Stressors, Social Support, Religious Practice, and General Well-Being among Korean Adult Immigrants

Abstract

Through this cross-sectional study the authors explore how stressors, social support, and religious practice are associated with the general well-being of 147 Korean adult immigrants through interviews. Hierarchical regression analysis reveals that low English proficiency and financial hardship are significantly related to low general well-being. However, high social support and religious practice are significantly associated with high general well-being. Social service and health care providers need to carefully assess stressors, social support systems, and spiritual issues for providing appropriate services/programs for English, culture, or social activities as well as spiritual intervention to maximize the strengths of Korean immigrants coping with health issues.

Keywords:

• Social stressors
• social support
• religious practice
• general well-being
• Korean immigrants

Notes

*p ≤ .05.

**p ≤ .01.

¹Standardized Beta Coefficients.

*p ≤ .05.

**p ≤ .01.

***p ≤ .001.

1. Data is from the American Community Surveys 2006–2008, which can be obtained from http://factfinder.census.gov/home/en/acs_pums_2008_3yr.html. The results of the analysis are not shown in this article.