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Marital power process of Korean men married to foreign women: A qualitative study

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  • Miyoung Kim
  • Gyeong Sook Park
  • Carol Windsor

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This study explored how Korean men married to migrant women construct meaning around married life. Data were collected through in‐depth interviews with 10 men who had had been married to migrant women for ≥ 2 years. Data collection and analysis were performed concurrently using a grounded theory approach. The core category generated was the process of sustaining a family unit. The men came to understand the importance of a distribution of power within the family in sustaining the family unit. Constituting this process were four stages: recognizing an imbalance of power, relinquishing power, empowering, and fine‐tuning the balance of power. This study provides important insight into the dynamics of marital power from men's point of view by demonstrating a link between the way people adjust to married life and the process by which married couples adjust through the distribution and redistribution of power.

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  • Miyoung Kim & Gyeong Sook Park & Carol Windsor, 2013. "Marital power process of Korean men married to foreign women: A qualitative study," Nursing & Health Sciences, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 15(1), pages 73-78, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:nuhsci:v:15:y:2013:i:1:p:73-78
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2018.2012.00738.x
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