This study, with the research questions; "How are the experiences of Korean men's international marriages? And what are the meanings?"; was carried out to understand their experiences structurally and more in-depth, analyzing their diverse and complic...
This study, with the research questions; "How are the experiences of Korean men's international marriages? And what are the meanings?"; was carried out to understand their experiences structurally and more in-depth, analyzing their diverse and complicated problems. The materials from online cafe and offline meetings of HanVE-Sarangbang, telephone surveys and interviews of seven participants were analyzed according to Parse's Methodology of Becoming Human, which shows well dynamics and meanings of intersubjective lives. In other words, I collected materials through the "You and I" relationship process between researchers and participants. And, I abstracted contents from the languages of the participants to those of the researchers, made the result proposition, picked up the key concepts from the proposition. Lastly, I synthesized these, integrated structually and interpreted conceptually. Through this process, the following seven concepts were extracted from the seven propositions.
(1) Considering marriage to seek new lives out of the wounds of past relationships
(2) Choosing international marriages with the beliefs in marriages and expectations of not being denied
(3) Playing their roles, recognizing their identities within the process of making relationship despite of the difficulties in marriages without any preparations
(4) Expecting stable relationship, feeling hurt and frustrated about wives' family
(5) Becoming tired of disappointment and frustration in mutual relationship
(6) Drawing blueprints for the future with confirming emotions and trusts
(7) Hoping their lives last with positive minds on their choices and efforts
Through above, the experiences of Korean men's international marriages are like the next.
Korean men consider marriage to seek new lives out of the wounds of past relationships, choose international marriages with the beliefs in marriages and expectations of not being denied, play their roles recognizing their identities within the process of making relationship despite of the difficulties in marriages without any preparations, expect stable relationship, feeling hurt and frustrated about wives' family, become tired of disappointment and frustration in mutual relationship, draw blueprints for the future with confirming emotions and trusts and hope their lives last with positive minds on their choices and efforts. The conceptual integration of relationship issues were imaging of valuing, empowering, originating and transforing the process of enabling-limiting, connecting-separating, and revealing-concealing. For Korean men who chose international marriages, those were the best to improve their quality of lives, and we found out that the stability from marriages and the supports from family made them happy and affected improving self-regard. Therefore, I propose the way to help them from choosing international marriages to the process and stable marriage lives to social welfare fields and expect follwing studies.