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본 연구는 원예활동이 결혼이주여성의 사회적 적응 및 부부관계 개선에 미치는 영향에 대해서 알아보고자 실시하였다. 원예활동은 다문화 가정의 안정과 이주여성들의 한국 문화 적응을 돕고 정신건강과 부부관계개선을 위해 이들의 고유한 문화를 존중해 줄 수 있는 프로그램을 설계하였다. 또한 원예활동을 통해 이주여성들에게 사회적 공감대를 형성하도록 하였으며 새로운 지식습득으로 자신감을 갖도록 하였다. 그리고 결과물을 부부간의 의사소통 매개체로 활용할 수 있도록 하였다. 원예활동 실시 전·후 대상자들의 사회적 회피와 불편감 척도의 조사결과 대상자들의 사회적 회피와 불편감이 원예활동을 통해 감소되어지는 것을 볼 수 있었고 부부관계의 검사 결과 유의하게 부부관계가 개선되어 지는 것을 볼 수 있었다. 이와 같이 결혼이주여성들을 대상으로 원예 프로그램을 실시한 결과, 원예활동은 이주여성들에게 긍정적인 경험을 제공하여 부부관계 개선은 물론 한국 사회 문화 적응에 효과적인 것으로 판단되었다. 앞으로 본격적인 다문화 사회로 진입하고 있는 한국 사회에서 이주여성들의 문화적 충돌을 완화시켜줄 수 있는 다양한 원예 프로그램이 개발 및 적용이 된다면 이주여성들의 문화적 균형을 통하여 진정한 동화가 이루어질 것으로 생각되었다.
The objective of this study was to confirm the effects of horticultural activity on the social adjustment and marital relationship of immigrant women in multicultural families. For this purpose, horticultural therapy was applied to 16 married immigrant women in multicultural families (8 in the control group and 8 in the experimental group) who were supported by D Multicultural Family Support Center. The horticultural activity program was designed to include various activities reflecting the immigrant women’ native culture so that it may contribute to the stabilization of multicultural families, help immigrant women adjust themselves to Korean culture, and improve their mental health and marital relationship. In addition, the horticultural activities aimed to form social consensus in the immigrant women and give confidence in the acquisition of new knowledge. Furthermore, the outcomes of such activities were intended to be utilized as media of communication between husband and wife. The horticultural activity program was executed once a week and a total of 16 sessions during the period from April 16 to August 6, 2010. After the horticultural activity, the participants were assessed for their satisfaction with marital relationship using a marital relationship scale, for social adjustment using a social avoidance and discomfort scale. In the results of assessing the subjects’ marital relationship before and after the horticultural activity, the control group showed a slight decrease from 51.75 to 50.38, but the experimental group showed a significant improvement in their marital relationship from 49.00 before the horticultural activity to 55.25 after. In the results of assessing their social avoidance and discomfort, the control group showed an increase from 12.00 to 14.38, but the experimental group showed a significant decrease from 13.00 before to 10.13 after, suggesting that horticultural activities reduced the subjects’ social avoidance and discomfort markedly. As mentioned above, when a horticultural activity program was applied to immigrant women in multicultural families, it provided them with positive experiences, and ultimately, improved their marital relationship and helped their effective adjustment to Korean society and culture. If various horticultural activity programs are developed and applied and they may ease immigrant women’s cultural shock in Korean society, which is entering into multicultural society, they may contribute to immigrant women’ true assimilation through cultural balance.
