College of Nursing, Kosin University, Pusan, South Korea.
College of Nursing, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea.
Int J Public Health. 2022 Aug 5;67:1604643. doi: 10.3389/ijph.2022.1604643. eCollection 2022.
This study aimed to investigate the practical moderating effect of social support on the relationship between acculturative stress, job stress, and perceived discrimination, and depression among migrant workers during the coronavirus disease-19 pandemic as a vulnerable group susceptible to mental health problems. Data for this cross-sectional descriptive study were collected using an online survey from 214 Vietnamese and Cambodian migrant workers, who are among the largest migrant groups residing in South Korea. Participants were asked to report on acculturative stress, job stress, perceived discrimination, depression, and social support through questionnaires in their native languages. The findings showed that acculturative stress affected depression, and this effect was moderated by social support. The impact of acculturative stress on depression was significant in the group with low mean scores of social support. However, the effect of the interaction of social support on the relationship of job stress and perceived discrimination to depression was not statistically significant. Our findings suggest the need for differentiated strategies to improve the mental health of migrant workers based on the level of social support.
本研究旨在探讨社会支持在移民工人中的实际调节作用，这些移民工人在冠状病毒病-19 大流行期间是易受心理健康问题影响的弱势群体，他们面临着文化适应压力、工作压力和感知歧视与抑郁之间的关系。本横断面描述性研究的数据通过在线调查从 214 名越南和柬埔寨移民工人中收集，他们是居住在韩国的最大移民群体之一。参与者被要求用他们的母语通过问卷报告文化适应压力、工作压力、感知歧视、抑郁和社会支持。研究结果表明，文化适应压力会影响抑郁，而这种影响受到社会支持的调节。在社会支持平均得分较低的组中，文化适应压力对抑郁的影响显著。然而，社会支持对工作压力和感知歧视与抑郁关系的交互作用的影响在统计学上并不显著。我们的研究结果表明，需要根据社会支持水平制定差异化策略来改善移民工人的心理健康。
