결혼이주 여성과 한국인 여성의 결혼만족도 비교연구

그레이스정 ( Grace H. Chung ),임지영 ( Ji Young Lim ) 대한가정학회 2011 Family and Environment Research Vol.49 No.5

본 연구의 목적은 결혼이주여성과 한국인 여성의 결혼만족도에 영향을 미치는 요인들을 규명하는 것이다. 이를 위해 현재 한국에 거주하고 있는 409명의 결혼 이주여성과 474명의 한국인 여성을 대상으로 설문조사를 실시하였다. 위계적 회귀분석 결과, 평등한 의사결정방식은 결혼 이주여성들만의 결혼만족도를, 우울 수준은 한국인 여성들만의 결혼만족도를 설명하였다. 하지만 남편의 의사소통 양식은 결혼 이주 여성과 한국인 여성 두 집단 모두의 경우에 결혼만족도를 설명하는 가장 강력한 변수였다. 결혼 이주 여성의 경우 문화적 맥락(한국에서의 거주기간, 인종차별 경험) 또한 결혼만족도를 설명하는 중요한 변수였다. 본 연구의 결과는 결혼이주 여성과 한국인 여성의 결혼만족도를 설명하는데 있어 변수들의 상대적 영향력을 규명하고, 결혼이주 여성의 결혼만족도에 있어서 문화적 맥락 변수들의 고유한 기여점을 설명함으로써 결혼 이주 여성의 결혼만족도에 대한 이해를 돕고자 하였다. The purpose of this study was to explore factors related to marital satisfaction among immigrant wives compared to Korean wives of Korean men. Participants included 409 immigrant wives married to Korean men and 474 Korean wives married to Korean men, both currently living in Korea. Hierarchical regression analyses revealed that there were different sets of variables that predicted marital satisfaction for each group. Egalitarian decision-making was a significant predictor of marital satisfaction for immigrant wives only, whereas for Korean wives, it was the level of their depressive symptoms that was significantly but negatively associated with marital satisfaction. A wife`s positive perception of her husband`s communication style emerged as the strongest predictor of marital satisfaction for both Korean and immigrant wives. In addition, indicators of the cultural context of immigrant women (i.e., longer stay in Korea and greater frequency of experiencing discrimination in the past year due to their foreign appearance or status) emerged as significant predictors of immigrant wives` marital satisfaction even after taking demographic factors, depressive symptoms, and couple-level factors into account. The findings of this study contribute to existing research by (1) comparing the models of marital satisfaction for Korean wives and immigrant wives, identifying unique predictors for each group, and (2) examining the effect of cultural adaptation on the martial satisfaction of immigrant wives.

베트남 출신 결혼이주여성들의 이중민족사회화: 위계의 교차가 만들어내는 다섯 가지 실천 유형

이지연 ( Jiyeon Lee ),그레이스정 ( Grace H. Chung ) 대한가정학회 2020 Human Ecology Research(HER) Vol.58 No.3

This paper explored the marriage migrant mothers’ experiences of parenting bi-ethnic children in South Korea based on the concepts of ethnic socialization and intersectionality. We analyzed in-depth interviews of 22 marriage migrant women from Vietnam residing in the capital region of South Korea. They had at least one child whose biological father is Korean. Children were 5 years old or older, attending preschool or elementary school. Five types of bi-ethnic socialization strategies were identified, which provide portraits of different situations in which marriage migrant women were placed. The five strategies that emerged from the data were 1) “Natural practice of bi-ethnic socialization” including two heterogeneous groups, “Coexistence of two cultures” and “Mixture of two cultures”, 2) “Active practice of bi-ethnic socialization”, 3) “Struggling practice of bi-ethnic socialization”, 4) “Silence on bi-ethnic socialization”, and 5) “Suppressed bi-ethnic socialization”. The strategies of bi-ethnic socialization that marriage migrant women chose to raise their children reflected personal perceptions of Korean society and individual ethnic identity formed within Korean society. This study complements existing research on ethnic socialization by examining how ethnic socialization practices are shaped by multiple contexts marriage migrant women embedded in Korean society.

한국판 가족의 민족사회화 척도(Korean version of Familial Ethnic Socialization Measure: K-FESM) 타당화: 중국 및 베트남 출신 결혼이주여성 어머니를 둔 초등학교 5-6학년 다문화 청소년을 대상으로

이지연 ( Lee Jiyeon ),그레이스정 ( Chung Grace H. ) 한국가족관계학회 2019 한국가족관계학회지 Vol.23 No.4

Objective: This study aims to validate the Korean version of Familial Ethnic Socialization Measure (K-FESM) for 5th and 6th grade multicultural adolescents of marriage migrant mothers from China and Vietnam in Korea. Method: The sample was 358 adolescents who have Korean fathers and marriage migrant mothers (mother’s country of origin: 157 Vietnam, 105 China, 56 Philippines, 40 Japan). The original FESM has 12 items but in K-FESM 3 items were replaced in consideration of unique characteristics of multicultural families in Korea. Analyses including internal consistency analyses, principal-component, exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses, and criterion-related validity tests were conducted for 4 groups by the country of origin of participants’ mothers. Results: The results of internal consistency were good for each group. Adolescents with marriage migrant mothers from Philippines and Japan, however, were found to be inappropriate for factor analyses. Factor analyses showed that the one-factor model was suitable for adolescents of marriage migrant mothers from Vietnam and China separately. Criterion-related validity test using correlations between familial ethnic socialization and ethnic affirmation/belonging confirmed the validity of K-FESM. Conclusions: The Korean version of FESM was found to be a reliable and valid tool for measuring ethnic socialization for multicultural adolescents of marriage migrant mothers in Korea. Using K-FESM, research on adolescents in multicultural families could be expanded and improved.

청소년의 이주민에 대한 편견: 부모의 영향 및 청소년의 자아정체감과 대처양식에 미치는 영향

임지영 ( Ji Young Lim ),그레이스정 ( Grace H. Chung ) 대한가정학회 2012 Family and Environment Research Vol.50 No.6

As the immigrant population is rapidly growing in South Korea, it is important for the next generation of Korean adolescents to foster unprejudiced attitudes towards immigrants. This paper thus seeks to shed light on adolescent prejudice towards immigrants, by addressing the following three questions: (1) Does a mother`s prejudice towards immigrants and parenting style influence their adolescent children`s prejudice towards immigrants? (2) Does an adolescent`s prejudice towards immigrants influence his/her self-identity? (3) Does an adolescent`s prejudice towards immigrants influence his/her coping styles? The sample consisted of 288 pairs of Korean adolescents and their mothers. According to hierarchical regression analyses, a mother`s prejudice towards immigrants significantly predicted her adolescent`s prejudice towards immigrants, after taking sociodemographic variables into account, whereas her parenting style did not. In addition, having a low level of prejudice towards immigrants among adolescents predicted high levels of self-identity (e.g. independence, proprioceptive, and mission orientation), and a greater use of positive coping skills (e.g. support-seeking and problem-solving). Overall, results showed that mothers played a significant role in shaping their adolescent`s prejudice towards immigrants. Results also provided evidence that prejudice towards immigrants may interfere with the healthy development of self-identity and coping style during adolescence. In conclusion, this study suggests that multicultural education for adolescents can be more effective, when it is provided in partnership with a parent education program that is designed to raise parental multicultural awareness.

다문화 청소년의 차별경험에 따른 적응유형 분류 및 생태학적 영향요인 검증

허청아 ( Cheong-ah Huh ),그레이스정 ( Grace H. Chung ) 대한가정학회 2018 대한가정학회 춘계학술대회 자료집 Vol.2018 No.0

빈곤관련 위험요인의 잠재계층유형이 청소년 건강증진행위에 미치는 영향

이상균(Lee, Sanggyun),유조안(Yoo, Joan P),그레이스정(Chung, Grace H) 한국청소년정책연구원 2015 한국청소년연구 Vol.26 No.3

본 연구는 빈곤관련 위험요인의 잠재계층유형이 건강증진모형에 기반한 매개변인을 통해 청소년 건강증진행위에 영향을 미치는 매개효과를 확인하였다. 2014년 서울시교육청의 협조아래 수집된 서울교육건강복지패널 1차년도 자료를 분석하였다. 분석자료는 학부모의 연구참여 동의를 얻은 초등학생·중학생 820명과 그들의 주양육자 820명이 응답한 자료다. 최저생계비 미달과 정부지원·보조 경험으로 구성된 소득빈곤, 가족구조결손을 보여주는 한부모가구, 의료욕구 미충족, 경제적 어려움, 식품불안정성 등 빈곤관련 위험요인에 대해 잠재계층분석을 실시한 결과, ‘비빈곤집단’ ,‘소득비빈곤·물질적 결핍집단’, ‘한부모빈곤·물질적 결핍집단’으로 명명된 3개 잠재계층유형으로 분류되었다. 이들 유형이 방임경험, 가족활동, 자기효능감, 스트레스를 통해 청소년의 건강증진행위에 영향을 미치는지 매개효과분석을 수행하였다. 분석결과, 소득비빈곤·물질적 결핍집단과 한부모빈곤·물질적 결핍집단은 비빈곤집단에 비해 방임경험을 제외한 모든 매개변인을 통해 건강증진행위에 부정적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 확인되었다. 소득빈곤을 경험하는 전형적인 취약집단과 함께 소득빈곤을 경험하지 않는 가구에서도 복수의 빈곤관련 위험요인을 경험하는 경우, 가족활동, 자기효능감, 스트레스를 통해 건강증진행위에 부정적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 이는 청소년 건강증진과 관련하여 빈곤관련 위험요인의 누적효과와 하위집단유형을 고려해 개입대상을 선택할 필요성이 있음을 보여준다. 이러한 분석결과에 기반하여 청소년기 건강증진행위를 향상시키기 위한 정책적, 실천적 제언과 함의를 논의하였다. The purpose of this study is to identify the underlying typology of poverty-related risks of households with adolescents, and to examine whether significant differences in adolescents’ health promoting behaviors are observed between these discrete groups. Latent class analysis was utilized to estimate the latent classes of poverty-related risks. Mediation analysis with multicategorical independent variable was employed to examine the mediating effects of proposed mediators of the relationship between the latent classes and adolescents’ health promoting behaviors. The proposed mediators include neglect experiences, family activities, and adolescent’s self-efficacy and stress. Our analytic results showed three latent classes of poverty-related risks including ‘single-parent poverty?material hardship group’, ‘non income poverty?material hardship group’, and ‘no economic hardship group’. Relative to the ‘no economic hardship group’, those assigned to 2 poverty-related hardship groups were less likely to have heath promoting behaviors through the proposed mediators(except for neglect experiences). Based on these findings, health promotion and intervention programs for adolescents will need to consider this clear heterogeneity of poverty-related risks and enhance the level of attention given to significant mediators on the subpopulation. The implications of the study findings and suggestions for future research are also discussed.

다문화가정 아동의 언어능력과 부모-자녀 응집성이 자아존중감 및 문화적응에 미치는 영향

김미예(Kim, Mi Ye),임지영(Lim, Ji Young),그레이스정(Chung, Grace H.) 한국간호과학회 2012 Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Vol.42 No.6

Purpose: There is evidence that parent-child cohesion is a potentially influential factor in children"s self-esteem and acculturation. However, no research to date has examined cohesion with parents as a potential pathway between Korean proficiency and self-esteem or acculturation among children from multicultural families. This study was done to address these limitations by examining whether and to what extent cohesion with parents mediated the effect of Korean proficiency on self-esteem and acculturation among children from multicultural families. Methods: Data were collected from a sample of 138 mothers and their children living in Seoul, Daegu, Kyungi province, and Kyungpook province. Multiple regression analysis was used to examine the relationships between the variables of interest. Mediation effects of cohesion with parents were tested by following the procedure recommended by Baron and Kenny (1986). Results: Cohesion with parents partially mediated the relationship between Korean proficiency and self-esteem. For children"s acculturation, the effect of Korean proficiency was partially mediated through father-child cohesion. Mother-child cohesion completely mediated the relationship between Korean proficiency and acculturation. Conclusion: These findings suggest that to help children from multicultural families experiencing difficulties with self-esteem or acculturation, it might be useful to develop programs that are aimed at strengthen cohesion with parents.

한국인 기혼남녀와 한국-베트남 다문화가족의 가족생활문화 비교 : 가족의례와 가족가치관을 중심으로

옥선화 ( Sun Wha Ok ),진미정 ( Mee Jung Chin ),그레이스정 ( Grace Chung ),김지애 ( Ji Ae Kim ) 대한가정학회 2014 Human Ecology Research(HER) Vol.52 No.1

Family life culture embodies the ways of thinking and behaving among family members in everyday lives. With a noticeable growth of multicultural families since 2000, there has been an inflow of other culture into the existing Korean family life culture. This new phenomenon signals a potential transformation of the family life culture in Korean society. To forecast such changes, we compared the family life culture of Korean- Vietnamese multicultural families (as reported by 104 Korean husbands and their Vietnamese wives) with that of mainstream Korean families (as reported by 108 Korean married men and 92 Korean married women) by comparing family ritual practices and family values. We also sought to identify whether two cultures in Korean-Vietnamese multicultural families harmoniously coexist or clash by examining differences within couples. Results showed that Korean married men and Korean husbands of Vietnamese women were very similar in terms of family ritual practices and family values. Differences emerged between Korean husbands and their Vietnamese wives. Specifically, Korean husbands endorsed more traditional gender role beliefs while their family values were less patriarchal compared to their wives. Results suggest that more flexible gender role beliefs reported by Vietnamese wives may be a source of conflict in Korean-Vietnamese multicultural families. At the same time, it may be a driving force of change in their existing family life culture. It will be worthwhile to pay attention in future research to whether and how patriarchal values and flexible gender role beliefs would continue to coexist or modify each other.