• 아동학회지
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.23-36
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• 2009

Relationships between immigrant mothers' Korean language ability and preschoolers' language development in multi-cultural families were studied with 91 mothers and their children. Language capacity of mothers and children was measured by receptive and expressive vocabulary test, sentence comprehension test and two kinds of reading tests. Results showed that mothers' level of comprehension was relatively low but their reading ability was higher than that of elementary school first-grade Korean students. Comprehension of children in multi-cultural families with non-immigrant counterparts showed a lower level of language ability. Mother's level of expressive vocabulary, receptive vocabulary and reading ability correlated with children's language development. These results indicate a relationship between children's delayed language development in multi-cultural families and mother's low proficiency in Korean language.

• 한국가족복지학
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• 제57호
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• pp.39-67
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• 2017

본 연구는 한부모 이주여성의 삶의 의미와 본질을 자녀양육 경험을 중심으로 깊이 있게 살펴보는 것을 목적으로 한다. 이를 위해 한부모 이주여성 7명을 연구 참여자로 선정하여, 2015년12월부터 약 2개월간 일대일 심층면접을 진행하였다. 자료 분석은 연구 참여자의 고유하고 독특한 경험의 본질을 파악하기 위해 Giorgi의 현상학적 연구 방법을 적용했다. 분석 결과, 201 개의 의미단위, 29개의 하위 구성요소 및 13개의 구성요소를 도출했으며 이는 '기대와 달리힘들고 어려운 결혼 생활', '내면의 상처 때문에 자녀와 갈등', '이주여성이자 한부모로서 겪어내야 하는 이중고', '견디고 이겨내며 가장이 되어감', '어머니의 능동적 사랑과 그 원동력인자녀'의 5개 본질적 주제로 구조화되었다. 연구를 통해 파악한 한부모 이주여성의 삶과 경험의본질을 바탕으로 관련 정책의 개선 및 사회복지 실천방안을 제언하였다.

• 가족자원경영과 정책
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.69-90
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• 2014

This study focused on the adjustment of family living culture in relation to women who have immigrated for marriage. Specifically, it sought to determine how Vietnamese immigrant women understand and adapt to the culture of family life in Seoul, Korea. The investigation was conducted from 2 May to 30 May 2014, with 28 Vietnamese immigrant women as participants. Personal, family, social, and cultural factors affecting family life and culture were considered. It was determined that Vietnamese women can easily adapt to life in Korea to provide; the results of the material analysis are described below. First, Vietnamese immigrant women are satisfied with their economic life in Korea. In Vietnam, women have the right to marry Korean men if they want to. Vietnamese women are encouraged to marry want to marry a Korean man. Because they are satisfied with the present marriage. Second, migrant women learn to adapt to South Korean culture and food. However, cultural differences between a woman's husband and mother-in-law can become a source of conflict. Third, children of multicultural families easily accept Vietnamese people, since they are educated to do so through their Vietnamese mothers Vietnamese woman wants to teach their children the Vietnamese food and culture. Fourth, the Vietnamese immigrant women also participate in multicultural family support centers and communities. They want to become productive members of society through employment opportunities in South Korea. Fifth, the cultural and welfare policies of the government should be carried on so that migrant women are able to study cultural adaptation. This case study examined difficulties that Vietnamese immigrant women have in adjusting to life and culture in Korea. The findings could be used as a resource to help Vietnamese women living in Korea.

• 한국임상보건과학회지
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.1032-1039
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• 2017

Purpose. The purpose of this study is to understand the stress of rural mothers-in-law by identifying the nature of their stress experiences with highly educated foreign daughters-in-law using phenomenological methods, and to provide basic data on nursing intervention plan. Methods. The method of this study is to first examine the relationship between marriage and marriage of highly educated immigrant women in Philippines, centered on the nuclear family, through literature reviews such as existing media reports, papers, books and reports, and then to analyze by using Colaizzi's phenomenological research methodology. Results. The results of this study were based on interviews with an elderly women who lives in a rural area and accepted a highly educated foreign daughter-in-law 10 years ago. The essential themes that fit into the context of the 4-existential grounds of Making an Inevitable Choice, Augmenting Conflicts, Expecting hope beyond the endless fence, Crisis in Crisis - Still my family Conclusions. Recently, interest in multicultural families and societies is growing, but there is little empirical study of the system for adopting international marriages, especially for rural mothers to live with foreign wives and to intake such cultural interactions.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.250-265
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• 2014

본 연구는 현상학적 방법을 적용하여 외국인 며느리를 맞이한 시어머니들의 가족적응경험에서 나타난 부담감의 의미와 본질을 탐색하고 이해함으로써 이들 시어머니들과 가족들이 함께 적응하고 살아가는 우리사회의 이해를 위한 기초자료를 제공하고자 하는 데 목적이 있다. 연구참여자들은 5명이며, 이들을 대상으로 심층면담을 실시하여 Colaizzi의 현상학적 연구방법으로 분석하였다. 외국인 며느리를 맞이한 시어머니들의 가족적응경험에서 나타난 부담감의 경험은 7개의 범주와 31개의 주제로 분류되었다. 경험의 7가지 범주는, '아들결혼에 대한 부담감', '마뜩잖은 며느리에 대한 부담감', '서운한 며느리로 인한 부담감', '걱정스러운 아들내외와 사는 부담감', '외국인 며느리 맞이로 인한 부담감', '딸에게 기대는 사돈에 대한 부담감', '미래에 대한 부담감'으로 나타났다. 아들의 국제결혼을 통해 낯선 사회문화 환경을 배경으로 한 외국인 며느리를 맞이하게 된 시어머니들이 가족 내외부의 다양한 도전들에 대처하고 적응해 나가는 가족적응 과정을 어떻게 경험하는지 이해할 수 있었다. 이러한 연구결과를 통해 가족복지 실천에 기여하고 다문화가족의 지원과 우리사회의 이해를 위한 기초자료가 될 것이다.

• Human Ecology Research
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• 제52권4호
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• pp.355-369
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• 2014

The in-law relationship traditionally plays a major role in Korean marriages and families because parents-in-law prefer to stay with their son under the same roof. The recent spike in the number of intercultural matches in South Korea may be provoking changes in the traditional family experience. The object of this qualitative study was to explore the contextual factors causing conflicts between mothers-in-law and their daughters-in-law in multicultural families. Six mother and daughter in-law dyads from rural areas of South Korea were recruited and interviewed. We found that the mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law had had different motives for the marriage at first. Five major themes emerged from the analysis of the dyadic interviews: the conflicts of the participants were embedded in the alternative family formation, in financial strains and the power structure, barriers in communication, cultural insensitivity and conflicts between value systems, as well as in role conflicts due to differing role expectations and hegemony. In conclusion, the authors of this study suggest that increasing cultural sensitivity and communication skills in immigrant daughter-in-law an Korean mother-in-law relationships will be crucial for a healthy in-law relationship. The need for the availability of Multicultural Family Centers' services in the community was highlighted. In order for mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law to form positive relationships, it is important to facilitate a variety of easily accessible educational programs in the community focusing on fostering the mother-in-law's understanding of the daughter-in-law's perspective.

• 부모자녀건강학회지
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.36-44
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• 2011

Purpose: This study was conducted to explore foreign immigrant mothers' experiences of pregnancy, childbirth, and child rearing. Methods: Ten married female migrants were selected by a purposive and snowball sampling method. Data were collected during the period from September to November, 2009 by individual in-depth interviews and all interviews were audio-taped and transcribed verbatim. Results: Ten categories were induced: In pregnancy and childbirth domain, social support-request help to their own parents, social support-depending on husband and mother's in law, Enduring emesis-gravidarum in strange environment were extracted. In Chid-rearing domain, child-rearing overburden, lack of self-confidence on maternal role, child-rearing difficulties due to language barrier, lack of information and education on child-rearing, lack of accessibility to public health care services, expectation of child's assimilation in Korea, financial strain in child-rearing. Conclusion: This study provides basic knowledge regarding married female migrants' experiences related to pregnancy, childbirth, and child rearing. The findings of the study will help health professionals designing effective interventions for married female migrants with difficulties related to child care, parenting, rearing.

• 가정과삶의질연구
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• 제30권5호
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• pp.59-74
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• 2012

The purpose of this study was to explore the structures of consciousness on the experiences of formation and adjustment in multicultural families. A qualitative study was designed in this article. The research participants were 10 dyads of immigrant married women and their mothers-in-law. Before the marriage, the mother-in-law's expectation about her daughter-in-law was not high, and the daughter-in-law held the same opinion of her mother-in-law. During the marriage process, the mother-in-law had difficulties in terms of physical, emotional, and material aspects. The daughter-in-law endured the wedding procedure by holding onto hope and anticipation for the future. After the marriage, the mother-in-law eventually became satisfied with her daughter-in-law, and the daughter-in-law grew to feel thankful for her new family members and expressed that she was living a happy life. Consequently, the essence of formation and adjustment in multicultural families was "obtaining precious family members through the undergoing of trial and error."

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제42권1호
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• pp.36-47
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• 2012

Purpose: This study was to explore adaptation experience to family among women who immigrated for marriage. Specific aims were to identify problems immigrant women face as family members and how they interact with other family members. Methods: Grounded theory methodology was utilized. Data were collected from iterative fieldwork with individual in-depth interviews from 6 immigrant women as key informants, and 2 of their husbands and 2 of their mothers-in-law as general informants. Results: Through constant comparative analysis, a core category emerged as "tearing down the wall in communicating". Causal conditions were feeling frustrated in one's expectations, differences in language and life style, differences in recognition, and perceptions of discrimination and prejudice. Strategies were learning the Korean language, learning Korean culture, managing stress, mediating differences between family members, and introspecting. Intervening factors were support systems, burdens of child-rearing, and the condition of one's health. Consequences were rooting oneself in one's family and accepting one's life as it is. Conclusion: Results of the study indicate that there is a need for nurses to understand differences in communication with family members among immigrant women and to provide information and emotional support to improve the adaptation of these women to their Korean families.

• 사회복지연구
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• 제43권1호
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• pp.365-388
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• 2012

본 연구에서는 다문화가정 어머니의 한국어 의사소통 능력과 이중언어문화 노출정도가 어머니의 양육참여 활동에는 어떠한 영향을 미치며, 이는 궁극적으로 아동의 발달산물에 어떠한 영향을 미치는지를 살펴보았다. 이를 위해 경기도 거주 결혼이주여성 459명과 그들의 초등학교 5-6학년 자녀 459명을 쌍체수집한 경기교육복지패널 1차년도(2011) 자료를 원자료로 하여 공변량구조분석을 수행했다. 분석결과 어머니의 한국어 구사가 원활하고, 자녀가 어머니 나라의 문화와 언어에 보다 많이 노출되었을 때 어머니의 양육참여가 보다 적극적으로 이루어지고, 이는 궁극적으로 아동의 발달산물에 긍정적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 결과는 다문화가정 어머니를 대상으로 한 한국어지원서비스가 단순히 취업이나 한국사회 적응에서 필요한 기술일 뿐 아니라 양육참여에도 매우 중요함을 보여주었다. 또한 이중언어 문화환경이 더 이상 다문화가정 자녀들의 적응에 위험요소가 아니며 오히려 발달에 간접적으로 기여하는 자원으로 간주할 필요가 있음을 시사한다.