• Nutritional Sciences
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.310-316
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• 2006

The objective of this study was to examine the effect of acculturation stage on dietary intake of Korean American women (0=124) living in California and to compare the dietary intake with that of Korean women (0=191) in Seoul, Korea. The dietary intake of the subjects was collected by 24-hour recall method at cross-sectional surveys. Ouster analysis performed on immigration variables (e.g., length of residency, age at immigration, etc.) classified Korean American women into less (0=73) or more (n=51) acculturated group. Acculturation stage did not have a significant effect on macro nutrient intake. However, vitamin C intake was higher in the more acculturated group, while intakes of folate, calcium, iron, and zinc were higher in the less acculturated group. In comparison of three groups (the more and the less acculturated Korean American, and the Korean group), the more acculturated the women were, the less frequently they consumed rice and kimchi (p<0.05). Korean American women ate bread/noodle, meat/meat products, fruit juice, and soda more often and consumed vegetables less frequently, compared with Korean women (p<0.05). For breakfast, Western dishes were preferred in both more and less acculturated groups. Korean dishes were favored for dinner by both groups, even though the less acculturated group ate more Korean dishes than did the more acculturated group. The acculturation measured by immigration variables influenced nutrient intakes, food consumptions, and types of dishes eaten in Korean Americans. Cultural and health implications of dietary acculturation need to be studied in the future.

• 복식문화연구
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• 제28권6호
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• pp.845-857
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• 2020

As the number of North Korean refugees increases in South Korean, their acculturation to life in their host country is coming to be an important social issue. This study explores some clothing-related barriers experienced by North Korean refugees and their moderating effects on acculturation to South Korea. Data were collected using a self-administered survey of 163 female and 37 male North Korean refugees in South Korea aged 20 to 69 years. Descriptive analyses, t-tests, ANOVA, Duncan tests, and moderated multiple regression were conducted using SPSS 20.0 and Process Macro v.3.3. The results show that the North Korean refugees who participated in the study had experienced clothing-related barriers regarding fashion terminology and shopping rituals in South Korea. In particular, those in their 60s perceived more clothing-related barriers than those in their 20s and 30s. Next, the clothing-related barriers experienced by North Korean refugees have a negative moderating influence on the relationship between self-esteem and acculturation in South Korea. This study provides a deeper understanding of the relationship between fashion and the acculturation of North Korean refugees to South Korea. The results of the study can be also helpful of government policy makers, practitioners, and academics to develop education programs for North Korean refugees.

• 가정과삶의질연구
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.145-157
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• 2010

This is a study that explores the influence of self-differentiation and acculturation among married immigrant women on their feelings of marriage satisfaction by residential area. The aim was to verify the level of self-differentiation and acculturation that married immigrant women secure from multicultural marriage. To achieve this objective, the study widely distributed a questionnaire that targeted women who were participating in education and other services at health and family support centers, multi-cultural family support centers, general social welfare centers, immigrant women shelters, and Korean language classrooms which are located in Seoul, Gyeonggi, Chungcheong, Jeolla, and Gyeongsang. Data analysis involved frequency analysis, descriptive statistics, one-way-Anova, and multiple regression analysis. Based on the results of descriptive statistics, two factors, namely, (1)interpersonal-relation differentiation, a sub-scale of self-differentiation, and (2)marginalization, a sub-scale of acculturation, had the lowest average. In verifying its various hypotheses, the study achieved the following results. Firstly, among demographic characteristics, there was difference of the mean in the marriage period, average monthly income, the frequency of meetings with the married woman´s parents-in-law and her own parents, and the average cost of supporting the woman's parents-in-law and her own parents. Secondly, among demographic characteristics, the variable of influencing marriage satisfaction showed negative influence in the case of women dwelling in farming and fishing villages. This shows that women residing in cities whether small, medium or large have higher marriage satisfaction. Also, as a result of verifying whether self-differentiation has influence on marriage satisfaction, the element of interpersonal-relations differentiation had a negative influence on marriage satisfaction. Thirdly, as for influence of acculturation upon marriage satisfaction, the study showed that just integration, which is a sub-scale of acculturation had positive effect on marriage satisfaction. In other words, the study showed that the interpersonal-relation differentiation among the sub-scales of self-differentiation among married immigrant women had a negative influence, and that integration among the sub-scales in acculturation had a positive influence on marriage satisfaction. Based on these results, in order to increase interpersonal-relation differentiation, as well as marriage satisfaction among immigrant women, the study suggests the integration of the women's families with the nuclear and extended families in the communities where the women reside.

• 문화기술의 융합
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• 제9권6호
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• pp.201-208
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• 2023

본 연구는 중국 유학생을 대상으로 SNS 이용시간과 문화적응 스트레스의 관계에서 자기효능감과 사회적 지지의 매개효과를 탐색하기 위한 실증연구이다. 온라인 전문 설문조사 업체인 '문지위안썽(問卷星)'에 설문을 통하여 2022년 4월 1일에서 4월 12일까지 총 239명의 데이터를 수집하였다. 수집된 데이터는 SPSS 26.0을 활용하여 기술통계분석 및 Baron과 Kenny 위계적 회귀분석을 실시하였고, 매개효과 검증을 위해 부트스트래핑을 실시하였다. 연구결과, SNS 이용시간은 사회적 지지와 지기효능감에 유의한 영향을 미쳤다. SNS 이용시간, 자기효능감, 사회적 지지는 문화적응 스트레스에 유의한 영향을 미쳤다. SNS 이용시간은 문화적응 스트레스에 직접적으로 유의한 영향을 미치며 자기효능감과 사회적 지지를 통한 부분 매개효과가 나타났다. 연구결과의 시사점으로, SNS를 이용한 유학생의 문화적응 증진 프로그램의 개발과 활용이 유학생의 문화적응 스트레스 완화에 도움을 줄 수 있을 것이다. 본 연구는 SNS와 문화적응 스트레스에 대한 후속연구의 기초자료를 제공했다는 점에서 그 의의가 있다.

• 서비스연구
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.177-197
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• 2015

본 연구는 국내 경기도 소재 4개의 대학에서 유학하고 있는 관광 관련 전공 외국인 유학생을 대상으로 그들이 타국생활 적응과정에서 겪게 되는 문화적응 스트레스와 대학생활 적응과의 영향관계를 파악하고 그 영향을 미치는 과정에 있어서 사회적 지지의 조절효과를 검증함으로써 외국인 유학생들의 어려움을 이해하고 건강한 유학생활의 지침 마련과 문화적응 스트레스를 감소시키기 위한 기초자료를 제공하고자 함에 그 목적이 있다. 분석결과, 문화적응 스트레스 중 지각된 차별감, 향수병, 언어능력은 대학생활 적응에 부(-)의 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났으며 사회적 지지는 문화적응 스트레스와 대학생활 적응간에 부분적으로 정(+)의 조절적 역할을 하는 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 연구결과는 국내 외국인 유학생들의 문화적응 스트레스를 줄일 수 있는 예방 및 근거와 대학생활에 도움이 될 효과적인 개입 방안을 마련할 수 있도록 기초자료를 제공해 줄 것이며 한국 대학의 교육서비스 품질 개선 및 다문화시대에 국내 소수집단의 심리적 사회적 적응을 돕기 위한 이론적 기틀을 마련하였다는 점에서 그 의의가 있다.

• 한국사회복지학
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• 제61권1호
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• pp.163-194
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• 2009

본 연구는 문화적응에 대한 다차원적 이론을 근거로, 문화적응유형을 주변화, 분리, 동화, 통합유형으로 구분하여, 첫째, 이주여성의 특성에 따른 문화적응유형의 차이를 밝히고, 둘째, 이주여성의 문화적응유형을 판별하는 특성을 규명하려는 목적으로 수행되었다. 사회조사연구로 설계되었으며 346명 이주여성의 자료를 분석하였다. 연구결과, 이주여성의 문화적응유형은 주변화유형이 37%, 통합유형이 30%, 분리유형 18%, 동화유형이 15%인 것으로 나타났다. 베트남국적, 낮은 연령, 낮은 교육수준, 유배우자는 통합유형, 긴 거주기간, 많은 자녀수, 낮은 회복력은 동화유형 이주여성의 특성으로 나타났다. 북한 중국 일본국적, 높은 연령, 높은 교육년수, 직업 없음, 무배우자, 낮은 대처능력은 주 변화유형, 그리고 높은 연령, 높은 교육년수, 배우자와의 적은 연령차, 적은 수의 자녀는 분리유형 이주여성의 특성으로 나타났다. 동남아시아 국적, 연령, 교육년수, 유배우자, 자녀의 수는 이주여성의 문화적응유형을 유의미하게 판별하는 것으로 나타났으며, 이들 특성은 통합유형의 80% 이상을 정확하게 판별하는 것으로 나타났다. 끝으로 문화적응유형별로 해당 이주여성의 공통된 특성을 도출하여 이주문화습득과 원문화유지의 위험요인을 규명해야 하는 필요성과 이주여성의 통합적 문화적응을 위해 요구되는 프로그램을 중심으로 본 연구의 실천적 함의를 논의하였다.

• 한국심리학회지 : 문화 및 사회문제
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.219-239
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• 2011

본 연구에서 다문화 가정에 있어서 남편의 성역할 고정관념, 다문화 감수성, 그리고 아내문화수용이 결혼이주여성의 문화적응과 결혼 및 삶의 만족에 대해 미치는 영향을 검토하고자 하였다. 본 연구의 대상은 대구경북지역의 다문화가정의 부부 100쌍이었으며 남편 평균 연령은 41.6세, 아내 평균 연령은 29.6세이었다. 결혼이주여성의 국적은 주로 베트남과 중국이었다. 주요 결과를 보면, 첫째, 남편의 성역할 고정관념, 다문화 감수성, 아내문화수용의 세 변인은 아내의 문화적응의 네 하위 요인(통합, 동화, 분리, 주변화) 중 주변화에 대해서만 유의하게 설명하였다. 둘째, 남편의 이들 세 변인 중 아내문화수용만 아내의 결혼만족과 삶의 만족을 각각 유의하게 설명하였다. 셋째, 아내 문화적응의 네 하위유형 중 주변화는 아내의 결혼 및 삶의 만족을 유의하게 설명하였고, 통합은 삶의 만족만 유의하게 설명하였다. 남편의 성역할고정관념은 아내문화수용 및 다문화감수성과 부적 상관을 보였다. 아내의 문화적응 중 동화는 통합과 약한 정적 상관, 주변화와는 중간정도의 부적 상관을 보였다. 본 연구의 의의는 결혼이주여성의 결혼 만족 및 삶의 만족은 남편의 이문화 이해를 비롯한 남편관련 변인에 의한 문화적응의 영향을 받는다는 것을 밝힘으로써 개인의 문제가 아닌 다문화적 관점에서 접근해야 할 문제임을 인식시켜주었다는 점이다.

• The International Journal of Costume Culture
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.85-96
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• 2005

The purposes of this study were to examine young women's fashion and their values in South Korea in the 1970s and to explore the dynamics of how the changes in values affected fashion. Fifteen Korean women who were college students in the 1970s were interviewed. With industrialization and acculturation to Western customs in the 1970s, Korean women's fashion reflected the permeation of new ideas and behaviors into the culture. New ideas of 'pursuing a career' or 'gaining professional success' rooted in the women's movement were most important and were reflected in the prevalence of casual and comfortable styles. However, 'having a good husband and being a good wife' was also important. In addition to the transition in gender roles, Korea was fast moving from a collectivist to an individualistic society and underwent the process of melding traditional and newly-adopted values in their acculturation to the West. This study helps us better understand Korea's acculturation process through dress and the dynamics involved between fashion and value changes.

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제44권1호
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• pp.1-12
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• 2014

Purpose: This study was done to explore and understand acculturation focusing on reproductive health of immigrant women. Methods: For the research sixteen immigrant women were selected by snowball sampling. Qualitative data were accumulated by in-depth interviews and private document collection. Raw data was analyzed following Mandelbaum's conceptual framework. Results: The dimensions of immigrant women consisted of existence: emerging from the new environment in which it was hard to communicate and to get acquainted with others, reproduction: in the absence of learning and experience, reproductive health crisis, parenting: unmanageable burden. Turnings of life involved 'Inconvenience in one's eyes, vent for conflict and tension: pregnancy', 'strange medical care: accoucheur, rapid medical service', 'pain of morning sickness: poor maternal nutrition', 'manifestation of protective instinct for life'. In adaptations, content was as follows. 1) Standing alone as a Korean housewife, 2) Becoming aware of Korean maternal instinct: thirst for education supporting, 3) Rediscovery of family: growing maternal sense of existence. Conclusion: The results of this study show the acculturation process and the meaning of events related to reproductive health in current lives and can contribute to an integrated understanding of married immigrant women in Korean culture.

• 아동학회지
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.121-142
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• 2011

This study explores the structural relationships between personal factors (young children's self-esteem and language ability) and environmental factors (mother's acculturation, parenting, and teacher's multi-cultural education attitude) on young children's adjustment to early childhood educational institution in multi-cultural families. 150 young children in multi-cultural families of aged 3, 4, and 5, their mothers, and 108 classroom teachers participated in this study. The results of this investigation reveal the following : (1) Mother's integrative acculturation significantly affected mother's parenting. (2) The relationship between mother's acculturation and young children's adjustment to early childhood educational institution in multi-cultural families are significantly mediated by mother's parenting and the young children's self-esteem. (3) Young children's language ability in multi-cultural families significantly affected their degree of adjustment to early childhood educational institution.