Park Hong-Jae, Kim Chang Gi
School of Counselling, Human Services and Social Work, Faculty of Education, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
Australas J Ageing. 2013 Sep;32(3):158-62. doi: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2012.00642.x. Epub 2013 Jan 22.
The purpose of this paper is to explore the immigrant experiences of older Korean people and their intergenerational family relationships in the New Zealand context.
Data were collected from qualitative interviews with older people, community leaders and professionals in Christchurch and Auckland. Data analysis was conducted using concept mapping techniques in the cross-cultural context where two languages were simultaneously used.
The findings of the study show that older Korean people in New Zealand were likely to face multiple challenges due to the combined effects of immigration and ageing in a new country. Some older people experienced difficulties in managing their immigrant lives and intergenerational relationships in the transnational family context in which their family members were dispersed across two or more nations.
The immigrant experiences of older migrants might be affected by an 'invisible' source of isolation and exclusion at familial, community, societal and transnational levels.
本文旨在探讨在新西兰背景下，韩裔老年人的移民经历及其代际家庭关系。
通过对克赖斯特彻奇和奥克兰的老年人、社区领袖及专业人士进行定性访谈收集数据。在跨文化背景下，同时使用两种语言，运用概念映射技术进行数据分析。
研究结果表明，由于在新国家移民和老龄化的综合影响，新西兰的韩裔老年人可能面临多重挑战。一些老年人在跨国家庭环境中管理移民生活和代际关系时遇到困难，其家庭成员分散在两个或更多国家。
老年移民的移民经历可能受到家庭、社区、社会和跨国层面“无形”的孤立和排斥源的影响。
