Korean J Fam Med.  2009 Mar;30(3):210-220. 10.4082/kjfm.2009.30.3.210.

FACES III and Family APGAR Score of Multicultural Family Marriage Female Migrant in Jeollanam-Do Province

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Family Medicine, Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital, Hwasun, Korea.
  • 2Department of Family Medicine, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. hoonkp@hanyang.ac.kr

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Within a recent few years, the number multicultural families had been increasing rapidly in Korea. This study was conducted to investigate the characteristics of the function of multicultural families and its determining factors.
METHODS
The study subjects were 68 foreign women who had been married to Korean men and immigrated to Korea. All participants were registered in one of the three migration support centers in South Jeolla Province. They completed a self-administered questionnaire which evaluated the demographic information, FACES III, and the family APGAR scores. We compared their family function with that of the typical Korean families reported in previous articles.
RESULTS
Multicultural families were prone to be an extreme family according to the FACES III. Their family APGAR scores were lower compared to those of ordinary Korean families. Family dysfunction of multicultural families as significantly associated with women's age, hometown, education level, the number of family members, and her religion.
CONCLUSION
Multicultural families may show different features compared to typical Korean families. Family physicians needs to be concerned with functional patterns of multicultural families. Further studies should be followed to understand modifiable factors for fixing dysfunction of multicultural families.

Keyword

Family; Function; Cross-culture; Marriage

MeSH Terms

Apgar Score
Female
Humans
Korea
Male
Marriage
Physicians, Family
Transients and Migrants
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