Factors Influencing Depression of Married Immigrant Women in Rural Areas

Abstract

Purpose: This study aimed to identify factors influencing depression of married immigrant women in rural areas. Methods: The participants were 206 married immigrant women in Jeollanamdo, Korea. The data were collected using a structured questionnaire from November to December 2011 and analyzed using descriptive statistics, one-way ANOVA, Scheffé test, Pearson correlation coefficient, and stepwise multiple regression with SPSS/WIN 18.0. Results: The participants' mean age was 28.3 (range=20 to 49). Depression significantly differed according to age, spouse occupation, occupation and monthly household income. The depression was significantly correlated with acculturative stress, social support and marital satisfaction. Factors influencing depression were acculturative stress, social support and spouse occupation, which explained 42.9% of total variance. Acculturative stress was the most significant factor of all (β=.41, p<.001). Conclusion: Based upon the findings, this study provides useful information that could assist in reducing the depression among married immigrant women, and indicates that nursing intervention is needed.

Women's Mental Health

“…However, in a recent cross-sectional study of investigating mental health status of 173 migrant women residing in South Korea, Kim and Kim ( 2013 ) found that almost 1 in 10 (9.7 %) participants reported depressive symptoms, a rate that was two to threefold higher than that of general Korean population (2.9-5.6 %) ). Moreover, the previous studies that were conducted in various provinces in South Korea showed that approximately 15-45 % of migrant women reported mild state of depression (Jeong, Kim, & Bae, 2012 ;Kim & Jung, 2011 ;Roh & Kim, 2012 ). These fi ndings are consistent with other previous studies that were conducted with the U.S. community samples, which found higher levels of depressive symptoms among Korean-Americans who resided in America (Oh et al, 2002 ).…”

Different Effects of Acculturative Stress and Family Life Stress on Depressive Symptoms among Married Vietnamese Immigrant Women in South Korea

“…Empirically, many researchers have reported the high prevalence of depression in married immigrant women. Roh and Kim (2012), for example, examined the prevalence of depression among 206 married immigrant women living in Jeonnam province and found that 52.9% of the participants were at risk of clinical depression (using a cut-off score of 16) and 22.8% had depression (using scores over 25). Of the 316 female married immigrants who participated in Kim et al's (Kim, Yang, Chee, Kwon & An, 2015) study, 39.9% were at risk of clinical depression.…”

Meta‐analysis of depression among marriage‐based migrant women in South Korea

“…However, older women reported higher levels of depression than younger women (Cha & Kim, ). Further, there was no statistical association between age and depression among marriage‐based migrant women living in agricultural areas (Choi & Yoon, ; Roh & Kim, ). The length of stay in Korea also indicated mixed results, with Park () reporting a positive relationship, while Lim () showed the opposite.…”