KMID : 1025820170250040687
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Family and Family Therapy 2017 Volume.25 No. 4 p.687 ~ p.708
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Relationships between Maternal Acculturation and Preschooler¡¯s Language and Social Abilities in Multi-Cultural Families
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Oh Ji-Hoon
Kim Hyun-Soo
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Abstract
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Objectives: This study aimed to explore the relationships between maternal acculturation and preschool children¡¯s language and social abilities in multicultural families.
Methods: Participants were immigrant mothers and their preschool aged children (3 to 6 years old), residing in Seoul and Gyung-gi areas. Maternal acculturation was measured using a mother¡¯s self-report measure; the preschooler¡¯s social abilities were measured using a teacher-rating measure; and the preschooler¡¯s expressive and receptive language abilities were measured using individual language ability tests. Data from a total of 54 dyads of mother (mean age=33.46 years old, SD=5.26) and child (27 boys and 27 girls; mean age=52.54 months old, SD=12.89) were included in the analyses. Partial correlation analyses controlling for the child¡¯s age (months old) and hierarchical multiple regression analyses (entering the child¡¯s age in Step 1 and maternal acculturation in Step 2) were conducted.
Results: The researchers found that integration is the maternal acculturation factor that positively affects receptive language abilities of preschoolers in multi-cultural families. Integration and assimilation are the maternal acculturation factors that positively affect leadership and sociability of preschoolers in multi-cultural families.
Conclusions: This study verified the importance of maternal integration and assimilation acculturation in the development of language and social development of preschoolers in multi-cultural families.
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KEYWORD
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multi-cultural family, maternal acculturation, preschooler, language abilities, social abilities
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