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Area of Science:

  • Sociology
  • Psychology
  • Public Health

Background:

  • Multicultural families in South Korea face unique challenges impacting marital dynamics and life satisfaction.
  • Understanding the interplay of individual and partner factors is crucial for supporting immigrant couples' well-being.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine the actor and partner effects of health status, relationship satisfaction, and depression on life satisfaction among married immigrant women and their husbands.
  • To investigate how individual and dyadic factors influence life satisfaction within multicultural marriages in South Korea.

Main Methods:

  • Cross-sectional study utilizing data from the 2015 national survey of multicultural families in Korea.
  • Involved 2865 multicultural married couples.
  • Employed path analyses within the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model (APIM) framework.

Main Results:

  • Health status, depression, and relationship satisfaction demonstrated significant actor effects for both wives and husbands.
  • Depression showed no partner effects. Health status had partner effects only for wives.
  • Relationship satisfaction exhibited partner effects for both husbands and wives.

Conclusions:

  • Factors influencing life satisfaction differ between husbands and wives in multicultural marriages.
  • Individuals experiencing depression and poor health are more vulnerable to lower life satisfaction.
  • Interventions should focus on depression prevention and relationship enhancement, acknowledging distinct partner effects.