The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of acculturative stress on Korean cultural acceptance attitudes of children in multicultural families and to determine whether social support has a moderating effect in the process, thereby providin...
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of acculturative stress on Korean cultural acceptance attitudes of children in multicultural families and to determine whether social support has a moderating effect in the process, thereby providing a basis for establishing a plan to help children in multicultural families acculturate to become future leaders of Korean society through the improvement of Korean cultural acceptance attitudes. For the study, 1,732 data from 11yearolds were obtained from the Youth Policy Institute's Multicultural Adolescent Panel Survey (MAPS) second year (2020) and analyzed using the SPSS 21.0 statistical program. The results are following: First, we found that the higher the level of acculturative stress among children in multicultural families they have, the lower the level of Korean cultural acceptance attitude they show. Second, we found that the higher the social support of children in multicultural families they perceive, the higher the level of Korean cultural acceptance attitudes they show. Third, we examined the moderating effect of social support on the relationship between acculturative stress and Korean cultural acceptance attitudes among children in multicultural families, and found a moderating effect only for parental support. Based on this study, we suggest that future research should explore additional influencing factors and accumulate longitudinal studies that take into account the unique experiences of children in multicultural families at different stages of development.