This study attempted to analyze the factors affecting the development of adolescents from multicultural families by tracing their development process and provide basic data which can help them strengthen their competency and accelerate social integrat...
This study attempted to analyze the factors affecting the development of adolescents from multicultural families by tracing their development process and provide basic data which can help them strengthen their competency and accelerate social integration with a goal of bringing policy alternatives. For this, a longitudinal study was performed on multicultural youth groups from 2011 (4th graders at that time) to 2016. In 2017 as well, data were collected. The purposes of the 2017 study are as follows: i) to summarize the past multicultural youth longitudinal study processes and results, ii) to investigate multicultural youth development processes by analyzing longitudinal changes in the data accumulated for the past six years and examine the factors and policies affecting their development iii) to improve researchers’ interest in multicultural youth and derive diverse studies through academic conferences, iv) to set general multicultural youth policy directions and missions after analyzing the past results and current related policies by government bureau. For a continued study, furthermore, the organization of the 2017 panel data was also included in this study. The study results found the followings: First, according to the longitudinal changes of panel data, there was a difference in the trajectory of change between general and multicultural adolescents. Second, in terms of the factors affecting the development of multicultural youth, gender, parents' educational background and monthly income were obtained. Third, regarding the influence of policy support, while learning support didn’ t have a significant effect on the development of multicultural youth, cultural and physical supports had a positive effect on their psychological adaptation In terms of policy analysis, laws, basic plans and each bureau’s policies were analyzed. In addition, SWOT was conducted on Korean multicultural youth policy. After analyzing whether or not the suggested policies were actually implemented, this study proposed multicultural youth policy promotion strategies and projects. In terms of promotion, the following four strategies were suggested: improvement of multicultural youth competency, strengthening support group competency, formation of multicore-friendly environments, establishment of multicultural youth promotion system. Under such strategies, in addition, a total of 11 projects were mentioned. Then, the roadmap for each project was introduced.