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The Korean Journal of Woman Psychology

The Effect of Social Support on the Happiness and Adaptation to Korean Life Among the Marriage-Based Female Migrants: The Mediating Effect of Gratitude, Return and Indebtedness

Abstract

This paper attempted to examine the psychological inner dynamics that the marriage-based female migrants undergo in adapting to Korea. When social support affects happiness and adjusting to life in Korea of the marriage-based female migrants, we investigated whether the paper will have direct effects or indirect effects of gratitude, return and indebtedness. This paper, involving 225 marriage-based female migrants from 5 East Asian countries, was conducted from Nov. 15, 2017, to Jan. 30, 2018 using purposive sampling methods. Structural equation modeling(SEM) using AMOS 22.0 showed the followings. First, it had a significantly direct effect on the gratitude of marriage-based female migrants when support from spouses and friends in their home countries. Second, the support of the in-laws only had a significant effect on the happiness of marriage-based female migrants. Third, support from Korean friends also had a significant effect on marriage-based female migrants' adaptation to Korean life. Fourth, only when the support of a spouse and friends in their home affected the happiness of marriage-based female migrants, the gratitude and indebtedness showed a significant indirect effect. Fifth, when the support of a spouse and friends in their home affected the happiness and adaptation of Korean life of marriage-based female migrants, it showed a significant mediating effect on the gratitude and return. Finally, the cross-cultural comparison of the 5 East Asian nations showed cultural differences. The paper suggested that there is a difference in perception among marriage-based female migrants depending on the each social support sources in the process of adapting to Korean life.

keywords
social support, gratitude, indebtedness, return, happiness, adaptation to Korean life
Submission Date
2020-03-25
Revised Date
Accepted Date

The Korean Journal of Woman Psychology