농촌 다문화가족 한국인 남편의 문화적응 스트레스와 생활 갈등의 관계에서 사회적 지지의 매개효과

Abstract

The purposes of this study were to investigate the correlation of acculturative stress in the husbands of the multicultural families in rural areas with family conflict and community conflict and examine the mediating effects of social support. The major findings were as follows. First, acculturative stress was negatively correlated with social support but positively correlated with family and community conflict. Social support was negatively correlated with family and community conflict. Second, acculturative stress influenced negatively on social support but positively affected family and community conflict. According to Baron and Kenny’s (1986) method of mediating effects test, social support partially mediated the relationship between acculturative stress and family and community conflict. In conclusion, it is important to develop special education programs for husbands of the multicultural families in rural areas in order to reduce family and community conflict as well as acculturative stress. Finally we discussed the limitations and suggestions for the future research.