title: Partner violence against Korean immigrant women.
abstract: The purpose of this review article is to explore the phenomenon of partner violence against Korean immigrant women in the United States by using an ecological model. Analysis of the macrosystem (Korean cultural factors), exosystem (immigration stress), and microsystem (marital power dynamic, family role transitions) factors and personal history and characteristics of Korean male batterers (alcohol use and avoidant attachment style) are examined. The health impact of partner violence in family members and recommendations to decrease the violence are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Sound Mental Health, Tukwila, WA, USA. dalkyebee@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Angela D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Eun Jung
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Sheryl Y
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Tyson
mesh_terms: D001213:Asian / Q000523:psychology*; D018585:Battered Women / Q000523:psychology; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000523:psychology*; D005192:Family Health; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D056910:Republic of Korea / Q000208:ethnology; D012307:Risk Factors; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology; D014481:United States