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ISSN : 1229-4713(Print)
ISSN : 2288-1638(Online)
Korean Journal of family welfare Vol.19 No.4 pp.805-829
DOI : https://doi.org/10.13049/kfwa.2014.19.4.805

다문화가정 어머니들의 영유아기 자녀 양육경험에 관한 질적 연구

이소희, 박영례. 김애림, 박성은

A Qualitative Study on the Parenting Experiences of Multicultural Mothers with Infants or Young Children

So-Hee Lee, Young-Rae Park, Ae-Lim Kim, Sung-Eun Park
Department of Child Welfare, Sookmyung Women’s University, Seoul, 140-742, Korea
Department of Multicultural Education, Hanyang University, Seoul, 133-791, Korea

Abstract

This study investigated parenting experiences informed by cultural differences between theirhome country and Korea experienced by mothers in multicultural families who settled in SouthKorean society through marriage. The participants were a multicultural group of mothers withinfants and young children from three countries: China, Vietnam, and the Philippines, since manyKorean men marry women from these countries. The participants of the study were a group of 20( 7 Chinese, 7 Vietnamese, 6 Filipino) mothers residing in Paju and Gimpo, and in-depth interviewsand group interviews were analyzed using the content analysis method. According to the results ofthis study, first, multicultural mothers’ parenting perspectives were different depending on theircultural origin. Second, infancy parenting experiences primarily occur as parenting conflicts in thehome: the postpartum period, the weaning period, the differences in gender roles, the child-rearingperspective of the husband, and initiative competition on child rearing with parents-in-law. Finally,early childhood parenting experiences have been reported to go through a conflict due to differencesin sub-factors of the social system of education culture. Through these studies we were able togain in-depth understanding of multicultural family mothers’ parenting experiencing and seizeparenting difficulties that result from cultural differences. The study hopes to contribute tomulticultural family support policy and program implementation.

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