Abstract
This study aims to verify the mediating effects of religious problem-solving on the relationship between religious orientation and mental health of immigrant married women is South Korea. Study subjects included 770 immigrant married women (224 Protestant, 184 Catholic, 160 Buddhist, 202 Unification Church believer), and survey research was conducted with the Religious Orientation Scale (individual religious predisposition), the Religious Problem-Solving Scale (coping behavior), and a mental health scale based on the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Health, Fifth Edition (DSM-V). This study was conducted for a total of three years(2022-2024). Findings were as follows: First, No significant differences were found in the mental health of Protestant, Catholic, and Buddhist immigrant married women, but significant differences were found with Unification church immigrant married women in South Korea. Second, A negative correlation was found between the extrinsic religious orientation and mental health of immigrant married women, while a positive correlation was found between intrinsic religious disposition and mental health in these women. Third, religious problem-solving styles (e.g., deferring or collaborative) had partial mediating effects on the relationship between religious orientation and mental health. Further research will require qualitative analysis of the religious life and mental health of immigrant married women, verification of differences between religious and non-religious people in mental health, and research on immigrant married men in South Korea.
Details
Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
Religious Community and Socialization
KEYWORDS
Immigrant Married Women, Religious Problem-Solving, Religious Orientation, Mental Health
