Social Support and Acculturative Stress in Migrant Workers.
10.4040/jkan.2009.39.6.899
- Author:
Soon Hee LEE
1
;
Young Joo LEE
;
Sook Young KIM
;
Shin Jeong KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Nursing, Chungju National University, Chungju, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article ; English Abstract
- Keywords:
Social support;
Acculturative stress;
Migrant workers
- MeSH:
*Acculturation;
Adult;
Aged;
Discrimination (Psychology);
Emigrants and Immigrants/*psychology;
Female;
Hostility;
Humans;
Loneliness;
Male;
Middle Aged;
Questionnaires;
*Social Support;
Stress, Psychological
- From:Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
2009;39(6):899-910
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to collect basic data on social support and acculturative stress in migrant workers. METHODS: Between August, 2007 and January, 2008 171 immigrant workers completed data collection using a questionnaire. Workers were recruited from 2 churches, one in Seoul and the other in Gyeonggi Province. Mean and standard deviation, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficients and Stepwise multiple regression were used to analyze the data. RESULTS: The average score for social support was 3.73 (+/-0.65) and for acculturative stress, 2.52 (+/-0.65). There were significant differences acculturative stress according to gender (t=2.152, p=.033), kind of job (t=2.597, p=.040), and have community or not (t=2.899, p=.005). There was a significant negative correlation between social support and acculturative stress (r=-.270, p=.001). Factors influencing acculturative stress were existence of participants having a community of people from their home country or not (R2=.151, p=.002). CONCLUSION: More studies are needed to identify the variables that influence acculturative stress in immigrant workers.
