Nam In Suk, Ahn Sukhee
College of Nursing, Chungnam National University, Korea.
Korean J Women Health Nurs. 2011 Jun;17(2):99-108. doi: 10.4069/kjwhn.2011.17.2.99.
The purpose of this study was to compare the levels of stress, social support, and marital satisfaction between married immigrant women living in urban areas and women living in rural areas to identify ways to improve their mental health.
Two hundred married immigrant women were recruited from multicultural family-support centers located in Daejeon City and Chungcheong Province. From July, 2009 to January, 2010, data were collected using self-administered questionnaire. Study instruments were scales for acculturative stress, housewives life stress, support from spouse, and marital satisfaction.
Urban married immigrant women had lower levels of acculturative stress and higher levels of support from spouse and more positive marital satisfaction compared to rural women. Both groups reported similar levels of stress in life as a housewife. Factors influencing marital satisfaction in both group were lower levels of acculturative and housewives life stress, higher levels of support from spouse, and living with parents-in-law.
Rural married immigrant women may have more problems in adjusting to Korean culture and marriage compared to urban women. Therefore, to improve the physical and psychological wellbeing and marital adjustment of married immigrant women, development of nursing strategies according to area of residence is needed.
本研究旨在比较居住在城市地区的已婚移民妇女和农村地区妇女的压力水平、社会支持和婚姻满意度，以确定改善她们心理健康的方法。
从大田市和忠清道的多元文化家庭支持中心招募了200名已婚移民妇女。2009年7月至2010年1月，使用自填式问卷收集数据。研究工具包括文化适应压力量表、家庭主妇生活压力量表、配偶支持量表和婚姻满意度量表。
与农村妇女相比，城市已婚移民妇女的文化适应压力水平较低，配偶支持水平较高，婚姻满意度更积极。两组报告的作为家庭主妇的生活压力水平相似。影响两组婚姻满意度的因素是较低的文化适应和家庭主妇生活压力水平、较高的配偶支持水平以及与公婆同住。
与城市妇女相比，农村已婚移民妇女在适应韩国文化和婚姻方面可能存在更多问题。因此，为了改善已婚移民妇女的身心健康和婚姻适应情况，需要根据居住地区制定护理策略。
