The Effects of Socio-demographic Factors, Acculturation Stress and Resilience on Depression among Mothers-in-law in Multicultural Families

Effects of cultural adaptation resilience promotion program for mothers-in-law in multicultural families

“…The questionnaires of the study consisted of socio-demographic characteristics [5], resilience [35], acculturation stress [36], depression [37], and QoL [38]. Appropriate permissions from developers of each instrument were received.…”

“…Thus, there might be difficulties in accepting other culture among Korean multicultural families, whose family members have different nationalities. A study of Korean mothers-in-law showed that only 11% of them accepted their foreign daughters-in-law's culture [5]. Taking into account trends of international marriage in Korea [2], multicultural families in the current study refers to as families with Korean husbands and foreign spouses, and mothers-in-law in multicultural families meant Korean mothers on the husbands' side.…”

“…Exposure to negative stress and failure of coping strategies can lead to depression, loss of meaning of life, demotivation, and impairment of quality of life (QoL) [15]. Compared to 20% of older adults who generally experience depression [16], mothers-in-law reported depression up to at 84%, including 75% with a high level of depression [5,6]. Accordingly, they perceive their QoL impaired [14].…”