Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors influencing the marital satisfaction of husbands in multicultural families. This study will provide basic data to develop the policies and services related to multicultural families. Data were collected through the questionnaire method from 99 multicultural couples. Analysis of the data consisted of t-tests to compare the psychological characters of the couple and multiple regression to analyze the independent effects of the related variables. The results can be summarized as follows: First, self-esteem, depression, and multicultural acceptance attitude are significantly higher for the wife than for the husband. Second, regarding the influence of the relevant factors on the husband's marital satisfaction, the most significant factors include the gap in the couple's ages, the husband's self-esteem and sex role attitude, and the wife's sex role attitude, godiness, and marital satisfaction.

Keywords

• husband in a multicultural family;
• wife in a multicultural family;
• marital satisfaction;
• multicultural acceptance attitude;
• sex role attitude

• 다문화 가족 남편;
• 다문화 가족 아내;
• 결혼만족도;
• 다문화 수용태도;
• 성역할 태도;