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KMID : 0806120090390060899
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대한간호학회지
2009 Volume.39 No. 6 p.899 ~ p.910
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Social Support and Acculturative Stress in Migrant Workers
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Lee Soon-Hee
Lee Young-Joo
Kim Sook-Young
Kim Shin-Jeong
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Abstract
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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.
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KEYWORD
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Social support, Acculturative stress, Migrant workers
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