재한 베트남 유학생의 문화 적응 양상

Abstract

This study aims to examine the acculturation of Vietnamese students in Korea. To this end, the acculturation patterns and acculturation strategies of Vietnamese international students enrolled universities in Korea were analyzed. A survey was conducted on 107 Vietnamese international students, enrolled in a university in the metropolitan area, based on acculturation patterns and acculturation strategies. Kim’s (2018) acculturation scale and Barry’s (2001) EAAM were used as research tools. In this study, items necessary for analysis were selected by considering the reliability test results and the importance and correlation of each variable. Thereafter, factor analysis was used to extract latent variables corresponding to acculturation factors and acculturation strategies. The factor score generated through factor analysis was set as an independent variable, and its influence was identified through the regression relationship between latent variables. Accordingly, factors and their influence on marginalization, integration, separation, and assimilation strategies were derived. As a result of the study, the following implications were presented. First, the factors that have an important influence on the acculturation of Vietnamese international students were related to personal factors. Second, among the acculturation strategies, marginalization strategies were noticeable. Finally, it was found that the factor that positively influenced the separation strategy was the adaptation to school culture.