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Objectives: The purpose of this study was to find out of the strengths of married immigrant women's husbands in removing prejudice and bias against them by clarifying the meaning and essence of the stress they experiences during the period of family expanding. Method: For the study, phenomenological approach was taken and 15 husbands who were below 65 years of age were chosen as the subjects. Data analysis was conducted in five stages; the first stage - transcribing from the collected data, the second stage - classifying the data and extracting meaningful units, the third stage - setting up a total of four categories, the fourth stage - embodying the themes after 2 coding steps, the fifth stage - presenting a structural description. Results: The stressor category was embodied as ‘finding difficulties while living with family.’ It consisted of two themes; the common and the additional stress. The stress response category was reified as ‘difficulties are sensed in the whole body’. It was found that there was a holistic response of emotional, behavioral, and physical aspects besides cognitive evaluation of the stressors and coping. The stress coping category was represented as ‘I, my family and the society stands up to difficulties’. The potential inner strengths of the individual participants emerged from the coping which actually involved cohesion between the married couples and family system. The results category was embodied as ‘life after experiencing difficulties’. In addition to eustress and distress, 'neutral stress' was newly defined in this study. Conclusions: Stress factors, response and coping are interconnected and circulated. This phenomenon was structured by ‘the process of stress and coping’ to confirm that the response and patterns of coping are the factors to determine later life.
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family life cycle of child rearing and education, married immigrant women's husbands, stress & coping
