Acculturation on Stress, Quality of Life, and Self-Esteem in Married Immigrant Women in Korea

The purpose of this study was to examine acculturation on stress, quality of life, selfesteem in married immigrant women in Korea. The participants included 553 married immigrant women who met the eligibility criteria and agreed to participate in the study. Participants were evaluated for subjective assessment of married immigrant-related constructs using a self-report questionnaire, for stress, self-esteem, and quality of life (QOL). Data were collected from August to December, 2014.The analysis was done using descriptive statistics, the variables, ANOVA, T-test for SPSS for Windows, version 22.0. Women who have a low educational level, poor health and are dissatisfied with their marriage showed low selfesteem, and quality of life. Quality of life had significant negative correlations with acculturation on stress and positive correlations with selfesteem. Developing nursing interventions to enhance self-esteem and to reduce acculturation on stress toward improvement of QOL among married immigrant women is recommended. And to improve the quality of life of married immigrant women, development of nursing strategies according to reducing acculturation on stress is needed.