Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development
Year : 2018, Volume : 9, Issue : 9
First page : ( 996) Last page : ( 1000)
Print ISSN : 0976-0245. Online ISSN : 0976-5506.
Article DOI : 10.5958/0976-5506.2018.01130.0

Perception of multicultural families in college students

Jeon Misoon*

Professor, Dept. of Nursing, Baekseok University, Cheonan, Chungnam, Republic of Korea

*Corresponding Author: Misoon Jeon Professor, Dept. of Nursing, Baekseok University, Korea Email: jms@bu.ac.kr

Online published on 16 October, 2018.

Abstract

This study was conducted to analyze the perception of multicultural families in college students. The data was collected from 287 college students by structural questionnaire. Data were analyzed using SPSS 22. To analyze the differences in the perception of multicultural families according to the general characteristics of the subjects used t-test and ANOVA were done. To analyze the differences in the perception of multicultural families between nursing college students and non-nursing college students was used t-test. The result showed that there was a significant difference in the interest to foreign culture (x²=8.690, p=.003) and experience living on abroad (x²=4.325, p=.038) of nursing college students and non-nursing college students. And there was the multicultural perception of nursing college students and non-nursing college students (t = 3.047, p =.002), nursing students showed a high degree of multicultural perception than non-nursing student. Therefore it is necessary to develop a voluntary service program for multicultural families and to provide an opportunity to understand and embrace multicultural families.

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Keywords

Perception, multicultural families, culture.

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