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http://dx.doi.org/10.4040/jkan.2009.39.6.899

Social Support and Acculturative Stress in Migrant Workers  

Lee, Soon-Hee (Department of Nursing, Chungju National University)
Lee, Young-Joo (Department of Nursing, Shinheung College)
Kim, Sook-Young (Seoul Women's College of Nursing)
Kim, Shin-Jeong (Department of Nursing, Hallym University)
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Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing / v.39, no.6, 2009 , pp. 899-910 More about this Journal
Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to collect basic data on social support and acculturative stress in migrant workers. Methods: Between August, 2007 and January, 2008 171 immigrant workers completed data collection using a questionnaire. Workers were recruited from 2 churches, one in Seoul and the other in Gyeonggi Province. Mean and standard deviation, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficients and Stepwise multiple regression were used to analyze the data. Results: The average score for social support was 3.73 (${\pm}0.65$) and for acculturative stress, 2.52 (${\pm}0.65$). There were significant differences acculturative stress according to gender (t=2.152, p=.033), kind of job (t=2.597, p=.040), and have community or not (t=2.899, p=.005). There was a significant negative correlation between social support and acculturative stress (r=-.270, p=.001). Factors influencing acculturative stress were existence of participants having a community of people from their home country or not ($R^2=.151$, p=.002). Conclusion: More studies are needed to identify the variables that influence acculturative stress in immigrant workers.
Keywords
Social support; Acculturative stress; Migrant workers;
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