Hun Ha Cho; Eun Sook Park; Won Oak Oh

doi:10.4040/jkan.2014.44.6.617

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Maternal Conflicts of Vietnamese Married Immigrant Women in Korea: Hun Ha Cho, Eun Sook Park, Won Oak Oh; Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing 2014;44(6):617-629.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4040/jkan.2014.44.6.617
Published online: December 31, 2014

¹Department of Nursing, Dongseo University, Busan, Korea.

²College of Nursing, Korea University, Seoul, Korea.

Address reprint requests to: Oh, Won Oak. College of Nursing, Korea University, 145 Anam-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 136-713, Korea. Tel: +82-2-3290-4928, Fax: +82-2-927-4676, wooh@korea.ac.kr

• Received: July 1, 2014 • Revised: July 18, 2014 • Accepted: September 22, 2014

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Abstract

Purpose
The purpose of the study was to identify and explain the essences and structures of maternal conflicts in Vietnamese married immigrant women in Korea.
Methods
A phenomenological methodology was used for the study. Eleven Vietnamese married immigrant women participated in the study. Verbatim transcripts were analyzed using Colaizzi's method.
Results
Four categories, 10 clusters and 26 themes emerged from the data for the experience in maternal conflicts of Vietnamese married immigrant women. The four categories were 'An unprepared young motherhood in another culture', 'Feeling left out of the mother's place along the bands of Nap tai tradition', 'My image is like not-being able to stand alone/be independent' and 'Finding hope in motherhood despite of conflicts and stigmas'.
Conclusion
Vietnamese married immigrant women experienced not only the negative aspects but also sublimation of maternal conflicts. Based on the results, health professionals need to develop effective nursing interventions toward a positive maternal identity and approach with interculturalism for the Vietnamese married immigrant women in Korea.
Keywords: Migrants; Mother; Conflict; Qualitative research

This paper was supported by research funds of Korea University in 2014.

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Themes, Theme Clusters, and Categories

^*Vietnamese marriage tradition that a new groom needs to make a donation to the bride's village when he gets married.

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