Adolescents In Multicultural Families Research Articles

Cultural stressors, acculturation processes, and mental health among adolescents in Korean multicultural families.

To ascertain, among a sample of Korean multicultural adolescents, the longitudinal predictive effects of acculturative stress and parent-adolescent conflict on depressive symptoms and life satisfaction, both (a) directly and (b) indirectly through Korean and heritage cultural practices and identifications. We analyzed longitudinal data from the nationally representative Korean Multicultural Adolescents Panel Study (MAPS; 2011-2016). The sample consisted of 1,433 households at Wave 3 (the first timepoint used in the present analyses), and 92.7% of families were retained until the end of the study. Adolescents completed measures of acculturative stress and parent-adolescent conflict at Timepoint 1, heritage and Korean cultural practices and identifications at Timepoints 2 and 3, and depressive symptoms and life satisfaction at Timepoint 4. Acculturative stress at Timepoint 1 predicted both depressive symptoms and life satisfaction at Timepoint 4 indirectly through Korean cultural practices and identifications. Parent-adolescent conflict at Timepoint 1 directly predicted depressive symptoms at Timepoint 4 and predicted life satisfaction indirectly through heritage-cultural practices and identifications. These links were invariant across adolescent sex. Among Korean multicultural adolescents, acculturative stressors inhibit engagement in Korean cultural practices and identification as Korean, whereas conflict with parents inhibits engagement in heritage cultural practices and identification with the foreign-born parent's cultural heritage. Decreased Korean and heritage cultural practices and cultural identifications predict increased depressive symptoms and lowered life satisfaction. These findings suggest that culturally stressful experiences can impair psychological functioning among Korean multicultural adolescents by undermining acculturation to both Korean and heritage cultural systems. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).

A meta-analysis of the effectiveness of group art therapy for children and adolescents of multicultural families: A focus on Korea

Various policies and support have been implemented to help children and adolescents from multicultural families in Korea to psychologically and socially adapt to society and to improve their quality of life as members of Korean society. In this regard, group art therapy has been widely used and numerous studies have demonstrated its effectiveness. Accordingly, this study investigated the effectiveness of group art therapy in children and adolescents from multicultural families and individual research results were aggregated and analyzed to use as a scientific foundation. A total of eight databases based on English or Korean (Scopus, Web of Science, ProQuest, PubMed, Google Scholar, RISS, National Library of Korea, and National Assembly Library) were utilized to retrieve all research articles published by August 2022. The final 20 research articles were selected through a systematic review according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. The comprehensive meta-analysis (CMA) 2.0 was utilized to analyze the effect size, possible causes of heterogeneity were explored, and publication bias was identified. As a major result, the total effect size was proven to be significantly large (Hedges’ g = 1.81). Furthermore, the largest effect size among the dependent variables was found in the negative domain of psychology/emotion corresponding to emotional and behavioral problems, acculturative stress, and bicultural stress (Hedges’ g = 2.55), followed by the static domain of psychology/emotion (2.29), sociality (1.93), and ego (1.83).

Health Behavior and Mental Health of Adolescents in Multicultural Families Compared to Non-multicultural Families

Purpose: This study aims to compare the health behaviors and mental health of adolescents from multicultural and non-multicultural families, and to determine the effect of multicultural families on adolescents' health behaviors and mental health. Methods: The study employed a cross-sectional design, utilizing data from the Korea Youth Risk Behaviour Web-based Survey 2020 and 2021. The sample comprised 9,828 multicultural adolescents and 13,389 non-multicultural adolescents. Results: Adolescents from multicultural families showed significant differences in their experiences with alcohol (x2=9.55) and substance use (x2=11.37), as well as suicidal ideation (x2=4.57) and suicidal attempts (x2=34.19), compared to their non-multicultural peers. Logistic regression analysis revealed that adolescents from multicultural families had a 1.19 times higher rate of recent alcohol experience, a 1.14 times higher rate of stress, and a 1.55 times higher rate of suicidal attempts. However, the rates of smoking and alcohol use were 0.80 times and 0.75 times lower, respectively, among adolescents from multicultural families compared to their non-multicultural peers. Conclusion: The findings suggest that health promotion programs are needed to help adolescents from multicultural families adapt socially, cultivate preventive health behaviors, and improve their mental health. These interventions should take a multifaceted approach that encourages family participation in the programs.

다문화가정 청소년의 학교폭력 피해에 관한 종단 연구

The current study aims to explore the impact of the acculturative stress of parents on bullying victimization among adolescents in multicultural families, through acculturative stress of adolescents and social supports. This study also aims to explore the contemporaneous effect and cross-lagged effects between acculturative stress of adolescents and bullying victimization. Using the data drawn from the first and second years of the Second Multicultural Adolescents Panel Study (MAPS 2), SEM and regression models were utilized. The results of SEM show that the acculturative stress of parents is not directly related to bullying victimization, but the impact of acculturative stress on bullying victimization was mediated by acculturative stress of adolescents and social supports, separately. Significant contemporaneous effects were found between acculturative stress and bullying victimization, but cross-lagged effects. Results suggest new strategies to reduce school bullying for adolescents in multicultural families. The implications and limitations of this study are discussed.

The Influence of Family Economic Deterioration Caused by COVID-19 on Anxiety among Adolescents in Multicultural Families and the Mediating Effect of Daily Stress

The Influence of Family Economic Deterioration Caused by COVID-19 on Anxiety among Adolescents in Multicultural Families and the Mediating Effect of Daily Stress

The Effect of Marital Perceived by Multi-Cultural Family Adolescents on Smartphone Addiction: Moderating Effect of Ego Rescilience

목적 본 연구에서는 청소년기본법(만 9세 이상)에 따라 초등학교 4학년~6학년에 재학 중인 학생을 대상으로 다문화가정 청소년이 지각한 부부갈등이 스마트폰중독에 미치는 영향에서 자아탄력성이 조절효과를 나타내는지 검증하고자 하였다. 방법 이를 위해 D와 K도에 재학 중인 학생 275명을 대상으로 2019년 11월 6일부터 12월 10일까지 설문조사를 실시하였으며, 수집된 자료는 SPSS/PC(18.0) 통계분석 프로그램을 사용하여 실행하였으며, 분석된 결과는 다음과 같다. 결과 첫째, 다문화가정 청소년이 지각한 부부갈등의 빈도, 해결은 스마트폰중독에 유의미한 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 다문화가정 청소년이 지각한 부부갈등과 스마트폰중독과의 관계에서 자아탄력성이 조절하는 것으로 나타났다. 이는 다문화가정 청소년들이 부부갈등을 높게 지각할수록 스마트폰중독 성향이 높더라도 자아탄력성이 높으면 스마트폰중독이 낮아진다는 것을 의미한다. 결론 이와 같은 연구결과를 바탕으로 청소년의 스마트폰중독을 사전에 예방하고 자아탄력성의 수준을 향상시키기 위한 실천적 개입 방안 마련에 대해 함의를 제시하였다.

Amendment Plan for Multicultural Family Support Ordinances for School Life Adaptation of Multicultural Family Adolescents: Focusing on Gyeonggi-do and Chungcheongbuk-do, and Ansan-si and Chungju-si

Amendment Plan for Multicultural Family Support Ordinances for School Life Adaptation of Multicultural Family Adolescents: Focusing on Gyeonggi-do and Chungcheongbuk-do, and Ansan-si and Chungju-si

Child-rearing experiences of mothers with early adolescents in Korean multicultural families.

PurposeThis study was conducted to explore the child-rearing experiences of mothers with early adolescents in Korean multicultural families.MethodsThe participants were six mothers with early adolescents in Korean multicultural families. Data were collected through in-depth interviews. The main question was, "Could you tell me about your child-rearing experiences with your adolescent child?" The data were analyzed using qualitative content analysis.ResultsFour categories resulted from the analysis of child-rearing experiences of mothers with early adolescents in Korean multicultural families, as follows: "separation between myself and others", "distance between myself and my adolescent child", "making efforts to bridge the gap between myself and others", and "trying to connect with my adolescent child closely".ConclusionThese findings indicate that mothers in Korean multicultural families made many efforts to bridge the gap between themselves and other people, and tried to connect with their children closely. The findings of this study emphasize specific aspects of how mothers with early adolescents experienced child-rearing in Korean multicultural families.

Social Determinants of Health and Well-Being of Adolescents in Multicultural Families in South Korea: Social-Cultural and Community Influence.

Objectives: Adolescents in multicultural families (AMFs) are exposed to numerous stressors and face environmental vulnerability within the family, school, and community systems, which may affect their health and well-being. Concrete discussion on policies is lacking due to insufficient data on the levels of well-being of AMFs in South Korea. This study aimed to investigate social-cultural and community factors affecting their well-being.Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted with a convenience sample of 206 AMFs (aged 13–18 years) from 16 general schools and three multicultural schools across eight large cities. AMFs completed a self-administrative questionnaire assessing well-being, individual factors (acculturative stress, health behavior), social and community factors (social support, sense of community), and environmental factors (school type, economic status). Data were analyzed using structural equation modeling.Results: Social support and sense of community significantly and directly affected well-being. The economic status and type of school had an indirect effect on well-being, whereas the effect of acculturative stress was not significant. Factors significantly affecting adolescents' well-being were social support, sense of community, economic status, and type of school.Conclusion: Addressing well-being may be the strategy leading AMFs to grow into healthy adults. These results could help educators, health professionals, and policymakers to identify ways to enhance the well-being of AMFs.

Comparative Study of Health Risk Behaviors, Mental Health and Subjective Health Status of Adolescents in Multicultural and Monocultural Families

Comparative Study of Health Risk Behaviors, Mental Health and Subjective Health Status of Adolescents in Multicultural and Monocultural Families

Health Risk Behavior and Oral Symptoms in Adolescents in Multicultural Families

Health Risk Behavior and Oral Symptoms in Adolescents in Multicultural Families

Acculturation strategies of multi-cultural family adolescents in South Korea: Marginalization, separation, assimilation, and integration

Little is known about acculturation strategies among multicultural family adolescents in South Korea. This study examined whether the life satisfaction of multicultural family adolescents differed by acculturation strategy. In addition, this study examined the factors that predict acculturation strategies. For this purpose, we used a one-way analysis of variance and multinomial logistic regression. The data for this study were taken from the Multi-cultural Adolescents Panel Study. The frequencies of acculturation strategies were: marginalization, 297 (18.2 %); separation, 97 (6.0 %); assimilation, 839 (51.5 %); and integration, 395 (24.3 %). The results of one-way analysis of variance showed that life satisfaction was highest for integration and decreased for assimilation, separation, and marginalization. Gender, national identity, self-esteem, resilience, parental neglect, parental acculturative stress, family support, friends’ support, and teacher support were found to be significantly associated with the categorized acculturation strategies. Based on the results, implications with suggestions for future research are discussed.

"다문화가족 자녀의 문화적응 유형과 환경이 우울감에 미치는 영향에 관한 연구"

"다문화가족 자녀의 문화적응 유형과 환경이 우울감에 미치는 영향에 관한 연구"

Impacts of Parenting Attitudes Perceived by Multicultural Family Adolescents on School Life Adaptation : Based on Meditation Effect of Self-esteem and Depression

Impacts of Parenting Attitudes Perceived by Multicultural Family Adolescents on School Life Adaptation : Based on Meditation Effect of Self-esteem and Depression

다문화가정 청소년의 문화적응스트레스가 내재화 문제에 미치는 영향: 자아탄력성, 교우관계 및 교사지지의 조절효과를 중심으로

다문화가정 청소년의 문화적응스트레스가 내재화 문제에 미치는 영향: 자아탄력성, 교우관계 및 교사지지의 조절효과를 중심으로

Applying target congruence theory to victimization risk of students from multicultural backgrounds: A comparison of South Korean, North Korean, and other multicultural family adolescents

Abstract The objective of this study was to apply Target Congruence Theory (TCT) to explore the relationship between ethnicity and victimization in the context of South Korea. Specifically, this study used more than 235,000 students from the Korean Youth Risk Behavior Web-Based Survey (KYRBS) to explore the victimization experiences of multicultural children through the lenses of target vulnerability, target gratifiablity, and target antagonism. Results from multivariate modeling show that indicators of target congruence and deviant lifestyles were associated with the risk of violent victimization. Consistent with propositions of TCT, students from North Korean families were over eleven times more likely to report that they had experienced serious victimization, even after controlling for opportunity-related variables than students from South Korean families. Similarly, “other” multicultural family adolescents were over five times more likely to report a violent victimization experience than South Korean family adolescents. Policy implications are discussed.

The Mediating Effect of Perceived Social Support between Perceived School Belonging and School Adjustment of Adolescents of Multicultural Families: Focused on Supporters and Support Types

The Mediating Effect of Perceived Social Support between Perceived School Belonging and School Adjustment of Adolescents of Multicultural Families: Focused on Supporters and Support Types

P33 Assessment of Dietary Behaviors and Weight Status Among Adolescents from Multicultural Families and Non-Multicultural Families in Korea

<h3>Background</h3> As Korean adolescents in multicultural families (MF) might experience health disparities, assessing their specific nutritional health status is necessary to design effective and tailored nutrition education programs. <h3>Objectives</h3> This study was the first step to develop a nutrition education program for the Korean adolescent in MF. The aim of this study was to identify nutritional health problems of MF' adolescents through comparing dietary and lifestyle behaviors and weight status among Korean adolescents from MF and non-multicultural families (non-MF). <h3>Study Design, Setting, Participants</h3> This study included 111,067 adolescents aged 12–18 years (MF = 1,751, non-MF = 109,316) from the 2017–2018 Korea Youth Risk Behavior Surveys. <h3>Measurable Outcome/Analysis</h3> Data on dietary and lifestyle behaviors were self-reported using a web-based questionnaire and included foods consumption, alcohol drinking, smoking, physical activity, weight control efforts, and perceived health status. Body mass index (BMI) was calculated using the self-reported height and weight (kg/m²). Weight status was determined based on the 2017 Korean National Growth Chart: underweight (weight-for-age <5th percentiles), overweight (85th≤ BMI-for-age <95th percentiles), and obesity (BMI-for-age ≥95th percentiles). <h3>Results</h3> Using a multiple logistic regression after adjustment for sex, school level, residence, and household income, adolescents from MF showed higher odds ratios (ORs) for having underweight (OR = 1.60, 95% CI = 1.29–1.99) and obesity (OR = 1.22, 95% CI = 1.03–1.43) compared to those from non-MF. Adolescents from MF were less likely to intake fruit ≥5 times/week (OR = 0.86, 95% CI = 0.76–0.96) compared to adolescents from non-MF. Boys in MF showed a lower OR for having vegetable ≥5 times/week (OR = 0.74, 95% CI = 0.60–0.92) than boys in non-MF. Compared to non-MF' adolescents, the OR for engaging in physical activity ≥3 days/week was 0.83 (95% CI = 0.74–0.94) in MF' adolescents. <h3>Conclusions</h3> Korean adolescents in MF showed higher risks for having underweight and obesity as well as unhealthy dietary behaviors compared to those in non-MF. Our findings can be used to develop nutrition education programs for adolescents from MF.

영양지수를 활용한 다문화 가정 청소년 자녀의 식생활 실태 분석 및 영양교육에 따른 영양지식과 식생활태도 변화 연구

영양지수를 활용한 다문화 가정 청소년 자녀의 식생활 실태 분석 및 영양교육에 따른 영양지식과 식생활태도 변화 연구

스포츠 활동에 참여하는 다문화 가정 청소년의 고통 감내력이 주관적 행복에 미치는 영향 : 사회적 지지의 매개효과

이 연구는 스포츠 활동에 참여하는 다문화 가정 청소년들의 고통 감내력이 주관적 행복에 미치는 영향에서 사회적 지지의 매개효과를 검증하였다. 이를 위해 서울시와 경기도 및 충청도 지역 중, 고등학교에 재학 중인 다문화 가정 청소년 들 158명을 대상으로 영향력을 검증하기 위하여 Baron & Kenny의 3단계 방법을 통한 위계적 회귀분석을 통해 검정한 결과는 다음과 같다. 스포츠 활동에 참여하는 다문화 가정 청소년들의 고통 감내력은 사회적 지지와 주관적 행복에 직접적 인 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났으며, 사회적 지지는 주관적 행복에 직접적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났고 고통 감내력 과 주관적 행복 간의 관계에서 사회적 지지는 부분매개역할을 하는 것으로 나타났으며, 스포츠 활동 경력은 사회적 지지와 주관적 행복에 정적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 이 연구의 결과는 다문화 가정 청소년들의 주관적 행복 수준을 제고시키기 위해서는 스포츠 활동을 통한 고통 감내력과 사회적 지지에 대해 다루는 것의 중요성을 시사한다.