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http://dx.doi.org/10.14400/JDC.2014.12.11.575

Factors Affecting Depression among Female Marriage Immigrants  

Kim, Yoen-Soo (Dept. of Social Welfare, Baekseok University)
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Journal of Digital Convergence / v.12, no.11, 2014 , pp. 575-583 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate factors affecting depression among female marriage immigrants in relation to demographic, family, self-efficacy, acculturation, and physical health aspects. The subjects were 556 marriage immigrants residing in Seoul, Keong-gi, and Chung-cheong areas. 47.1% of the subjects showed $${\geq_-}16$$ of CES-D which is the cutting points on depression. The results from hierachical regression analysis indicated that family income(${\beta}=-.13$, p=.002) at the first demographic model and self-efficacy(${\beta}=-.13$, p<.001), family relationship(${\beta}=-.16$, p<.001), acculturation to Korean culture(${\beta}=-.08$, p=.05), acculturative stress(${\beta}=.31$, p<.001), and mal-physical health(${\beta}=.18$, p<.001) at the final model affected female marriage immigrants' depression. The explanatory power of these variables was 37.1%. Based on these results, social services and policies for the prevention of depression among female marriage immigrants were discussed.
Keywords
Depression; Female Marriage Immigrants; Acculturation; Acculturative Stress; Family Relationship;
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