• 한국농촌간호학회지
• /
• 제6권2호
• /
• pp.69-77
• /
• 2011

Purpose: This study was done to identify the current status of research on depression in married immigrant women and to suggest directions for future nursing research. Method: Sixteen articles for the period between 2001 and 2010 were selected by key words such as "Married Immigrant Women" and "Depression" from the databases (RISS4U et al). Results: Twelve of the research reports were related to correlations and 4 were related to interventions. Depression level was measured using BDI or CES-D. Depression levels were as follows: 20-30% reported major depression and less than 10%, severe depression. Factors which influenced depression included: socio-demographic factors, and family, economic, psychological and situational characteristics. Psychological treatment prevailed in the intervention research, for example, art therapy, and horticultural therapy. In 2 papers significant improvement in the state of depression among participants in the intervention group were reported. Conclusion: The next phase of nursing research related to married immigrant women is to reconsider the importance of the concept of depression to reexamine research methods and directions.

• International Journal of Advanced Culture Technology
• /
• 제7권1호
• /
• pp.186-198
• /
• 2019

The means to train plan of local culture promotion personnel through the migrant women refers to the knowledge education of local cultural personnel through the accurate recognition of Korean culture and local culture and related information to foreign immigrants and workers in each region of the country. Through education courses in four areas, such as international manners, local promotion education, cultural heritage, and experience learning, the immigrant women will present a leading direction in which they can expect to play a role as experts in regional culture and public relations through the mother country's language.

• 여성건강간호학회지
• /
• 제18권2호
• /
• pp.85-97
• /
• 2012

Purpose: This study was done to explore the lived experience of pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum and early child rearing in married immigrant women in urban areas. Methods: Data were collected from February to April, 2011 through in-depth interviews. Nine immigrant women were selected in a metropolitan area through the purposive and snowball sampling method. After obtaining IRB permission and informed consent from the participants, all interviews were recorded with MP3 recorder and transcribed for analysis. Using the phenomenological approach, data collected through in-depth interviewing were analyzed following Colaizzi style. Results: Data analysis revealed 4 categories and 10 themes related to pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum and early child rearing of married immigrant women in urban areas. These four categories were 'A clumsy foreigner's life with nostalgia', 'Crisis in the crisis', 'Unprepared for motherhood', and 'Living together with new family without regrets'. It was a common finding that they were not ready to be mothers because of the very short time for adjustment in Korea. Compared to rural, immigrant women urban women had various in social support systems. Conclusion: The results indicate that adequate education is needed for immigrant women regarding motherhood, and that this education should be culturally appropriate for these women.

• 한국언론정보학보
• /
• 제75권
• /
• pp.43-79
• /
• 2016

본 논문은 이주여성에 관한 인터넷 포털 사이트의 게시물과 댓글의 내러티브에 담긴 감정의 특성을 분석했다. 분석 대상으로 사회적 이슈에 관한 활발한 토론 공간인 '다음'(Daum)의 '아고라'를 선정했다. 내러티브 분석 결과 게시물 작성자들이 보여준 감정은 다음과 같다. 첫째, 이주여성을 매춘과 연관시키면서 과도한 혐오감을 드러냈다. 둘째, 한국 남성을 희생자로 파악하고, 이주여성에 대한 증오감을 드러냈다. 셋째, 다문화주의에 반대하는 이들은 혐오감정을 감추고, 정의, 평등, 국가주의를 근거로 한 분노 감정의 표현이 정당하다는 전략을 사용했다. 넷째, 반다문화주의자들은 국제결혼 사기사건, 외국인 노동자 범죄보도 등의 사례를 반복적으로 언급하면서 혐오 감정을 확산시키는 역할을 수행했다. 다섯째, 매우 드물지만 이주여성이 만든 음식을 소개하는 사진과 글이 비교적 온정의 감정을 담았지만, 관음주의적 접근이라는 한계를 지녔기에 공감과 동감, 연민의 감정으로 발전되지 못했다. 한편, 이주여성에 대한 부정적 감정을 표현하는 게시물 작성자의 심리적 배경에는 자기혐오가 자리 잡고 있고, 이는 더욱 강화될 것으로 우려된다. 아고라 공간에서 2011년 이후 이주여성 관련 글 대부분은 혐오 담론에 해당한다. 요컨대 결혼, 노동, 피난 등으로 인해 주거지의 국제적 이동 현상이 증가하는 디아스포라 시대에 혐오 감정에 따른 갈등과 인권 침해 현상에 대응하기 위해 보편적 인간애로서 휴머니즘 위주의 시민 교육을 강화할 것이 요구된다.

• Nutrition Research and Practice
• /
• 제11권1호
• /
• pp.70-75
• /
• 2017

BACKGROUND: Immigration to South Korea from neighboring Asian countries has risen dramatically, primarily due to marriage between Korean men and foreign women. Although Filipino women rank fourth among married immigrant women, little is known about the health condition of this population. This manuscript focuses on the design and methods of Filipino women's diet and health study (FiLWHEL). SUBJECTS/METHODS: FiLWHEL is a cohort of Filipino women married to Korean men, aged 19 years old or over. The data collection comprised three parts: questionnaire, physical examination, and biospecimen collection. Questionnaires focused on demographic factors, diet, other health-related behaviors, acculturation and immigration-related factors, medical history, quality of life, and children's health information. Participants visited the recruitment site and answered the structured questionnaires through a face-to-face interview. We also measured their anthropometric features and collected fasting blood samples, toenails, and DNA samples. Recruitment started in 2014. RESULTS/CONCLUSIONS: Collection of data is ongoing, and we plan to prospectively follow our cohort participants. We expect that our study, which is focused on married Filipino women immigrants, can elucidate nutritional/health status and the effects of transitional experiences from several lifestyle factors.

• 여성건강간호학회지
• /
• 제24권1호
• /
• pp.33-48
• /
• 2018

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to develop a scale to evaluate parenting stress of international marriage immigrant women from Vietnam and the Philippines. Methods: The concept of parenting stress of international marriage immigrant women was analysed with a hybrid model. Data were collected from 273 international marriage immigrant women from Vietnam and the Philippines who were raising their children aged 1 to 6 years. These collected data were subjected to exploratory factor analysis, multitrait/multi-item matrix assessment, Pearson correlation coefficient analysis, and Cronbach's alpha internal consistency measurement. Results: The final instrument consisted of 28 items. The following six factors were extracted by exploratory factor analysis: 'insufficiency of parenting support system', 'role burden of mothers', 'maladjustment of children', 'confusion of parenting methods due to cultural differences', 'unskilled Korean communication', and 'ordinary difficulties'. Construct validity (factor analysis, convergent validity, and discriminant validity) and criterion-related validity were confirmed. Cronbach's ${\alpha}$ value of total items was .92(95% CI .91-.94). Cronbach's ${\alpha}$ of values for these factors ranged from .76 to .85. Conclusion: The parenting stress scale for international marriage immigrant women is a valid and reliable tool.

• 여성건강간호학회지
• /
• 제30권2호
• /
• pp.153-163
• /
• 2024

Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the experiential meaning of child-rearing for marriage immigrant women in Korea in the context of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Methods: Using the hermeneutic descriptive phenomenology framework developed by Colaizzi, 10 marriage immigrant women rearing preschool and school-age children were invited through purposive and snowball sampling from two multicultural support centers in Korea. The participants were rearing one or two children, and their original nationalities were Vietnamese, Japanese, Cambodian, and Chinese. Individual in-depth, face-to-face, semi-structured interviews were conducted from September 1 to November 30, 2021. We extracted significant statements from the transcripts, transformed these into abstract formulations, and organized them into theme clusters and themes to authentically capture the essence of the participants' subjective experiences. Results: Four theme clusters with 14 themes were derived. The four theme clusters identified were "navigating child healthcare alone," "guilt for not providing a social experience," "worry about media-dependent parenting," and "feelings of incompleteness and exclusion." This study explored the perspectives of mothers raising children as marriage migrant women who experienced physical and emotional health crises due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Conclusion: The findings underscore that marriage immigrant women encountered heightened challenges in managing their children's health and well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic due to linguistic and cultural barriers limiting access to healthcare and information. Additionally, these women experienced considerable emotional stress from perceived inadequacies in providing a holistic social and developmental environment for their children under extensive social restrictions.

• 한국생활과학회지
• /
• 제19권1호
• /
• pp.75-89
• /
• 2010

The purpose of the study is to integrate multi-cultural families with special needs and situations into family living and Korean social groups. Nowadays there has been an increase in the number of international marriages. According to these changes, there are a variety of social problems such as cultural conflicts, domestic violence, difficulty in communication, and bad relationships between family members because of misunderstandings. These social problems can be alleviated by a family integration education program for multi-cultural families. This program was developed in order to help immigrant women in their initial settlement and to provide them with information on mutual culture of family living. The contents of the program consist of how to live a harmonious, understanding and hopeful family life. The method of evaluation is to survey the immigrant women's self esteem and conduct an interview. The results of the evaluation are to promote a positive relationship between family members. Also the family agreed to promote favorable sentiments toward each other. The program also had meaningful consequences for the improvement of the immigrants' realistic expectation of marriage and conflict resolution skills. I am hopeful that more elaborate programs for multi-cultural families will be developed in order to maximize the effect with appropriate education and support systems.

• 농촌지도와개발
• /
• 제21권4호
• /
• pp.1061-1091
• /
• 2014

언어는 문화화 연결되어 있을 뿐만 아니라 한 개인을 사회적이고 문화적인 차원에서 통합하는 기능을 지니고 있다. 사회적 참여활동 또한 이민자를 포함한 한 개인의 정체성을 신장하는데 중요한 역할을 수행하는 것으로 여러 선행연구들이 주장하고 있으나 이를 경험적으로 규명한 연구는 제한되어 있다. 이러한 측면에서 이 연구는 한국 농촌사회에 거주하는 결혼이민여성들이 인식한 자신들의 공동체 의식 수준에 한국어 능력 수준 및 지역사회활동 참여 경험과 같은 변인들이 어떠한 영향을 미치는가를 규명하려 하였다. 이러한 연구목적을 규명하기 위해 구조화된 설문지를 이용해 최종적으로 전국 43개 지역에서 조사된 356명의 자료가 분석되었다. 연구결과에 의하면 한국어 능력수준 변인은 결혼이민여성들이 인식한 그들의 공동체의식 수준에 중요하고 의미있게 작용하는 반면 지역사회활동참여 경험 변인은 그것에 대해 매개적인 효과만을 지니는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 한국어 능력수준변인은 지역사회활동참여 경험 변인보다 상대적으로 중요한 설명력을 갖는 것으로 나타나, 결혼이민여성들의 공동체 의식을 향상하기 위해서 지역사회활동이 한국어 능력을 향상하는 프로그램과 병행하여 실시되어야 할 것으로 보인다. 이외에도 본 연구결과에 토대하여 결혼이민여성들의 한국어 능력과 지역사회활동 참여를 통해 공동체 의식을 향상하는 몇가지 방안들이 결론 및 제언부분에 제안되어 있다.

• 대한간호학회지
• /
• 제40권5호
• /
• pp.695-704
• /
• 2010

Purpose: This study was done to develop a model which explains factors influencing health promotion behavior in women who immigrate to Korea for marriage, and to verify the appropriateness of the model. Methods: The participants were 300 women who immigrate to Korea for marriage and settled in located in Jeonbuk Province, Korea. The data were collected with self-report questionnaires from October 10, 2007 through November 10, 2007. A total of 271 data sets were analyzed using the SPSS/WIN 12.0 and Amos 7.0 version. Results: Immigrant women's social support, self-efficacy, perceived health status, acculturation, and perceived barrier had an impact on their health promotion behavior. Social support was the most influential factor. All of these variables together explained 49% of the variance in health promotion behavior in immigrant women married to Korean men. Conclusion: In order to increase the health promotion behavior in immigrant women, intervention strategies to increase social support and self-efficacy for immigrant women should be developed.