다문화가정 청소년에 대한 사회적 거리감 연구 - 김포시 일반청소년을 중심으로 -

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to recognize and to present solutions for shortening the social distance the general youth have on the youth of multicultural families who are living as the minority group in the early stage of becoming a multicultural society. The research questions established to accomplish the above purpose are as follow: 1. How aware are the general youth of the youth of multicultural families? 2. How are the stereotypes on the youth of multicultural families in relation to the background variables of the general youth? 3. How is the social distance on the youth of multicultural families in relation to the background variables of the general youth? 4. How is the social distance on the youth of multicultural families in relation to the stereotypes the general youth have? 5. What are the variables that affect the social distance on the youth of multicultural families? The research subjects were consisted of 500 students from middle and high schools in Gimpo City and each student was given one copy of survey paper. Among 500 survey papers, the 47 insufficiently replied papers were excluded, and a total of 463 copies, 217 from middle school students and 246 from high school students, were thoroughly analyzed for the study. The following are the results obtained from this study: First, among the general tendency of the research subjects on the issues of homogeneous nationalism, stereotype and social distance, ethnically homogeneous nationalism was the highest. Also, 'Result of high tolerance to international marriage' was the most popular reply on the factors causing multicultural families, followed by the reply, 'Increase of females immigrating through marriage'.As for the awareness on the form of multicultural families, the number of youth recognizing it as a normal form of family is somewhat higher than the number of youth recognizing it as a special form of family. Second, the lower the closeness is and the higher the emotional stereotype is in regards to the physical distance of the research subjects, higher physical distance was observed among the middle school students, and the variables explained 40% of the physical distance felt by the research subjects.Third, as for the personal distance of the research subjects, the higher the emotional stereotype and cognitive stereotype are and the lower the closeness is, higher personal distance was observed, and the variables explained 38% of the personal distance felt by the research subjects. Fourth, the higher the emotional stereotype is and the lower the closeness is in regards to the social distance of the research subjects, higher social distance was observed among the middle school students, and the variables explained 41% of the social distance felt by the research subjects.