Human Ecology Research

  • 제52권4호
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  • Pages.355-369
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  • 2014
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  • 2982-5725(pISSN)
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  • 2982-6608(eISSN)
대한가정학회 (The Korean Home Economics Association)
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결혼이민자가정 고부갈등의 맥락적 요인에 대한 탐색적 연구: 시어머니와 며느리의 인터뷰를 중심으로

Contextual Factors in Conflicts in Multicultural Mother and Daughter In-law Relationships: A Qualitative Approach with Dyadic In-depth Interviews

  • 강혜경 (중앙대학교 대학원 가족복지주거환경학과) ;
  • 어성연 (중앙대학교 가족복지학과)
  • Kang, Hyekyung (Department of Family Welfare & Housing Environment, Graduate School of Chung-Ang University) ;
  • Auh, Seongyeon (Department of Family Welfare, Chung-Ang University)
  • 투고 : 2013.06.05
  • 심사 : 2014.02.18
  • 발행 : 2014.08.30
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The in-law relationship traditionally plays a major role in Korean marriages and families because parents-in-law prefer to stay with their son under the same roof. The recent spike in the number of intercultural matches in South Korea may be provoking changes in the traditional family experience. The object of this qualitative study was to explore the contextual factors causing conflicts between mothers-in-law and their daughters-in-law in multicultural families. Six mother and daughter in-law dyads from rural areas of South Korea were recruited and interviewed. We found that the mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law had had different motives for the marriage at first. Five major themes emerged from the analysis of the dyadic interviews: the conflicts of the participants were embedded in the alternative family formation, in financial strains and the power structure, barriers in communication, cultural insensitivity and conflicts between value systems, as well as in role conflicts due to differing role expectations and hegemony. In conclusion, the authors of this study suggest that increasing cultural sensitivity and communication skills in immigrant daughter-in-law an Korean mother-in-law relationships will be crucial for a healthy in-law relationship. The need for the availability of Multicultural Family Centers' services in the community was highlighted. In order for mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law to form positive relationships, it is important to facilitate a variety of easily accessible educational programs in the community focusing on fostering the mother-in-law's understanding of the daughter-in-law's perspective.

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