Multicultural Family Mothers Research Articles

The Role of Multicultural Mothers’ Stress from Cultural Adaptation on Adolescents’ School Adaptations: Focusing on the Mediation Effect of the Aspirational Motivations

본 연구의 목적은 다문화가정 어머니의 문화적응 스트레스가 자녀의 학교적응에 미치는 영향을 살펴보고 매개변인인 자녀의 성취동기가 학교적응에 미치는 매개효과를 검증하는 것이다. 본 연구는 ‘2018년 제8차 다문화청소년 패널 종단연구’자료를 사용하여 매개회귀분석과 연구모형의 적합도를 분석하였다. 연구결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 학교적응 중 교사와의 관계에서 자녀의 성별에 따른 차이가 나타났다. 즉 남학생이 여학생보다 교사와의 관계가 더 긍정적이었다. 교우관계에서는 자녀의 연령이 어릴수록 교우관계가 더 좋은 것으로 나타났다. 또한 다문화가정 어머니의 학력이 높을수록 어머니의 문화적응 스트레스가 적고, 자녀의 성취동기가 높으며 학교에서 적응을 더 잘하는 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 다문화가정 어머니의 문화적응 스트레스가 학교적응에 부적으로 유의한 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 어머니의 문화적응 스트레스가 적을수록 자녀가 학교에서 적응을 잘하는 것을 알 수 있다. 셋째, 다문화가정 어머니의 문화적응 스트레스는 학교적응에 직접적으로 영향을 미치고 자녀의 성취동기가 학교적응에 간접적으로 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구는 다문화가정이라는 특수한 사회적 구조보다는 다문화가정 내의 심리적 변인인 다문화가정 어머니의 문화적응 스트레스 변인에 초점을 두고 어머니의 역할을 강조한 연구목적에 부합되었다는 점에서 그 의의가 있다.This study examines the role of multicultural mothers’ stress from cultural adaptation on adolescent children s school adaptations with special emphasis on the mediating role of children s aspirational motivations. Based on data from the 2018 8th Multicultural Family Longitudinal Panel Research, this study conducts and evaluates mediation analyses, and finds the followings: Firstly, we find the gender differences in the multicultural students’ relationship with teachers while they are adapting to school. In particular, male students are more likely to show positive relationships with teachers than female students. We also find that age matters when forming friendships for multicultural students. Moreover, there are statistically significant differences in cultural adaptation stress, children’s aspirational motivations, school adaptation, and school performance by mothers’ educational level. In the children’s aspirational motivations, it found that the younger the age of multicultural adolescents, the better the peer relationship. In terms of mother’s educational level, it found that the higher the mothers’ educational level, the lower the mother s acculturation stress and the higher the children’s aspirational motivations, the better the adaptation at school. Secondly, we find that multicultural mothers’ stress from cultural adaptation has significant effects on children s adaptations to school. More specifically, lower stress from cultural adaption led to better adaptations to school. Thirdly, we find the direct effect of multicultural mothers’ stress from cultural adaptation on children s adaptations to school, and that this effect is mediated by children’s aspirational motivations. The significance of this study is that it emphasizes the role of mothers focusing on the acculturation stress variable of mothers of multicultural families. This is a psychological variable within multicultural families rather than a special social structure of multicultural families.

The Mediating Effect of Parenting Efficacy between the Self-esteem and Child Career Support Behavior of Mothers of Multicultural Families

The Mediating Effect of Parenting Efficacy between the Self-esteem and Child Career Support Behavior of Mothers of Multicultural Families

How Do Multicultural Family Mothers Perceive Child’s English Education?

The number of multicultural families has been increasing in Korea recently, and it is reported that students from multicultural family experience multiple struggles in English learning. With an awareness of mothers’ role in child’s education, this study aims to investigate multicultural family mothers’ perception of English education and the extent of those mothers’ involvement in their child’s English learning. For the purpose of this investigation, the present study collected survey data from 115 multicultural family mothers with varying national backgrounds, and interviews were conducted with 10 mothers. The results of this study reveal that the multicultural family mothers were well aware of the importance of English skills and knowledge with a belief in the practical value of English as a gatekeeper to materialistic, symbolic resources. However, the mothers were not that actively involved in child's English learning for several reasons, including their limited English proficiency and economic burden. Based on the findings, the present study offers practical suggestions for assisting multicultural family children’s English education and their social integration.

A Qualitative Study on Respected Parents Respected Children Parenting Education Program Experiences of Multicultural Family Mothers with Preschool-age Children

A Qualitative Study on Respected Parents Respected Children Parenting Education Program Experiences of Multicultural Family Mothers with Preschool-age Children

The Effects of Multicultural Family Mothers’ Family Healthiness on Relationship between Parents and Children: Focusing on the mediating effects of ego resilience

The Effects of Multicultural Family Mothers’ Family Healthiness on Relationship between Parents and Children: Focusing on the mediating effects of ego resilience

Factors related to oral health management for child in mothers of multicultural families

Factors related to oral health management for child in mothers of multicultural families

A Study on Parent Role Adjustment Related to Daycare Center of Mothers with Their Infant from Multicultural Families

본 연구는 다문화가정의 어머니들이 영아기 자녀를 어린이집에 보내면서 경험하게 되는 부모역할적응을 지원하기 위한 프로그램을 개발하는데 필요한 기초 자료를 제공하고자, 이와 관련한 교사들의 인식을 살펴보았다. 다문화가정의 영아를 보육해본 경험이 있는 서울시에 근무 중인 170명의 교사를 대상으로 하여 본 연구에서는 선행연구를 바탕으로 구성한 설문지를 토대로 조사연구를 실시하였다. 수집된 자료는 빈도 분석과 t-test를 실시하였다. 주요 연구결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 교사들은 다문화가정 영아들의 어린이집 적응 기간 및 패턴과 관련하여 개별 영아마다 다 다르지만, 잘 적응해 간다고 인식하였다. 또한 교사들은 다문화가정의 어머니들도 부모역할을 수행하며 적응해 가는데 걸리는 기간이 개별마다 다른데, 이 과정에서 의사소통의 어려움을 겪는다고 인식하였다. 둘째, 교사들은 다문화가정의 어머니들을 위한 어린이집 관련 부모역할적응 프로그램이 필요하며, 본 프로그램은 영아들의 어린이집 적응을 촉진하는 것을 목적으로 해야 한다고 인식하였다. 교사들은 부모역할적응과 관련한 내용 중에서 부모참여에 관해서 특히 다문화가정 어머니들이 어려움을 느낀다고 인식하였으며, 보육교사와 상호작용, 영아건강검진 및 예방접종 방법 등과 같은 프로그램의 내용이 중요하다고 하였다. 프로그램을 실시하는 방법에 대해 교사들은 다문화가정 방문교사에 의해서, 어린이집에서 교육하고, 소집단 집합교육으로 토론을 활용해야 한다고 하였다. 또한 교사들은 프로그램을 평일에, 1시간 이내로, 한 학기에 1~2회 정도 실시하고 어머니와의 면담을 통한 평가가 이루어져야 한다고 인식하였다. 이를 바탕으로 영아기 자녀를 어린이집에 보내는 다문화가정의 어머니들이 부모역할을 수행하며 적응해 갈 수 있도록 지원하기 위한 프로그램에 대해 논의하였다.The purpose of this study was to examine perceptions of teachers to provide basic data for development of the parent role adjustment program for mothers of multicultural families. For this study, the participants were 170 teachers who have been educare infant from multicultural families located in Seoul city. They answered the questionnaire which consisted of items based on the previous studies. Collected date were analyzed for frequence calculation and t-test. The main results of this were as follows. First, teachers recognized that period and pattern of infants adjustment in daycare center were different from individual to individual and they adapt well. Also, teachers recognized that period of mothers parent role adjustment from multicultural families were different from individual to individual and the mothers felt communication difficulties during this period. Second, teachers responded that the parent role adjustment program for the mothers was necessary and the purpose of the program was to facilitate the daycare center adaptation of infant. Teachers responded that mothers felt particularly difficulties about parental involvement in the parent role adjustment contents. And teachers recognized the importance of interaction with teachers, infant health screening and vaccination methods as the contents of the program. Also teachers responded that the program should be educate by multicultural families visiting teacher, implemented at the daycare center, and carried out by a small group through discussion. Teachers recognized that the program should be conducted on weekdays, within one hour in 1 sessions, 1~2 sessions per semester and interview with their mothers to program assessment. Based on these results, this study discussed the parent role adjustment program related to daycare center for mother from multicultural families.

An Interpretive Phenomenological Study on Multi-Cultural Family Mothers’ Experiences of Parenting Preschool-Age Children

An Interpretive Phenomenological Study on Multi-Cultural Family Mothers’ Experiences of Parenting Preschool-Age Children

The Importance of Teaching Heritage Languages and of Promoting Policies for Multicultural Korean Children in the Environment of Learning Korean, English, and a Heritage Language

The purpose of this study was twofold: (1) to answer questions concerning what languages multi-cultural children learn at home or school; why or why not they learn their heritage languages; whether or not they learn English at home or from other sources; and (2) to support the idea of promoting the necessities of teaching multi-cultural children their heritage languages. For data collection, this study conducted a survey and an oral interview among mothers of multi-cultural families in two cities in Korea. Findings from the data analysis seemed to support the urgent necessity of teaching multi-cultural children their heritage languages, especially those children from Vietnamese background in comparison to those from other language backgrounds: Reasons were explained in details. It is found that more emphasis should be given on the merits of learning heritage languages in parent-teacher associations and family consultations. Multi-cultural families commonly lack authentic materials from their heritage countries, such as story books, bibles, magazines, catalogs, newspapers, and so on. This study will draw social and political attention to the importance of teaching heritage languages to multi-cultural children.

The Influence of Stress for Cultural Adaptation of Mothers of Multicultural Families on Children’s Emotional and Behavioral Problems

본 연구에서는 다문화가정 어머니의 문화적응 스트레스가 아동의 정서행동문제에 미치는 영향을 살펴보고자 하였으며, 이를 위해서 경기도의 3곳에 거주하고 있는 다문화가정 중학생 1, 2학년 총 210명을 대상으로 설문자료를 분석하였다. 본 연구결과를 살펴보면, 첫째, 다문화가정 어머니의 문화적응 스트레스인 지각된 차별감, 향수병, 지각된 적대감, 두려움, 문화충격, 죄책감, 기타의 요인과 아동의 내재화 정서 행동문제인 불안/우울, 우울/위축, 신체화 증상, 외현화 요인인 규칙위반과 공격행동이 정적 상관관계가 나타났다. 둘째, 다문화가정 어머니의 문화적응 스트레스가 아동의 정서문제행동에 미치는 영향력을 살펴본 결과, 다문화가정 어머니의 지각된 차별감, 지각된 적대감, 두려움, 문화충격의 수준이 높을수록 아동의 내재화 정서행동문제 수준은 높음을 알 수 있었으며, 또한 아동의 외현화 정서행동문제 수준도 높음을 알 수 있다. 즉, 다문화가정 어머니의 문화적응 스트레스가 높을수록 아동의 내재화, 외현화 정서행동문제 수준은 높음으로 나타났다.In this study we were to look into the influence of stress for cultural adaptation of mothers of multicultural families on children’s emotional and behavioral problems, and for this purpose we analyzed the survey materials obtained from the total 210 persons who were first and second year-students in middle schools from multicultural families that resided in three places in Gyeonggi-do. As a result of the study, first, stress for cultural adaptation of mothers of multicultural families that was perceived feeling of discrimination, homesickness, perceived hostility, fear, cultural shock, guilty conscience, and other factors had positive correlation with children’s internalized emotional and behavioral problems that were anxiety/depression, depression/shrinking, somatization, externalized factors that were violation of regulations and aggressive behaviors. Second, in the influence of stress for cultural adaptation of mothers of multicultural families on children’s emotional and behavioral problems, we could know that the higher the level of perceived feeling of discrimination, perceived hostility, fear, and cultural shock of mothers of a multicultural families was, the higher was the level of children’s internalized emotional and behavioral problem, in addition, we could know that the level of children’s externalized emotional and behavioral problem was high. Namely, it appeared that the higher was the level of stress for cultural adaptation of mothers of multicultural families, the higher was the level of children’s internalized, and externalized emotional and behavioral problems.

Parenting Stress and Level of Smart-phone use in Mothers of Multi-cultural Families: The Moderating Effects of Social Support

Parenting Stress and Level of Smart-phone use in Mothers of Multi-cultural Families: The Moderating Effects of Social Support

다문화가정 어머니의 사회자본과 부모역할효능감 및 양육스트레스의 관계

다문화가정 어머니의 사회자본과 부모역할효능감 및 양육스트레스의 관계

The Structural relationship among social capital, cultural adaptation stress and parenting behavior in multi-cultural family mothers

The Structural relationship among social capital, cultural adaptation stress and parenting behavior in multi-cultural family mothers

The Effects of Marital Stability of Multicultural Family Mothers on Sociability and Academic Performance of Children: Based on Comparison between Children in Multicultural and Non-multicultural Families

The Effects of Marital Stability of Multicultural Family Mothers on Sociability and Academic Performance of Children: Based on Comparison between Children in Multicultural and Non-multicultural Families

다문화가정의 가족기능이 다문화아동의 사회적 능력에 미치는 영향 -다문화가정 어머니의 양육효능감의 매개효과 검증-

본 연구는 다문화가정 어머니와 아동을 대상으로 다문화가정의 가족기능과 다문화가정 어머니의 양육효능감 그리고 다문화가정 아동의 사회적 능력 간의 구조적 관련성을 검증하고자 설계되었다. 이를 위해 다문화가정 어머니와 다문화아동을 직접 돌보고 있는 다문화센터 실무자를 대상으로 자기기입식 설문으로 자료를 수집하여 156부가 최종 분석에 활용되었다. 연구결과, 다문화가정의 가족기능은 다문화가정 어머니의 양육효능감에 정적(+) 영향을 미쳤으며, 다문화가정 어머니의 양육효능감은 다문화아동의 사회적 능력에 정적(+) 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 다문화가정 어머니의 양육효능감은 다문화가정의 가족기능과 다문화아동의 사회적 능력 간의 관계에서 완전매개효과를 가지는 것으로 확인되었다. 이러한 연구결과를 중심으로 다문화아동의 건강한 성장과 발달을 위한 다문화가정 어머니 및 다문화가정에 대한 개입 방안을 제언하였다. This study is designed to verify structural relations between multicultural family's functions, multicultural family mothers' parental efficacy, and multicultural family children's social competence with the subjects of multicultural family mothers and children. To attain the goal, the researcher collected data through a survey with a self-administered questionnaire conducted to multicultural family mothers and multicultural center workers taking care of multicultural children and utilized 156 sheets for final analysis. According to the study results, multicultural family's functions exert positive effect on multicultural family mothers' parental efficacy, and multicultural family mothers' parental efficacy indicates positive effect on multicultural children's social competence. Also, multicultural family mothers' parental efficacy has completely mediating effect in the relations between multicultural family's functions and multicultural children's social competence. Based on these study results, the researcher suggests ways to intervene with multicultural family mothers and multicultural family in order to help multicultural children grow and develop soundly.

다문화가족 어머니의 양육스트레스 관련 변인에 관한 연구

The purpose of this study was to investigate factors which influence the degrees of parenting stress experienced by mothers within multicultural famiiles. This study will provide basic data which can be used to develop services and programs for multicultural families. The data were collected utilizing questionnaires administered to 155 mothers of multicultural families. The data were analyzed by means of ANOVA, Pearson`s correlation and multiple regression using the SPSS 18.0 program. The results were as follows : Firstly, the educational level, self-esteem, depression, and marital satisfaction of the mother are factors that significantly influence a mother`s parenting stress within the context of a multicultural family. Secondly, the mother`s psychological factor, including her self-esteem and depression, and the mother`s educational level were the clearest indicators for their relative level of their parenting stress.

A study anxiety of mothers who have hospitalized ill children Focusing on the comparison of korean mothers with multicultural family mothers

This study, by grasping the degree of anxiety of Korean mothers and multicultural family mothers because of their hospitalized children, was aimed to arrange the basic data for developing the program to help the mothers of Korea and multicultural family reduce the anxiety happening due to the hospitalization of their children and adapt to their environment. Methods: The subjects of the study were a total of 200 people composed of 100 multicultural family mothers, and 100 Korean mothers respectively whose children were hospitalized in the pediatric department of K university hospital located in Daejeon City. And the period of data collection was from Aug 1, 2010 to Aug 31, 2010.As a study tool, the measuring tool of Kim Jeong Taek(1978), which STAI of Sielberger(1972) was adapted to Koreans, was used.The collected data was analyzed using SPSS WIN 12.0. Results. A result of the state anxiety of the Korean mothers with that of the multicultural family mothers of the inpatient children, Korean mothers 2.11, multicultural family mothers 2.17, result of temperament anxiety showed Korean mothers 2.09, multicultural family mothers 1.94. As a result of comparing the anxiety of the Korean mothers with that of the multicultural family mothers of the inpatient children, there was no difference between groups in both temperament anxiety and state anxiety. In a situation of anxiety, when there was no explanation of the treatment or therapy, both Korean mothers and multicultural family mothers showed the severe anxiety. In the degree of anxiety according to the general characteristics of the mothers of the inpatient children, there was not a statistically significant result in anxiety according to general characteristics of the inpatient children of korean family mothers, there was a significant difference in state anxiety according to the state of average monthly income in Korean mothers(P

Perceptions of Multicultural Family Mothers on Early Childhood English Education

Perceptions of Multicultural Family Mothers on Early Childhood English Education