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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2012.13.1.139

Women Immigrants' Satisfaction with Life and Related Variables  

Jeong, Jin-Hwan (Dept. of Child and Adolescent Welfare, Hanseo University)
Lee, Chang-Seek (Dept. of Child and Adolescent Welfare, Hanseo University)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.13, no.1, 2012 , pp. 139-146 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study aimed at identifying the correlation of satisfaction with life and related variables, and the variables influencing the satisfaction with life of women immigrants. The subjects for the study were 108 couple of multicultural families. The main results were as follows. First, women immigrants' satisfaction with life and hope were positively correlated with husbands' hope and satisfaction with life, and negatively correlated with marital conflict. But there were no significant correlation with marital conflict. Second, the result of regression analysis showed that predictors influencing satisfaction with life of women immigrants were women immigrants' agency thinking and husbands' satisfaction with life.
Keywords
Multicultural Family; Women Immigrants; Satisfaction with Life; Hope; Agency Thinking; Pathway Thinking; Marital Conflict;
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