An exploration study of immigration marriage women's ethnic identity

[[abstract]]本研究主要探討「婚姻移民女性的族群認同探究」議題，研究目的在於：一、探討婚姻移民女性面臨文化差異時的調適因應；二、影響婚姻移民女性族群認同的因素；三、婚姻移民女性在族群認同的調適因應。 本研究採用深度訪談方式蒐集資料，訪談3位婚姻移民女性，以「主題分析法」進行資料分析，研究結果如下： 一、婚姻移民女性能文化調適良好的因應作為有個人正向特質、現實落差的調整、夫家的支持、家庭地位的變化、經濟來源穩定、文化習慣的涵容、社區接納及在地認同。 二、影響婚姻移民女性族群認同的因素，計有個人特質與認知、家庭歸屬的認同、 婚姻品質、在地語言的學習、現況的接納、政府政策、自我的尊重、破除媒體刻板化及心理距離的拉近。 三、婚姻移民女性在族群認同的調適因應，分別為自我調適、家人的凝聚力、社區網絡的支持、在地思維的認同及未來希望感。[[abstract]]This is a study regarding on the ethnic identification of the female marriage immigrants. There were 3 purposes of the study: First, to inverstigate the adaptation of the female marriage immigrants when facing cultural differences. Second, to discover the affecting factors that influence the ethnic identity of the female marriage immigrants. Third, to investigate the adaptation to the ethnic identity of the female marriage immigrants. In-depth interviews was conducted in this study and three female marriage immigrants was interviewed. The collected data were analyzed through “Thematic Analysis” and the results were listed below: 1. Female marriage immigrants who were well adapted possess positive self-personalities, can adjust between ideal and reality, being support by husband’s family, the changes of the family’s status, financial stable, can assimilate to the culture custom, accepted by the community and local identity. 2. The affecting factors that influence the ethnic identity of the female marriage immigrants were self-personality and cognition, identification of the family attribution, marital quality, local language learning, acceptance to the current situation, government policies, self-respect, breaking stereotypes in mass media and narrow the psychological distance. 3. The adaptation of the ethnic identification of the female marriage immigrants were self-adjustment, family cohesion, community network support, identify local thinking and the sense of hope to the future.[[note]]碩