The purpose of this study is to conduct a program to improve the relationships betweenmothers-in-law and daughters-in-law of multicultural families and examine the program’s effects.Therefore, the program to improve the relationships between mothers-in-law and daughters-in-lawwas conducted with 11 pairs of mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law , and the program’s effectson family functions and cultural acceptance attitudes were grasped to examine its feasibility as afamily program.
The program was conducted for a total of 10 sessions, and family function and culturalacceptance attitude scores were compared between the experimental group and the control groupbefore and after the program. The results show that both family function and cultural acceptanceattitude scores were improved in mothers-in-law of multicultural families of the experimental group.In particular, family cohesion (a family function sub-factor) and an acceptance attitude towardanother culture (a cultural acceptance attitude sub-factor) showed remarkable improvement.
Therefore, suggestions were made to develop a variety of programs to improve the relationshipsbetween mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law and offer a place for integration with others in thecommunity with the aim of social integration and personal development.