Health Status and Resilience according to Acculturation Types among Chinese Students in Korea.
- Author:
Hae Kyung CHANG
1
;
Su Jeong HAN
;
Nam Young YANG
;
Myoung Ran YOO
;
Eun Ja KO
;
Hee Kyung KIM
;
Kyung Choon LIM
;
Mi Ra LEE
;
Youn Jung SON
Author Information
1. Department of Nursing, Hanseo University, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Chinese;
Students;
Acculturation;
Resilience;
Health status
- MeSH:
Acculturation;
Asian Continental Ancestry Group;
Humans;
Internship and Residency;
Korea;
Length of Stay;
Surveys and Questionnaires
- From:Journal of Korean Academy of Adult Nursing
2010;22(6):653-662
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: This study was to identify the health status and reported resilience according to acculturation type among Chinese students in Korea. METHODS: The subjects were 386 Chinese students studying in three universities in Chungnam province. The data were collected by standardized questionnaires and SPSS/WIN 15.0 program was used to analyze the data with descriptive statistics, Chi-square, t-test, and ANOVA. RESULTS: Subjects reported the following Acculturation type: integration (26.7%), assimilation (28.5%), separation (32.4%), and marginalization (12.4%). The reported resilience was significantly different according to economic status. The health status was significantly different according to religion and economic status. Acculturation type was significantly different according to age, educational level, length of stay, type of residency and economic status working style. The health status and resilience were significantly different according to acculturation type. CONCLUSION: The findings suggest that integration of acculturation type is most useful to health status and resilience among Chinese students in Korea. Future studies need to examine acculturation type as coping strategy for foreign students' adaptation.
