• 사회복지연구
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• 제44권2호
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• pp.59-87
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• 2013

본 연구는 베트남에 거주하고 있는 한국 고령남성의 이주경험을 이해하기 위한 기술적 성격의 질적사례연구이다. 구체적인 연구질문은 다음과 같다. ① 베트남 이주로 인해 개별 사례가 무엇을 경험하는가?, ② 베트남 이주가 사례에게 어떤 의미인가? ③ 고령남성의 베트남 이주의 상황적 맥락이 가지는 의미가 무엇인가? 이를 탐색하기 위해 7명의 연구참여자에게 11개월에 걸쳐 심층면접을 중심으로 다각도의 자료를 수집하였다. 자료분석은 사례 내 분석과 사례 간 분석을 통해 주요 내용을 파악하였고, 이야기 재구성을 통해 분절된 의미들을 맥락을 고려하여 재기술하였다. 개별사례를 관통하는 주제들로는 '이주동기와 배경', '문화적응', '사회적 관계망', '일의 의미', '가족', '영성과 삶의 태도', '죽음에 대한 인식'으로 나타났다. 결론에서 연구결과를 요약하고, 연구의 함의 및 제한점, 후속 연구에 대해 제언하였다.

• 생물정신의학
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.144-150
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• 2013

Objectives The number of marriage immigrant women has been increasing in the past several years in Korea and their adaptations to the new environment have been an important social issue. The aims of this study were to evaluate the psychosocial and mental health statuses of Vietnamese marriage immigrant women (VMIW). We intended to compare the mental health of VMIW with married Vietnamese women living in Vietnam and reveal the demographic or psychosocial factors affecting their mental health. Method Subjects comprised one-hundred-forty-three VMIW who enrolled in multiculture family support centers in Chungbuk Province and forty-eight women from Vinh Phuc province in Vietnam. Marital satisfaction, domestic violence and social support were evaluated as psychosocial factors, and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) and General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) were used to evaluate mental health. Results VMIW had a larger age gap with their husbands but better psychosocial statuses. BDI (p = 0.20), BAI (p = 0.08), GHQ (p = 0.13) scores of VMIW were not significantly different compared to Vietnamese residents. Marriage duration of VMIW affects significantly their marital satisfaction, social support and depressive levels (p < 0.01). The level of domestic violence showed a significant difference according to the educational levels of their husbands, composition of family members and marriage process (p < 0.05). VMIW with older husbands and jobless VMIW had low levels of anxiety (p < 0.01). Conclusion The results suggest that VMIW have no difference in mental health compared to Vietnamese women living in Vietnam which is contrary to general expectations. However, various environmental factors, such as marriage duration, have an effect on the mental health of VMIW. As marriage duration is proven to be important factor on mental health of VMIW, more extended duration of care and interventions are needed to maintain good mental health. Networking system connecting mental health screenings by the multiculture family support center to the local mental healthcare center is needed to care those with poor screening outcomes.