다문화가정 해체와 다문화 조손가정 조모의 양육 경험 : 근거이론을 중심으로

Abstract

The increase in multicultural families has simultaneously led to an increase in the number of multicultural families broken up due to divorce, bereavement, runaway, etc. The expansion of multicultural families in rural areas has led to the phenomenon of grandmothers taking full responsibility for raising their grandchildren. This study explored the parenting experiences of grandmothers in multicultural families using grounded theory. The core category was ‘Embracing the burden of raising children and finding the meaning of the experience of raising children in old age.’In axial coding, the central phenomenon was 'acquired burden of parenting', the causal condition was 'dissolution of multicultural family', the contextual condition was ‘entrenched maternal instinct', the mediating condition was 'cooperative parenting system', and the action/interaction were ‘the joys and sorrows of parenting’ and ‘grandmother-style parenting strategies’. The result was ‘a life of nurturing that has become a value of existence.’ Upon the understanding the grandmothers’childcare experience through their vivid voices, social welfare support measures were presented.