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http://dx.doi.org/10.6115/ijhe.2012.13.2.69

Marital Adjustment Factors for International Marriages in South Korea  

Chang, Jinkyung (Dept. Family Resource Management, Sookmyung Women's University)
Shin, Yookyung (Multi-cultural Family Support Center)
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International Journal of Human Ecology / v.13, no.2, 2012 , pp. 69-86 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study determined the influence of personality patterns on marital adjustments mediated by communication effectiveness for 298 international marriages in South Korea. The results are as follows: (a) The mediator effects of personality patterns and communication effectiveness on the marital adjustment of international marriages were found to be significant; in addition, a mediator path with marital adjustment as a dependent variable was verified. (b) The extroversion, agreeableness, and openness of husbands were found to have a positive effect on their communication and marital adjustment in regards to the personality patterns of international. (c) Conscientiousness was identified as the only factor that affects the marital adjustment of a wife in regards to personality patterns. The implications of this study will be discussed in the conclusion part.
Keywords
communication effectiveness; international marriages in South Korea; marital adjustment; mediator effects; personality patterns;
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