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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2012.13.4.1619

A Study on the Effects of Acculturative Stress Factors to Mental Health of Married Immigrant Women  

Lee, Eun-Hee (Dept. of Social Welfare, Dongguk University)
Chu, Youn-Sik (Dept. of Social Welfare, Graduate School of Social Science Dongguk University)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.13, no.4, 2012 , pp. 1619-1624 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to examine the mental health of married immigrant women and the effect of cultural adaptation stress of married immigrant women on mental health. The subjects were 239 married immigrant women who live in Pusan city. Collected date were analyzed through frequency, percentage, and stepwise multiple regression analysis. The results are as follows. The 17.6% of the sample had the problem of mental health. The result of stepwise multiple regression analysis indicated that factors which predict the level of married immigrant women's mental health were cultural shock, fear, and guilty feeling. The findings give us significant practical implications for social work intervention.
Keywords
Married Immigrant Women; Mental health; Acculturative Stress;
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