Abstract
The purpose of this study is to explore how migrant adolescents recognize and overcome discrimination and social prejudice experienced in school and social adjustment process. In this study, in-depth interview data were collected for 19 youths from migrant backgrounds and analyzed based on Strauss and Corbin’s grounded theory approach. As a result, the study found 120 concepts, 17 categories and 42 subcategories derived through open, axial, and selective coding. The central phenomenon is ‘recognition of differences and experiences of discrimination’ and the core category is ‘having positive aspirations by overcoming negative environments’. ‘Multicultural environment change and migrant background’ works as a causal condition, and ‘social support and foreign language ability’ are found as intervening conditions. As a contextual condition in which discrimination experiences and adjustments take place, ‘entering public education system and the relationship with the mother country’ are derived. Migrant adolescents try to adapt to school and social life through various interaction strategies in order to respond to the central phenomenon.
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