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KMID : 0897520110160020088
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Journal of Korean Association of Social Psychiatry
2011 Volume.16 No. 2 p.88 ~ p.96
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Mental Health of Vietnamase Women Migrants by Marriage in Busan
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Lee Ji-In
Kim Chul-Kwon
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Abstract
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Objectives : The current study examined the status of mental health of Vietnamese women migrants by marriage who are residing in Busan.
Methods : Of women migrants by marriage who are enrolled in Busan Women’s Culture Center, 63 were evaluated in the current study. A questionnaire survey about the mental health is a scale which is frequently used in the field of psychiatry in Korea. It was translated into Vietnamese and then used in the current study. The mental health was evaluated based on the Korean version of Symptom Check List-90-Revision, the Beck Depression Inventory, the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) and the Self-Esteem Scale. In addition, based on the Social Support Scale and Family Adaptability and Cohesion Evaluation Scale (FACES), the degree of social support and the cohesion within the family were evaluated.
Results : A Symptom Check List-90-Revision showed that there were seven cases (11.1%) of phobic anxiety, five cases (7.94%) of somatization, four cases (6.3%) of anxiety and two cases (3.1%) of depression. There were ten patients (15.9%) who were given more than 22 points on the Beck Depression Inventory. On the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, the State-anxiety and the Trait-anxiety were given 40.13 points and 43.97 points, respectively, both of which correspond to a relatively higher value. In addition, the social conflict had a significantly positive correlation with four scales on the Symptom Check List-90-Revision, including the somatization (r=.34), obsession (r=.45), hostility (r=.42) and paranoia (r=.36), and the Beck Depression Inventory (r=.33), the State-anxiety (r=.37) and the Trait-anxiety (r=.39). Furthermore, the Beck Depression Inventory (r=-.33) had a significantly negative correlation with the family cohesion.
Conclusion : The current study would be of significance in that it examined the status of mental health from a perspective of psychiatry in women migrants by marriage. Henceforth, however, further follow-up studies are warranted to examine the factors affecting their mental status by considering more variables.
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KEYWORD
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Women migrants by marriage, Mental health, Depression, Anxiety and somatization
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