Kim Eunah, Park Myung-Bae
Institute of Health and Environment, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Division of Health Administration, Yonsei University Mirae Campus, Wonju, Republic of Korea.
Glob Ment Health (Camb). 2024 Oct 24;11:e101. doi: 10.1017/gmh.2024.108. eCollection 2024.
We investigate the mental health of multicultural families (CFs) in South Korea, identify risk factors, and propose interventions to improve mental health. Adults over 19 years of age were analyzed using the Community Health Survey 2019 in South Korea, consisting of 228,952 individuals including 3,524 from multi-CFs. We employed chi-squared tests and multiple logistic regression to compare mental health between multi- and mono-CFs, exploring the influence of various factors. Multi-CFs had significantly higher levels of stress recognition (-value = 0.010) and experiences of extreme sadness or despair (-value = 0.002) than mono-CFs. In multi-CFs, younger group, households with lower income and people with unhealthy behaviors regarding walking or sleeping were at risk of mental health. Socially isolated families, relative to the families participating in active social gatherings, had about a 1.36 times higher risk of stress, 2 times higher experiences of extreme sadness or despair and 5.32 times higher depressive symptoms. Multi-CFs are vulnerable to mental health problems, and even within multi-CFs, groups with relatively low socioeconomic status should be prioritized since problems are more significant among them. Activated social networks can help multi-CFs integrate into society and promote mental health.
我们调查了韩国多元文化家庭（CFs）的心理健康状况，确定了风险因素，并提出了改善心理健康的干预措施。使用韩国2019年社区健康调查对19岁以上的成年人进行了分析，该调查涵盖228,952人，其中包括来自多元文化家庭的3,524人。我们采用卡方检验和多元逻辑回归来比较多元文化家庭和单一文化家庭的心理健康状况，探讨各种因素的影响。与单一文化家庭相比，多元文化家庭的压力认知水平（p值 = 0.010）和极度悲伤或绝望经历（p值 = 0.002）显著更高。在多元文化家庭中，年轻群体、低收入家庭以及在步行或睡眠方面有不健康行为的人存在心理健康风险。与积极参加社交聚会的家庭相比，社会孤立的家庭压力风险高出约1.36倍，极度悲伤或绝望经历高出2倍，抑郁症状高出5.32倍。多元文化家庭易患心理健康问题，即使在多元文化家庭内部，社会经济地位相对较低的群体也应被优先关注，因为他们的问题更为严重。活跃的社交网络可以帮助多元文化家庭融入社会并促进心理健康。
