Abstract
This study developed a depression prediction model for female students from multicultural families by using a decision tree model based on Chi-squared automatic interaction detection (CHAID) algorithm. Subjects of the study were 9,024 female students between 12 and 15 years old among the children of surveyed marriage immigrants. Outcome variables were classified as presence of depression. Explanatory variables included sex, residing area, experience of career counseling, experience of social discrimination, experience of Korean language education, experience of using a multicultural family support center, Korean reading, Korean speaking, Korean writing, Korean listening, Korean society adjustment education experience, needs of Korean society adjustment education, needs of Korean language education, and rejoined entry. In the CHAID algorithm analysis, female students from multicultural families who experienced social discrimination within the past one year and had ordinary Korean speaking skill posed the highest risk of depression. It is necessary to pay social level interests to the mental health of adolescents from multicultural families for achieving successful social integration based on the results of this study.
Highlights
The number of children from multicultural families is rapidly increasing in South Korea due to the increase of international marriage
This study developed a depression prediction model for female students from multicultural families by using a decision tree model based on Chi-squared automatic interaction detection (CHAID) algorithm
Depression experience rate was high for female students who entered South Korea through rejoined entry (32.6%), could speak Korean at an intermediate level (42.6%), could listen Korean at a poor level (38.9%), could read Korea at an intermediate level (37.6%), could write Korean at poor level (40.4%), had experienced in Korean education (42.9%), experienced career counseling, and experienced social discrimination (53.0%)
Summary
The number of children from multicultural families is rapidly increasing in South Korea due to the increase of international marriage. The policies for multicultural families in South Korea mainly focus on employment or welfare and there are not enough studies about the health of multicultural families [3], [4]. Adolescents from multicultural families have a high probability to experience negative emotions due to social prejudice and discrimination [5]. Tienda, and Haskins [9] stated that children from internal marriage families, who were born in South Korea as well as immigrated after birth, had a hard time to adapt to the society due to the social characteristics (e.g., multicultural family) and rapid changes during the adolescent period. The previous studies on multicultural families focused on welfare so statistics on health and healthcare status are lacking
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