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KMID : 0904520100270010031
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Health and Medical Sociology
2010 Volume.27 No. 1 p.31 ~ p.60
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Effects of Prior- and Post-Immigration Networks on the Psychological Well-being of Immigrant Women in Korea
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Lee Min-Ah
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Abstract
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This study aims to examine if and how family and co-ethnic networks before and after immigration are associated with the psychological well-being of marriage immigrant women in Korea.
Data analyzed are from a survey in which 810 marriage immigrant women residing in Gyeonggi province participated. Depressive symptoms and life satisfaction are outcomes to capture the psychological well-being of the immigrant women.
In the findings, immigrant women who had co-ethnic networks in Korea prior to immigration are likely to have greater depressive symptoms. Also, analyzing the effects of post-immigration networks, strong tie with spouse and family members are beneficial to psychological well-being. Co-ethnic networks after immigration, however, do not have a significant effect on depressive symptoms but have an adverse effect on life satisfaction at 10% level. Finally, the findings show that timing of co-ethnic networks matters. Immigrant women who have co-ethnic networks before arriving in Korea or at both time points (i.e., before and after immigration) are more likely to have depressive symptoms than those who do not have any co-ethnic networks before and after immigration. Also, immigrant women who have co-ethnic networks at both time points are likely to have lower level of life satisfaction than their counterparts.
The findings of this study imply that co-ethnic networks/ties are not always beneficial to psychological well-being and suggest that further in-depth research on the relationships between co-ethnic networks and psychological well-being of immigrant women in Korea should be conducted.
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KEYWORD
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Psychological well-being, Depressive symptoms, Life satisfaction, Immigrant women, Co-ethnic networks/ties
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