• 한국식품영양학회지
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• 제28권6호
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• pp.973-987
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• 2015

This study was conducted to investigate the eating habits and food preferences of elementary school children belong to multi-cultural families and ordinary families. The data were obtained by interview based on questionnaire from November to December in 2012. The subjects of multi-cultural families and ordinary families were 99 and 376 children, respectively. In comparison with eating habits, the ordinary children showed higher scoring in the items of eating proteins, green and yellow vegetables, and fruits or fruit juice than those of multi-cultural children. The ordinary children ate less midnight-meals than those of multi-cultural children (p<0.05). Furthermore, the ordinary children ate kimchi more frequently than the multi-cultural children. It was significantly different (p<0.05) on the items of 'eating-out types' dietary habits between two groups. Education of mothers correlated with the ordinary children's eating habits more than multi-cultural families. In the investigation of the food preference to Korean foods, 'beef and radish soup', 'pumpkin porridge', and 'wheat flakes noodles' were more preferred by children of ordinary families than by those of multi-cultural families (p<0.05). To conclude, nutritional education for their parents should be done and maintained to keep a right eating habit of children of multi-cultural families even at home.

• 아동학회지
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.235-248
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• 2010

The purpose of this study was to establish strategies that support multi-cultural children' development and adaptation in day care centers. The subjects were 61 young children, 49 parents from multi-cultural family and 550 Korean young children. The instruments utilized were the Sukemune-Hiew Resilience Test for parents and the Danaka Deveopment Test for children. The statistical instruments used were the t-test and the Pearson product correlation coefficients. Our results indicated that : (1) In the case five or six years old children from multi-cultural families, language development lagged behind that of Korean children. (2) Social support systems were insufficient for parents of multi-cultural families. Our cnclusions suggest that establishing strategies is necessary for not only supporting the linguistic development of children from multi-cultural families, but strategies aimed at supporting their parents in day care centers need to be developed.

• 농촌지도와개발
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.505-526
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• 2010

Because of the international marriage of bachelors in the rural areas, there have been grown many foreign residents, the Multi-cultural families. For the improvement of multi-cultural families, the first important thing is their early settlement in Korea. For those foreigners' settlement, systematic approach to Korean education program is necessary. Second, multi-cultural families need support to maintain their basic lives safely. Agricultural education for the next generation is, moreover, also important for them. Third, healthy growth and training for the formation of the Self-Identity of their children are needed for those multi-cultural families too. Education for bring up their children as the global talents, the cost of private education and the one of bringing up children also have to be supported. Fourth, the improvement of understanding multicultural families is significant. Development and education of various programs to participate multi-cultural families are also required.

• 가정과삶의질연구
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.37-47
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• 2012

The purpose of this study was to grasp the factors having influence upon the social adjustment of children in multi-cultural families and to examine the degree of influence of these influential factors. For these aims, it targeted 186 children of multi-cultural families, that access social welfare institutions or multi-cultural institutions in the Daegu and Gyeongbuk areas. The findings are as follows. First, the factors having influence upon the social adjustment of children in multi-cultural families were indicated to be self-esteem, parental marital relations, bullying, and the support of adults other than their parents. In other words, these children's higher level of social adjustment was correlated with higher self-esteem, better parental marital relations, fewer bullying experiences from their peer group, and more support from adults other than their parents'. Secondly, support from adults other than parents was indicated to be the most influential among the variables affecting the social adjustment of children in multi-cultural families. The factor having the second highest level of influence was indicated to be self-esteem, followed by parental marital relations, and then bullying.

• 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.

• 한국보육지원학회지
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.85-108
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• 2018

Objective: This study intended to analyze parenting characteristics, difficulties and support needs of multi-cultural families that had children under 3 years old, in order to develop their supporting resources. Methods: This study performed semi-structured interviews with 7 mothers from multi-cultural families that had their young children enrolled at child care and education centers in Gyeonggi Do. The interview data transcribed were analyzed using the successive contents analysis, and led to 4 themes and 12 sub-themes. Results: First, the mothers from multi-cultural families were married without understanding the Korean language and culture. Second, the multi-cultural mothers didn't properly respond to their children's needs in interaction and language aspects. As a result, the multi-cultural support centers and child care and education centers gave help to them. Third, in the view of the difficulties facing mothers, parenting problems caused by the lack of information concerning child education, the biased burden of parenting, and the different parenting values of Korean families were all expressed by the mothers. Fourth, regarding support needs, providing individual professional support for children and child-raising support for mothers, customized language and employment support for mothers and parenting education for fathers and family education on multi-culturalism are needed. Conclusion/Implications: Suggestions for decreasing the difficulties facing multi-cultural families that had children under 3 years old were discussed.

• 대한가정학회지
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• 제50권8호
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• pp.65-77
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• 2012

This study aimed to investigate how mothers' Korean fluency and children's experiences in child-care centers influenced the communication ability of children from multi-cultural families. The subjects were 600 children from multi-cultural families who enrolled in child-care centers in Gyeonggi province, their mothers, and 350 teachers caring for these children. The data were collected by administrating a questionnaire and analyzed with descriptive statistics and hierarchical regressions. The results of this study were as follows. The mothers' Korean fluency, number of years children had attended child-care centers, and language guidance provided by child-care centers for children from multi-cultural families all had positive effects on children's general and oral communication ability. On the other hand, the number of years that the children had attended child-care centers had no significant effect on the children's written communication ability, but the mothers' Korean fluency and language guidance provided by child-care centers for children from multi-cultural families had positive effects on children's written communication ability. Finally, the mothers' Korean fluency moderated the effects of children's child-care experiences on their communication ability. Specifically, the more fluent the mothers' Korean, the stronger the effects of children's child-care experiences on their communication ability.

• 초등상담연구
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.171-192
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• 2012

본 연구에서는 다문화가정과 일반가정 초등학생의 성별, 연령별, 다문화 여부에 따른 진로흥미와 진로발달 양상을 살펴보고, 이들의 진로흥미가 진로인식에 미치는 영향력을 알아보았다. 연구대상은 충남과 전남의 4-6학년 초등학생 341명(다문화: 165명, 일반: 176명)이었다. 연구결과 첫째, 진로흥미는 성별 주효과가 있었는데, 탐구형은 남학생이 높고, 예술형과 사회형은 여학생이 높았다. 다문화의 주효과 및 성별과의 상호작용효과는 없었다. 둘째, 진로인식은 다문화와 성별 주효과가 유의하였으며 상호작용효과는 없었다. 다문화의 주효과는 자기이해, 직업세계인식, 진로태도 및 진로인식 총점에서 일반가정 초등학생의 점수가 높았다. 성별 주효과는 자기이해, 직업세계인식, 진로인식 총점에서 유의하였으며 여학생이 높았다. 셋째, 학년에 따른 진로흥미와 진로인식을 보면, 다문화가정 초등학생은 예술형에서, 일반가정 초등학생은 탐구형, 예술형, 사회형, 기업형에서 학년이 올라갈수록 낮아졌으며, 진로인식의 경우 다문화가정 초등학생은 직업세계 인식에서, 일반가정 초등학생은 전 영역에서 학년이 올라갈수록 높은 점수를 보였다. 넷째, 진로흥미와 진로인식의 상관관계는 일반가정 초등학생에게서 보다 뚜렷하였다. 다문화가정 초등학생은 예술형이 진로인식과 높은 상관을 보인 반면, 일반가정 초등학생은 사회형이 높은 상관을 보였다. 다섯째, 진로흥미가 진로인식에 미치는 영향력은 일반가정 초등학생에게서 더 크게 나타났으며, 다문화 여부가 직업세계 인식과 진로태도, 진로인식 총점에 대해 의미있는 요인으로 작용하였다. 진로인식에 영향력 있는 진로흥미는 사회형과 예술형이었으며, 다문화가정 초등학생은 예술형의 영향이 큰 반면, 일반가정 초등학생은 사회형의 영향이 컸다. 이를 토대로 초등학생의 다문화 관련 진로교육의 시사점을 제안하였다.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제12권12호
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• pp.810-822
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• 2012

본 연구에서는 다문화가정 아동의 스트레스 대처양식이 우울에 미치는 영향에서 사회적 지지의 매개효과를 살펴보고자 하였다. 서울, 경기, 인천의 다문화가정 아동 총 107명을 대상으로 설문조사를 실시하였다. 본 연구의 결과는 첫째, 다문화가정 아동의 스트레스 대처양식과 우울은 부적관계, 사회적 지지와 우울과는 부적 상관관계가 나타났다. 둘째, 다문화가정 아동의 소극적 스트레스 대처, 적극적 스트레스 대처양식 수준이 높을수록 아동의 우울정서, 행동장애, 흥미상실, 자기비하, 신체적 증상 수준은 낮음을 알 수 있었다. 셋째, 다문화가정 아동의 교사지지가 높을수록 스트레스 대처양식과 우울과의 관계를 부분매개하고 있음을 알 수 있다. 넷째, 다문화가정 아동의 스트레스 대처양식이 우울에 미치는 영향에서 또래 지지의 매개효과를 살펴본 결과 다문화가정 아동의 우울에는 스트레스 대처양식과 또래 지지가 상호작용하여 매개변수로 작용하는 것으로 나타났다. 다문화가정 아동의 교사지지가 높을수록 스트레스 대처양식과 우울과의 관계를 부분매개하고 있음을 알 수 있다.

• 가정과삶의질연구
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.255-268
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• 2009

The purpose of this study was to deepen our understanding about mothers' parenting stress in multi-cultural families. The study was conducted through in-depth interviews of 6 mothers from Mongolia, Philippines, and Japan who were living in Seoul. The findings of this study were as follows. First, mothers of multi-cultural families had difficulties of giving birth and child rearing, especially in the earliest years of their children. They were not fully adapted to the ways of living in Korea with little social support from family members and neighbors. Second, they were worried about their children's development, particularly language development due to their lack of understanding and fluency in Korean. Third, they were concerned about the cultural and racial discrimination against their children. They expected their children to be treated and respected equally like ordinary Korean children. Fourth, they were anxious about the fact that their children might not acquire the basic academic skills before they enter the elementary schools. Furthermore, they were worried that their children might not get as much educational support as they want. Fifth, despite the burden of mother's role in Korea, they wished to get a job to support their children for better education. In conclusion, the marriage immigrant mothers experienced the stress due to the lack of social support, the discrimination against immigrants, the possibilities of their children's delays in development, the disparity in the level of support for educating their children and the high expectations about their children's education in Korean society. Therefore it is necessary for the policy makers to consider more practical support system for the multi-cultural families in order for the marriage immigrant mothers to build up self-confidence in child rearing and educating their children.