Trends in Marriage Migration and the Well-Being of Southeast Asian Wives in South Korea

Nho, Choong Rai; Lee, Eun‐Ju

doi:10.15640/jswhr.v4n2a2

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“…It was found that acculturative stress negatively affected life satisfaction, consistent with previous studies (Oh et al, 2014;Sung et al, 2013;Woo & Ha, 2015). Similarly, the negative relationship between IPV and life satisfaction was consistent with previous studies (Chung & Lim, 2011;Lee & Park, 2018;Nho & Lee, 2016). Further, our results elaborate on a nuanced effect of IPV on the relationship between acculturative stress and life satisfaction.…”

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Acculturative Stress and Life Satisfaction of Immigrant Vietnamese Wives Living in South Korea: The Moderating Role of Intimate Partner Violence

Lee

2021

J Interpers Violence

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This study examined the relationships between acculturative stress, intimate partner violence (IPV), and life satisfaction of immigrant Vietnamese wives. A total of 288 immigrant Vietnamese women who were married to Korean men and were living in South Korea participated in the survey. As expected, the results indicated that acculturative stress was negatively related to life satisfaction. Moreover, IPV significantly moderated the relationship between acculturative stress and life satisfaction. The moderating role of IPV is evident when the acculturative stress is low.

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Acculturative Stress and Life Satisfaction of Immigrant Vietnamese Wives Living in South Korea: The Moderating Role of Intimate Partner Violence

Lee

2021

J Interpers Violence

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“…For Nanako, the wife of the eldest son, preparing for family gatherings is not only physically but also mentally taxing. What Nanako felt is not unusual among migrant wives/daughters‐in‐law who have limited cultural and language competence (Chang, 2020; Jongwilaiwan & Thompson, 2013; Nho & Lee, 2016). Since the incident, she has distanced herself from family responsibilities.…”

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Intimate mobilities—International (transnational) marriage and migration: Japanese marriage migrants floating between Japan and Korea

Takeda

2023

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In the past decade, intense mobility within Asia has led to increased international marriage (kokusai kekkon) in the region. A growing number of scholars have explored this phenomenon—called the intimate part of Asia—with a focus on foreign brides from emerging economies. Concerning international marriage between Japanese and Koreans, most research focuses on the Korean wives of Japanese husbands who reside in Japan, and little research has been conducted on the Japanese wives of Korean husbands. In this study, the postmigration experiences of Japanese marriage migrant women in South Korea are explored. Semistructured interviews were conducted in Korea with 13 participants. Drawing on the interview data, this article elucidates the trajectories of Japanese marriage migrants, focusing on subjective elements. The participants' accounts demonstrate that their experiences were intertwined with the media, politics, gender roles, parenting ideologies, and family relations. Their various emotional responses underline the ways such factors have shaped their lives.

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“…Their basic economic needs seem to have been met by transnational marriage migration to Korea. Therefore, achievement of this goal could have made household decision-making less influential for their mental well-being even though their higher prevalence of poor mental well-being might result from higher possibility of adjusting to the Korean society less comfortably, and experiencing more acculturative stress than their East Asian counterparts [43][44][45].…”

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Household decision-making and the mental well-being of marriage-based immigrant women in South Korea

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Objective We assessed the association between household decision-making and mental well-being among Asian immigrant women residing in Korea. We also investigated if the impact varies by the regional origin and examined potential factors for joint decision-making. Methods We conducted a cross-sectional study using the Korean National Survey of Multicultural Families 2015 and logistic regression. We analyzed data from 11,188 married immigrant women ages 20 to 59 who were originally from East Asia or Southeast/South Asia and co-living with their spouses. We defined households as joint-decision, wife-decision, or husband-decision based on who decides how living expenses are spent. Mental well-being encompassed a depressive mood for two consecutive weeks, and life and marital satisfaction. Results After controlling for covariates, we showed that immigrant women in husband-decision households were more likely to have depressive mood (odds ratio [OR] 1.26, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.14–1.38), poorer life satisfaction (OR 1.49, 95% CI: 1.24–1.78), and poorer marital satisfaction (OR 1.81, 95% CI: 1.47–2.22) than women in joint-decision households. Immigrant women in wife-decision households had a similar but slightly lower odds of poor mental well-being. This association was less prominent for Southeast/South Asian origin than East Asian origin, while the age-adjusted prevalence rates of poor mental well-being among them were higher than their East Asian counterparts. Factors that restricted the odds of husband-decision did not necessarily guarantee wife-decision. Conclusions This study suggests one-sided decision-making can be a risk factor for immigrant women’s poor mental well-being, while joint decision-making is protective. Differences across regional origins suggest domestic decision-making might be a less important predictor for mental well-being in immigrants more occupied with adapting to the host society. Factors for joint decision-making should be addressed to improve the mental well-being of immigrant women.

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Trends in Marriage Migration and the Well-Being of Southeast Asian Wives in South Korea

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Cited by 5 publications

References 13 publications

Acculturative Stress and Life Satisfaction of Immigrant Vietnamese Wives Living in South Korea: The Moderating Role of Intimate Partner Violence

Acculturative Stress and Life Satisfaction of Immigrant Vietnamese Wives Living in South Korea: The Moderating Role of Intimate Partner Violence

Intimate mobilities—International (transnational) marriage and migration: Japanese marriage migrants floating between Japan and Korea

Household decision-making and the mental well-being of marriage-based immigrant women in South Korea

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