Journal of Families and Better Life (가정과삶의질연구)

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A Study on the Social Adjustment of Children in Multi-cultural Families

다문화가족 아동의 사회적 적응 연구

  • Nam, Young-Ok (Dept. of Social Welfare, Catholic Univ. of Daegu)
  • 남영옥 (대구가톨릭대학교 사회복지학과)
  • Received : 2012.05.15
  • Accepted : 2012.07.05
  • Published : 2012.08.31
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Abstract

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.

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