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http://dx.doi.org/10.22156/CS4SMB.2020.10.02.116

Effects of Ego-Resilience, Family Function and Acculturative Stress on Mental Health of the Youth of Multicultural Families  

Song, Soon-Taek (Gyeonggi-do Branch, Happiness Job Movement Headquarters)
Choi, Hee-Chul (Division of Social Welfare, Kangnam University)
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Journal of Convergence for Information Technology / v.10, no.2, 2020 , pp. 116-125 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study examined the effect of ego-resilience, function of family, stress of adapting to a new culture perceived by youth from multi-cultural families at Gyeonggi-do on their mental health. In doing so, the study sought to suggest effective supportive visits to enhance their mental health. For this, the study carried out a descriptive analysis, t-test, one-way anova, hierarchical regression analysis among 304 middle schoolers from multi-cultural families living at Gyeonggi-do. The study found following results. The higher youth from multi-cultural family perceived the procedural stress, sub-variable of stress of adapting to a new culture and the lower they perceived emotional control, sub-variable of ego-resilience, the higher depression and anxiety they experienced, resulting in worsening of their mental health state. Based on these findings, the study, in order to enhance the mental health of youth from multi-cultural family and their ego-resilience, discussed and suggested development of psychological/emotional programs, preparation of supportive measures to overcome their stress in the course of their cultural adaptation as well as systematic supplementation of related laws in support of multi-cultural families.
Keywords
Youth of multicultural families; Ego-resilience; Family function; Acculturative stress; Mental health;
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