spontaneous acculturation. In the text, this study investigated process and present state of acculturation focused on hui-zu that implemented aggressive acceptance of han-zu's culture relatively early. Then this study investigated yi-zu society and cultural change focused on their spontaneous acculturation. In the modern society setting a high value on convenience and personal happiness rather than ideology and value, value of race becomes less attractive to young people of minority group who know modern civilization and convenience of city. In this respect, maybe hui-zu society is future of yi-zu society and minority group society.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.368-378
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• 2014

본 연구는 서울에서 대학재학 및 어학연수중인 외국인 유학생을 대상으로 이문화에 대해 어떤 태도를 갖고 있으며, 문화적응에 어떤 영향을 미치는지 분석하여 이들이 대학생활과 한국생활에 잘 적응하고, 향후 기업의 인적자원으로 활용하기 위한 가이드라인을 제공하고자 한다. 실증분석을 통해 도출된 결과는 첫째, 이문화 태도의 '문화적 거리감'은 '사회관습문화'요인에 영향을 미치고,'문화적 유연성'과 '이문화 인식'은 인간관계요인에 유의적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 이문화 태도에서 '문화적 유연성'과 '이문화 인식'이 한국생활 만족도에 유의적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 셋째, 체류기간이 3-4년 정도인 유학생은 '사회관습'요인, 2-3년은 '전통문화'요인을 가장 높게 인지하는 것으로 나타났다. 넷째, 외향적인 성향과 여성이 '인간관계'요인, 동양인이 '생활문화'요인을 더 높게 인지하는 것으로 나타났다.

• 아동학회지
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.95-111
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• 2006

In this study of acculturation strategies and adjustment in Korean-Chinese and Chinese-Korean children, 273 Korean-Chinese and 207 Chinese-Korean were asked about levels of assimilation to the mainstream language and culture, ethnic identity, emotional attitude toward their schools, teachers' support, peers' support, and social distance from the mainstream. Results revealed that separation was the most preferred strategy followed by integration, assimilation, and marginalization for both subject groups. Children categorized by separation strategies reported highest scores in school adjustment variables and lowest scores in social distance. There were some differences between Korean-Chinese and Chinese-Korean children in cultural assimilation, ethnic identity, emotional attitude toward school, and teacher's support. These findings were explained by their immigration history and the uniqueness of each mainstream society.

• International Journal of Human Ecology
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.45-54
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• 2008

This study examines the influence of acculturation level and ethnic groups as a fashion reference group on Korean-American consumer attitude toward luxury fashion brands. Of interest is the role of Korean culture, which emphasizes luxury brand consumption due to the Confucion value of 'face', on Korean-American attitudes toward luxury brands. Data were collected from 108 young Korean-Americans living in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. Descriptive statistics, factor analysis, and multiple regressions were conducted for the analysis. In general, the respondents had relatively negative attitudes toward luxury fashion brands. Even though the acculturation level did not have a significant influence, attitudes toward luxury fashion brands were influenced by Korean reference groups. Age at immigration did not have a significant relationship with attitudes toward luxury brands. Korean-Americans who maintain ties with Korean culture are more likely to have a positive attitude towards luxury fashion, regardless of familarity with American culture.

• 아동학회지
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.123-136
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• 2001

The Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure(Phinney, 1992) was administered to 179 Korean-Chinese mothers and their 8th and 9th grade children in the Yanbian region of China. Children also completed the Depression, Self-Esteem, and Social Competence scales. Findings were that while there was no difference between mothers and their adolescent children in Integration and Marginalization, more Separation in mothers and more Assimilation in adolescents were found. Korean-Chinese adolescents who belonged to the Integration type showed higher self-esteem and social competence than those of the marginalized type. Children's self-esteem and social competence were highest when both mother and child were in the Integration type. These results support the notion that Integration reflects the most adaptive, while Marginalization is the most at-risk attitude to acculturation.

• 아동학회지
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.121-142
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• 2011

This study explores the structural relationships between personal factors (young children's self-esteem and language ability) and environmental factors (mother's acculturation, parenting, and teacher's multi-cultural education attitude) on young children's adjustment to early childhood educational institution in multi-cultural families. 150 young children in multi-cultural families of aged 3, 4, and 5, their mothers, and 108 classroom teachers participated in this study. The results of this investigation reveal the following : (1) Mother's integrative acculturation significantly affected mother's parenting. (2) The relationship between mother's acculturation and young children's adjustment to early childhood educational institution in multi-cultural families are significantly mediated by mother's parenting and the young children's self-esteem. (3) Young children's language ability in multi-cultural families significantly affected their degree of adjustment to early childhood educational institution.

• 대한지역사회영양학회지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.53-64
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• 2016

Objectives: Nowadays, the multicultural families make up significant portion of Korean population and communities. Successful re-settling in a new country can be difficult, particularly when there are disparities in dietary behavior compared to home country. The objective of the study was to investigate the dietary behavior of marriage migrant women according to their nationality in multicultural families. Methods: The primary research was conducted targeting 94 marriage migrant women who came from China (40.4%), Vietnam (26.6%), and other countries except for Japan (33.0%). We investigated their dietary behavior, such as eating attitude and food choice behavior for Korea acculturation. We also studied dietary behavior among 14 selected subjects who had high level of integration and assimilation acculturation patterns by administering the Focus Group Interview (FGI). Results: The multicultural families had more integration acculturation patterns, which could have been influenced by their nationality. Vietnamese origin has the highest cultural adaptation as marginalization pattern. The common types of Korea acculturation were integration ($3.03{\pm}1.08$), separation ($3.10{\pm}0.59$), marginalization ($3.10{\pm}0.58$), followed by assimilation ($2.84{\pm}0.51$). There were significant differences in the four types of acculturation by marriage immigrant women's country of origin (p<0.05). According to dietary behavior, 'eliminating hunger' was the most important value in a meal. Chinese marriage migrant women, who had higher level of food intake attitude significantly, also considered 'being healthy' an important value. Regarding food choice behavior, Vietnamese had lowest frequency of homeland food intake. Most of marriage immigrant women were satisfied with the Korean food, and need for education was very high with interest for cooking, good nutrition, and managing their children's dietary life. Conclusions: Coping with a change in dietary behavior is one of the biggest transitional difficulties, and family members may need support to find their familiar food items and to continue their cultural food choice behavior in the local areas. Further researches with quantitative and qualitative analysis are needed to understand the effect of dietary behavior for acculturation in multicultural families.

• 한국가정과교육학회지
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.173-189
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• 2015

한국 사회는 국제결혼 등의 원인으로 다문화사회로 급변하고 있다. 본 연구는 도시형 다문화가정 결혼이주여성의 문화적응과 식생활행태를 분석하고, 어떤 관련성이 있는지에 대해 규명하였다. 조사대상은 대전시 거주 다문화가정 89가구의 결혼이주여성을 대상으로 하였다. 이는 우리나라 다문화가정 결혼이주여성의 출신국의 비율과 유사하게, 중국(39.3%), 베트남(28.1%) 그리고 일본을 제외한 기타 국가로 나타났다. 도시에 거주하는 다문화가정 결혼이주여성의 문화적응 유형은 연령이 높을수록, 거주기간이 길수록, 자녀가 있을수록 통합유형 성향이 유의적으로 높은 것으로 나타났다. 거주기간과 자녀의 유무는 동화유형에 영향을 미치는 변수로 나타났다. 베트남 출신 결혼이주여성의 경우 다른 집단에 비해 주변화유형으로 나타났다. 문화적응에 영향을 미치는 식생활행태 관련 변인을 분석한 결과, 식사 태도, 식사의 다양성 그리고 생활과의 균형성 및 식생활행동은 문화적응 유형 중 통합유형과 유의적으로 관련성이 있는 것으로 나타났다. 사회인구학적 변인과 식생활행태 변인의 문화적응에 대한 영향력 분석을 한 결과, 통합유형인 문화적응에서 거주기간(31.4% 설명력), 한국어 사용 능력(34.2% 설명력), 그리고 식사의 다양성(33.5% 설명력)이 유의적으로 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 그러므로 도시형 다문화가정 결혼이주여성의 문화적응은 통합유형에 있어, 식생활행태가 중요한 변인으로 작용함을 알 수 있었다. 이에 도시형 다문화가정 결혼이주여성의 긍정적인 문화적응은 올바른 식생활행태 확립이 요구되며, 이를 위하여 관련 분야에서의 다양한 연구 및 프로그램 개발 및 실행이 이루어져야 할 것이다.