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A Comparison of Adaptation to Childhood Disability in Korean Immigrant and Korean Mothers

Division of Education, University of Hartford, 200 Bloom-field Ave., West Hartford, CT 06117, scho{at}hartford.edu

George H. S. Singer

University of California at Santa Barbara

Betsy Brenner

University of California in Santa Barbara

We examined the variables that exacerbated or buffered the impact of child's problem behavior and/or physical differences on mothers. Participants were 32 Korean mothers of children with disabilities. Quantitative methods were applied to derive another form of understanding of our extensive interview data. We selected 5 dependent variables, identified the examples of them in our interview transcripts, and scored these examples using a numerical scale. Effect size differences and MANOVA were used in the data analyses. Overall findings were consistent with our qualitative findings that Korean mothers experienced more difficulties than their immigrant counterparts. Various explanations for the results are discussed. The advantages of combining quantitative and qualitative perspectives are self-evident in this study, and other researchers might consider using these strategies.

Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, Vol. 18, No. 1, 9-19 (2003)
DOI: 10.1177/108835760301800103


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