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초록

The present study aims to phenomenologically investigate the adaptation experiences of Vietnamese immigrant women,with in the sociocultural context of their native country. In-depth interviews with a total of seven Vietnamese immigrantwomen were analyzed by the phenomenological method of A. Giorgi(1997). A total of 127 meaning units and 7 themes with17 sub-themes, which rendered central meanings that indicated situational structures, were derived. The statements ofsituational structures were re-categorized in accordance with the sociocultural context of their native country. As thesocioeconomic aspect, "aspiration for new opportunities and a new world" and "disappointment and frustration" were derived. The aspect of familial value and culture involved "conflicts over the unilateral acceptance of differences" and "building socialrelationships". The aspect of female status was associated with "conflicts due to patriarchal hierarchy". The aspect of childcaring involved "education as a symbolic value" and the "double-sidedness of mother identity strategy". The gist of Vietnameseimmigrant women's adaptation experiences is "to grow into a subjective mother despite conflicts due to the disappointmentand frustration behind aspirations".

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