Experience of Child-Rearing of Filipino Married Immigrant Women.
10.12934/jkpmhn.2011.20.2.167
- Author:
Sun Hwa SONG
1
;
Hyo Ja AN
Author Information
1. Department of Early Childhood Education, Dongshin University, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Philippines;
Immigrant;
Child rearing;
Qualitative research
- MeSH:
Child;
Child Rearing;
Education;
Emigrants and Immigrants*;
Father-Child Relations;
Female;
Hope;
Humans;
Korea;
Marriage;
Mother-Child Relations;
Mothers;
Philippines;
Qualitative Research;
Speech Disorders
- From:Journal of Korean Academy of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing
2011;20(2):167-179
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to identify experiences of immigrant women from Philippines in child-rearing. METHODS: The study design was a qualitative research. Participants were 15 Filipino immigrant women living in rural Korea. Average age was 37 and average duration of marriage was 11 years. Data were collected through in-depth interviews and participants were interviewed once or twice between December 2009 and February 2010. Data were analyzed with Colaizzi's (1978) phenomenological methodology. RESULTS: The Four themes-clusters were identified from fourteen themes. The theme-clusters (themes) were 1) Responsibility of a mother as a foreigner (being a role-model, patience, strict upbringing); 2) Practical problems of child-rearing (parenting alone, language difficulties, financial difficulties, lack of husbands' support, cultural obstacles; 3) Worries about their children (children's emotional problems, speech disorders, maladjustment at school); 4) Hopes for the future (self-satisfaction, expectations for their children, social support). CONCLUSION: The results help in understanding the situation of immigrant women from the Philippines when they nurture their children and suggest the necessity of programs focusing on improving mother-child relationships, especially as related to mothers' limited language skills. Further comprehensive education programs to improve better father-child relationships in relating to each other should be developed.
