Multicultural Family Support Center Research Articles

결혼이주여성의 자원체계와 한국생활 적응과정

This study is to understand the process of adapting to life in Korea by examining the resources and resource utilization of married migrant women. A study was conducted on 10 married migrant women who have been married for more than 10 years. It was found that each individual level was used complementarily in the resource utilization method of the study participants. In addition, married migrant women not only used various programs such as multicultural family support centers and schools in the community, but also formed human resources with practitioners. These results show that study participants are using various resources for adaptation by interacting with their environment.

결혼이주여성의 온라인 생활문화 쓰기 수업 사례 연구

Objectives The purpose of this study is to perform a case study of real-time online writing class for female immigrants through marriage in order to investigate the class patterns from the female immigrants perspective and to examine their cultural understanding and response by exploring the characteristics of online writing class on the topics of life and culture.
 Methods As research participants, 11 female immigrants through marriage who had been taking the basic Korean language class at ** Multicultural Family Support Center in Gyeonggi-do were recruited. After 14 sessions of class, in-depth interviews were conducted based on a semi-structured questionnaire, and the data were analyzed with an analytic induction method.
 Results First, the advantages of the real-time online writing class for female immigrants through marriage included location flexibility, time saving, and learning and taking care of children at the same time. On the other hand, difficulty in asking questions and keeping focused was answered as a disadvantage. Second, as for the characteristics of the real-time online class with the topics of life and culture, it provided grammatical knowledge using familiar topics of life and culture. Learning about life and culture in neighboring countries and gaining knowledge on a range of cultures piqued the students’ intellectual curiosity. Third, for the understanding of culture in the research subjects, they took a flexible attitude toward culture in the process of actively researching and sharing data from outside textbooks by thinking outside the standard ideas of other cultures. They showed a difference in the level of language proficiency and understanding of culture. Due to the limitations of the virtual platform, however, the direct experience was not available for the students.
 Conclusions In the real-time online writing class, life and culture topics were familiar to the female immigrants. Therefore, a range of grammatical and linguistic applications was provided, and at the same time, the students were able to broaden their understanding of multicultural culture.

상호문화주의 관점에 기초한 건강가정·다문화가족지원센터의 사업 분석

본 연구는 사회통합을 추진하고 있는 건강가정·다문화가족지원센터의 사업을 상호 문화주의적 관점에서 분석함으로써, 통합센터의 바람직한 운영 방향을 제시하는데 그 목적이 있다. 이러한 목적을 달성하기 위해 춘천시 가족센터를 사례로 선정하고, 7개의 상호문화교육적 요소(의사소통, 상호작용, 다양성, 공감, 인권 존중, 협력, 공동체의식) 를 설정하여 2021년에 운영되었던 63개의 사업을 조사하여 분석하였다. 분석 결과, 전체 사업에서 ‘의사소통’, ‘공동체의식’, ‘상호작용’ 요소가 상대적으로 많 이 반영되어 있으며, 기본사업의 ‘가족과 함께하는 지역공동체’와 ‘가족관계’ 영역이 상 호문화교육적 요소를 많이 반영하고 있는 것으로 나타났다. 그러나 이러한 반영은 통 합가족을 대상으로 하는 사업보다 다문화가족만을 대상으로 하는 사업에서 많이 나타 났으며, 지역 특성화 사업은 기본사업과의 중복이 많으며, 춘천 지역의 가족 특성을 반 영한 사업은 없는 것으로 나타났다. 이에 개선 방안으로 통합가족을 대상으로 하는 사업의 확대 운영과 ‘다양성’과 ‘인권 존중’ 요소를 반영할 수 있는 다양한 프로그램의 운영, 춘천 지역의 가족 특성을 반영한 사업 개발의 필요성 등을 제안하였다.

이중문화 스트레스 대처능력에 대한 비대면 게슈탈트 미술치료의 효과

Objectives The purpose of this study is to investigate the psychological changes that Korean-Vietnamese multicultural children experience through non-face-to-face gestalt art therapy, and whether their ability to cope with bicultural stress is improved. Methods A total of three children participated in the study, children from Korean-Vietnamese multicultural families at the Multicultural Family Support Center. Non-face-to-face Gestalt art therapy in this study is based on Zinker's ‘notice-contact cycle’ and consists of a total of 4 stages: the sensory stage, the awareness stage, the energy mobilization/action/contact stage, and the retreat/finish stage. A total of 8 sessions were operated once a week. As an analysis method, a qualitative research method was applied to repeatedly analyze and categorize the stories according to the symbolism of the art work obtained from the recorded images for each session, the observation contents of the activity process, the artwork photos and the supervision data. As a research tool, the PPAT test (Person Picking an Apple from the Tree) was conducted before and after the program to measure the ability to cope with bicultural stress. Results Four top topics and eight bottom topics were derived for psychological changes experienced in the non-face-to-face Gestalt art therapy process. The upper categories were “my emotions faced through art work”, “facing with a weakened self”, “encounter with a positive self”, and “my new beginning that has changed”. Participating children went through the process of honestly expressing and accurately recognizing self-emotion through the recognition process of Gestalt art therapy, forming a positive perception of the two cultures and changing their thoughts and attitudes about how to cope with prejudice and discrimination around them. In the PPAT test, there were positive changes in problem-solving ability and coping ability using resources. Conclusions This study is meaningful in that non-face-to-face Gestalt art therapy is effective in reducing bicultural stress in multicultural children, providing useful information for healthy emotional development of children from multicultural families, and is expected to be used as basic data for the application and expansion of non-face-to-face art therapy.

A Study on the Social Practice of Retirement Visiting Educational Instructors in Multicultural Families

The purpose of this study is to explore the meaning of McIntyre's 'social practice' as a life history study on the social practice of multicultural family retirement visiting education instructors. To this end, two multicultural family support centers in I city were commissioned to request two visiting education instructors who retired after working for more than seven years. In order to achieve the purpose of this study, related topics were derived by examining life after childhood, adolescence, and adulthood through the narratives of the life journey of the study participants. As a result of the study, In the life of retired education instructors, four major themes (life of seeing and learning, the spirit of responsibility and mission, self-interest to help others, learning guidance to meet needs) and eight sub-projects (old generation who show service, parents break the mold, I give as much back as I receive). Through the research results, the following five points were suggested. First, there are new programs that can improve the treatment of visiting education instructors, second, improve role ambiguity, third, implement practical conservative education, fourth, flexible operation of the remaining session at the time of retirement, and fifth, professionalism of visiting education instructors.

Multiculturalism in South Korea: putting migrant wives in their place

ABSTRACT This paper focuses on the role of Multicultural Family Support Centers (MFSCs) to explain the gender, race and cultural hierarchies inherent in South Korea’s system of multiculturalism. Since the 1990s the South Korean state has played an active role in facilitating marriage migration and influencing the reproductive and caregiving decisions of female marriage immigrants. This is reflected in immigration and welfare policies that incentivize migrant wives to have children and provide disproportionate power to Korean husbands. Over the past decade the Korean government has invested heavily in MFSCs. These centers cater exclusively to migrant wives with courses focused on the acquisition of the Korean language and culture. The teachers are generally older Korean women while students are migrant wives from developing countries. The version of Korean culture taught to migrant wives emphasizes traditional Confucian family roles and that a wives’ role is to focus on managing the home and supporting her husband and children. I present two case studies of cultural and cooking classes provided by a MFSC where I volunteered. The classes illustrate that multiculturalism in South Korea is focused on assimilation with limited expectation that Korean husbands and in-law families should adapt to migrant wives. Instead, migrant wives are expected to acquire a strong understanding of how to behave and understand their place in a traditional Korean family structure. I provide migrant wives’ perspectives on these classes and explain why they have limited opportunity to influence or respond to the expectations of the Korean state and in-law families.

Finding ways to vitalize the Healthy Family and Multicultural Family Support Center

본 연구에서는 송파지역 주민을 대상으로 건강가정·다문화가족지원센터의 사업참여 및 경험유무에 따른 만족도, 위드코로나 시대의 대면 및 비대면 사업의 만족도, 프로그램별 만족도를 조사하였다. 본 연구에서 나타난 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 센터사업에 참여한 주민들의 만족도는 높은 것으로 나타났고, 이용회수는 한 두 번 혹은 1년 미만인 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 비대면 프로그램에 대한 만족도가 높았으며, 불편함을 적게 인식하는 것으로 나타났다. 셋째, 센터에서 진행하는 프로그램의 필요성 및 만족도가 높은 것으로 나타났다. 특히, 양육 및 자녀교육과 관련한 프로그램에 대한 요구도와 만족도가 높은 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 결과를 통해 다음과 같이 제언하고자 한다. 먼저, 센터사업에 참여한 주민들의 만족도가 높았음에도 불구하고, 센터사업 이용회수가 한 두번이거나 이용기간이 1년 미만에 그친 경우가 있었으므로 프로그램의 중복참여 및 지속참여를 이끌어낼 수 있는 방안과 홍보가 요구된다. 둘째, 코로나 19로 인해 비대면 프로그램을 추가하거나 기존의 프로그램을 비대면으로 전환하여 진행하였음에도 불구하고 지역주민들은 불편함을 낮게 인식하였고, 만족도는 높은 것으로 나타났다. 추후에도 위드(with)코로나 시대에 적합한 프로그램의 다각화 및 다양화를 시도하여 센터를 지속적으로 이용하는 고객이 증가할 수 있도록 해야 할 것이다. 셋째, 건강가정·다문화가족지원센터에서 운영하는 사업 중 양육, 자녀교육, 가족 중심 프로그램 등에 대한 요구도 및 만족도가 높으므로 이를 보다 확장하고 세분화하여 운영할 필요가 있다.In this study, satisfaction with participation and experience of healthy family/multicultural family support center, satisfaction with face-to-face and non-face-to-face projects in the era of With Corona, and satisfaction with each program were investigated for Songpa residents. The results of this study are as follows. First, the satisfaction of the residents who participated in the center project was high, and the frequency of use was found to be once or twice or less than a year. Second, the satisfaction with the non-face-to-face program was high, and it was found that they perceived less discomfort. Third, the necessity and satisfaction of the programs conducted by the center were found to be high. In particular, it was found that the demand and satisfaction for programs related to child rearing and children s education were high. Based on these results, I would like to suggest the following. First, despite the high satisfaction of the residents who participated in the center project, there were cases where the number of use of the center project was once or twice or the period of use was less than one year. publicity is required. Second, despite adding a non-face-to-face program or converting an existing program to a non-face-to-face program due to COVID-19, local residents perceived the inconvenience as low and satisfaction was high. In the future, it will be necessary to diversify and diversify programs suitable for the era of with Corona so that the number of customers who use the center continuously increases. Third, among the projects operated by the Center for Healthy Families and Multicultural Families, there is a high demand and satisfaction for child rearing, child education, and family-oriented programs, so it is necessary to expand and subdivide them.

Early English Literacy Acquisition and Learners’ Perspectives in Rural Multicultural Families: A Case Study

This study explores the learning experiences of five Grade 3 multicultural elementary school students living in a rural area of Korea, as they received instruction in English decoding. Having identified a gap in research regarding the students’ own perceptions of their learning experiences, the author conducted a two-month exploratory intervention at a Multicultural Family Support Center (MFSC) in an agricultural town in Gyeongsangbuk-do Province. Data were collected from the students, parents, and the MFSC staff through a demographic questionnaire, tests, individual child interviews, in-class work and homework, self-evaluation sheets, online Zoom lesson recordings, teaching and learning materials, informal talks, and a researcher journal. The content analysis findings indicate acquisition challenges related to a lack of spoken vocabulary, low Hangeul reading proficiency, and homework incompletion. Academic progress evidenced by the participants was found to be driven by friendship, learner commitment and confidence-building, highlighting the positive effect of affect in their language learning. Suggestions for effective English decoding instruction for these particular learners are discussed.

Application of Stacking Ensemble Machine in Big Data: Analyze the Determinants for Vitalization of the Multicultural Support Center

For multicultural families to successfully promote social adaptation and achieve desirable social integration, the role of the multicultural family support center (Multi-FSC) is crucial. In addition, it's important to examine the factors that will contribute to the multicultural support center's vitality from the standpoint of the customers. In this study, machine learning models based on a single machine learning model and stacking ensemble using survey data from all multicultural families were used to examine the determinants for the utilization of multicultural family support centers for multicultural families. Additionally, based on the constructed prediction model, this study offered the foundational data for the revitalization of the multicultural support center. In this study, 281,606 adults (19 years or older), 56,273 of whom were married immigrants or naturalized citizens as of 2012, were examined. The stacking ensemble method was employed in this work to forecast the use of multicultural family support centers. In the base stage (model) of this model, logistic regression was employed, along with Classification and Regression Tree (CART), Radial Basis Function Neural Network (RBF-NN), and Random Forest (RF) model. The RBF-NN-Logit reg model had the best prediction performance, according to the study's findings (RMSE = 0.20, Ev = 0.45, and IA = 0.68). The findings of this study suggested that the prediction performance of the stacking ensemble can be improved when creating classification or prediction models using epidemiological data from a community.

결혼이주여성과 일반기혼여성 우울 비교 연구 : 충남 소재 A군 거주자를 중심으로

Objectives: This study aimed to compare the level of depression and the factors affecting depression among marriage immigrant women and Korean married women living in A town. Methods: The study subjects were women living in A town. Marriage immigrant women were purposively sampled subjects who visited the Multicultural Family Support Center and conducted 1:1 face-to-face interviews. Korean married women were randomly sampled and conducted an online survey due to COVID 19. The final analysis subjects were 115 marriage immigrant women and 186 Korean married women. Data were analyzed by descriptive analysis, mean comparison(t-test, ANOVA), correlation anaylsis(Pearson’s correlation coefficient) and multiple regression using SPSS 27.0. As a result of comparing the depression levels measured using the CES-D, there was no significant difference in the depression levels between the two groups of marriage immigrant women and Korean married women Results: The significant influencing factors on depression of marriage immigrant women were age(p<.01), religious status(p<.01), period of residence in Korea(p<.1), husband's job (p<.05), subjective health status(p<.1), experience of domestic violence(p<.01), and family relationships(p<.05) and the significant influencing factors on depression of Korean married women were subjective health status(p<.01), age difference with husband(p<.05), experience of domestic violence(p<.05), and family relationship (p<.001). Conclusions: Based on the results of this study, a program for mental health promotion was proposed for marriage immigrant women and Korean married women in community.

A Study of Social Integration through Sports Program among Migrant Women in Korea

This study aimed to examine sports programs at multicultural family support centers located throughout the country and present the possibility of social integration through the sports programs. The multicultural sports program showed that it affected the ability of migrant women in international marriages to socially integrate with other women like themselves, their husbands, and the natives, and also affected themselves. In order to clarify the purpose of the research, in-depth interviews were carried out. The collected material was transcribed, encoded, and classified. The results were analyzed from the perspective of sports’ physical, psychological, and social functions. This social integration was shown to be more effective than any other program at the multicultural family support center. Regarding their relationship with their husbands, the program provided opportunities for deepening their mutual understanding. The sports program was also utilized as a place of leisure for the women as well, and it was discovered that sports activities were being used as a means of resolving stress. The migrant women’s life radius and interpersonal relations were small due to their limited linguistic abilities. They provided opportunities to form confidence in their Korean life.

A Study on the Types of Perception about the Korean Citizenship of Female Marriage Immigrants in Korea : Q Methodological Approach

본 연구는 자녀를 둔 여성결혼이민자의 한국국적에 관한 인식 유형을 탐색하고, 그 유형별 특성을 규명하기 위해 Q 방법론을 통해 수행되었다. 이를 위해 본 연구는 2018년 9월부터 2019년 11월까지 다문화지원센터와 지역사회복지관의 프로그램에 참여하고, 자녀가 있는 여성 결혼이민자를 대상으로 한 심층 면접 자료와 OECD의 ‘사회통합지표’, 그리고 다문화·다양성 측정지표체계의 국적 관련 부분 등을 참조하여 31개의 Q 표본을 선정하였다. 또한, 본 연구는 서울, 경기 지역의 다문화가족지원센터 및 지역사회복지관을 거점으로 자녀를 둔 여성결혼이민자 20명을 P 표본으로 채택하였다. 분석 결과, 여성결혼이민자의 한국국적에 관한 인식유형은 ‘가족과 일 양립의 한국국적 선호형’, ‘출신국을 염두에 둔 한국국적 보류형’, ‘실리추구를 통한 한국국적 선택형’의 세 유형으로 분류되었다. 본 연구는 각 유형별 특성을 확인하고, 각 유형별 특성을 고려한 정책적, 행정적, 실천적 함의를 전달하였다.This study explored the different perceptions regarding the Korean citizenship of female marriage immigrants in Korea and investigated the characteristics of each type through Q methodology. For the purpose of study, 31 Q samples were derived from interviews with female marriage immigrants who participated in programs of muticultural support centers and community service agencies and literature reviews on cultural diversity, whereas 20 P samples were selected from female marriage immigrants who attended community-based multicultural family support centers in Seoul and Gyeonggi province. As a result of study, three types were distinguished: First (1) the preference for the Korean citizenship in order to balance between family and work, second (2) the desire to obtain the Korean citizenship but simultaneously maintain values their mother land had to offer and lastly (3) the selection of Korean citizenship for practical profit. Based on the findings, policy and practical implications for better services are suggested, considering their perceptions of Korean citizenship.

The Impact of Job Demands and Organizational Culture on Work Performance, Burnout, and Job Satisfaction in Healthy Family and Multicultural Family Support Centers during the Covid-19 Pandemic

This study examined the impact of job demand and organizational culture on new task difficulties, burnout, and job satisfaction using a survey data of 145 family specialists in Healthy Family and Multicultural Family Support during the COVID-19 pandemic. We used the job demand-resources model and the competing values model to categorize the four dimensions of organizational culture as a conceptual framework for this study. We found that the mean of work overload was higher than the means of job conflict and job ambiguity. Our latent profile analysis proposed four profiles of organizational culture: cultural absence type, authoritative culture type, middle cultural balance type, and high cultural balance type. The results of multiple regression analyses showed that work overload was positively associated with difficulties in new task performance and burnout, job ambiguity was positively related to burnout, and job conflict and ambiguity were negatively related to job satisfaction. These findings imply that the higher the job demands reported by family specialists, the higher the level of burnout and the lower the job satisfaction. In addition, organizational culture was a unique predictor of burnout and lower level of job satisfaction. Family specialists in the groups with a high cultural balance were Family specialists in the groups with a high cultural balance were more likely to have lower levels of burnout than those in the culture absence and in the middle culture balance, and higher job satisfaction than the other groups. The results suggest that management strategies to build a creative workplace culture can prevent burnout and improve job satisfaction.

The Experience of Alienation of Marriage Migrant Women in the Healthy Family and Multicultural Family Support Center

The Experience of Alienation of Marriage Migrant Women in the Healthy Family and Multicultural Family Support Center

다문화가족지원센터의 결혼이민자 취업지원서비스 : 현황과 발전방향

다문화가족지원센터의 결혼이민자 취업지원서비스 : 현황과 발전방향

The Experience of Alienation of Marriage Migrant Women in the Healthy Family and Multicultural Family Support Center

The Experience of Alienation of Marriage Migrant Women in the Healthy Family and Multicultural Family Support Center

Multicultural Family Support Centers in South Korea Coping with COVID-19: Focus Group Interview

Multicultural Family Support Centers in South Korea Coping with COVID-19: Focus Group Interview

다문화가족지원센터의 이중언어 환경조성 사업 현황과 쟁점

다문화가족지원센터의 이중언어 환경조성 사업 현황과 쟁점

A Study on the Cultural Adaptation Stress Experience of Female Marriage Immigrants: Focused on the Healthy family support centers and Multi-cultural family support centers in Incheon

A Study on the Cultural Adaptation Stress Experience of Female Marriage Immigrants: Focused on the Healthy family support centers and Multi-cultural family support centers in Incheon

결혼이주여성의 지각된 건강상태, 지각된 장애성, 문화적응이 임파워먼트에 미치는 영향

The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of perceived health status, perceived barrier and cultural acculturation on the married migrant women’s empowerment. A total of 98 immigrant women participated in this study at 2 health centers and 2 multi-cultural family support center in metropolitan city. Data were collected using a structured questionnaires including demographics, characteristics related to marriage migration, perceived health status, perceived barrier, cultural acculturation and empowerment from May 3 to December 28, 2018. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson’s correlation coefficient and hierarchical multiple regression by SPSS 23.0 program. The influencing factors of the married immigrant women’s empowerment were perceived barrier and cultural acculturation. Also, these factors explained 27.5% of the variance in the married migrant women’s empowerment. Based on these findings, it’s necessary to develop program that could enhance their cultural acculturation and reduce their perceived barrier for the married migrant women’s empowerment.