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KMID : 0897520120170010032
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Journal of Korean Association of Social Psychiatry
2012 Volume.17 No. 1 p.32 ~ p.39
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Comparisons of the Status of Mental Health between High and Low Satisfaction with Marriage in Vietnamese Marriage Immigrant Women from Busan
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You Eun-Ra
Kim Chul-Kwon
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Abstract
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Objectives : To identify various factors that might affect marital satisfaction and to compare the differences in the sociodemographic and mental health factors between high and low marital satisfaction experienced by Vietnamese marriage immigrant women from Busan.
Methods : In 63 Vietnamese marriage immigrant women who were enrolled in Busan Women’s Culture Center, the sociodemographic factors and the status of mental health were evaluated using a questionnaire and an interview. A questionnaire sheet was translated into Vietnamese and then used in the current study. A questionnaire sheet about the sociodemographic factors was composed of items regarding the age, years of residency in Korea, the level of Korean fluency, the age of spouse, the occupation of spouse, the number of children and the types of residency. The mental status was evaluated using the Symptom Checklist-90-Revision, Beck depression inventory and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, Self-Esteem Scale, and Social Support Scale.
The degree of satisfaction with marriage was evaluated using the scale comprising 48 items. On the scale about the degree of satisfaction with marriage, respondents who responded with ‘Never satisfied (1 point)’ and ‘Generally not satisfied (2 points)’, i.e, those whose total scores were lower than 96 points, were classified as the group with a lower degree of satisfaction with marriage. In contrast, respondents who responded with ‘Generally satisfied (4 points)’ and ‘Truly satisfied (5 points)’, i.e, those whose total scores were higher than 192 points, were classified as the group with a higher degree of satisfaction with marriage. Middle marital satisfaction group was classified as the total scores were from 97 to 191 points, As a result, 21 respondents were low marital satisfaction group, 23 were middle marital satisfaction group, and 19 were assigned to the high marital satisfaction group.
Results : In the high marital satisfaction group, as compared with the lower group, the sociodemographic factors showed that the spouse had a higher level of occupation and lower age. Besides, the status of mental health showed that the state anxiety, the trait anxiety, and the depression were significantly lower and social support was significantly higher in the high marital satisfaction group. Symptom Checklist-90-Revision showed that the low martal satisfaction group had a significantly higher level in the all subareas as compared with the middle or high marital satisfaction group. On a multiple regression analysis, the following factors were found to be significant explanatory variables for the marital satisfaction that is experienced by Vietnamese marriage immigrant : state anxiety, trait anxiety, social support, spouse’s job, and spouse’s age.
Conclusion : In Vietnamese marriage immigrant women, a lower degree of satisfaction with marriage was associated with various mental health problems.
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KEYWORD
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Vietnamese marriage immigrant women, Satisfaction with marriage, Mental health
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