다문화가정 이주여성의 여가 만족이 생활만족과 심리적 안녕감에 미치는 영향

Effects of Leisure Satisfaction of Women in Multi-cultural Families on Their Life Satisfaction and Psychological Well-being

As the digital nomad phenomenon of the 21st century emerged, Korea has become a multi-racial state like many other countries. With the increased number of foreign women entering Korea with the purpose of marrying a Korean man, academia has been actively engaged in research regarding multi-cultural family migrant women. However, there have been relatively a few studies on the mental health of migrant women. comparing there emerging importance in societal and academic perspectives. In this study, migrant women from multi-cultural families living in South Korea were surveyed to investigate the effects of perceived leisure satisfaction on psychological wellbeing, together with the mediated effect of life satisfaction. A total of 254 valid samples were collected by questionnaire survey. Frequency analysis, reliability analysis, multivariate and hierarchical regression analysis were conducted to examine the suggested hypotheses. Result is that, first, perceived leisure satisfaction of migrant women showed a positive effect on self-acceptance, life purpose and interpersonal relationships among the four factors of psychological wellbeing, and no effect on autonomy was found. Second, perceived leisure satisfaction of migrant women showed a positive (+) effect on their level of life satisfaction and has a strong influence on their level of life satisfaction in Korea. Third, the perceived life satisfaction of migrant women showed a positive (+) effect on psychological wellbeing.