제3문화 아이들(Third Culture Kids)의 성 건강과 관련된 중국 내 한국 어머니의 양육 경험

Abstract

Objectives The purposes of this study were to explore Korean mothers’ parenting experience related to the sexual health of youth from Third-culture kids in China.
 Methods A qualitative study was conducted to explore the parenting experience of 10 Korean mothers’ raising youth in China, and the data from individual interviews were analyzed using the content analysis method.
 Results As a result of qualitative analysis of individual interviews, mother’s parenting experiences related to sexual health were derived into 3 categories and 7 subcategories. The first category is ｢Mothers’ parenting experience their youth's sexual health｣, and as subcategories, “Limited experience of attending an international school” and “Experience open sexual culture among various cultures and races” were derived. The second category is ｢Mothers’ coping skill with concerned behavior｣, and the subcategories are “Avoiding sexual health-related conversations” and “Providing related educational materials (books, videos, etc.)”. The third category is ｢Mothers' educational needs for their youth's sexual health｣, and the subcategories are ‘Lack of information about their youth's sex education’, ‘Necessity of sexual health education in their native language’ and ‘Requirements for practical sexual education needs through the experts.
 Conclusions From these research results, practical sexual education is necessary so that third-cultural kids can form a healthy gender identity, and research on the development of related educational programs is suggested as a follow-up study.