本研究目的在探討高雄縣美濃鎮越南籍婦女在台灣的生活適應、社 會支持與憂鬱之關係。採用橫段式研究設計,經立意取樣,收取143位高雄縣美濃鎮越南籍婦女。研究工具為結構式問卷,包括「個案基本量表」、「外籍婦女生活適應量表」、「社會支持量表」、「貝氏憂鬱量表」。所得研究資料以t檢定、變異數分析和複迴歸分析。研究結果發現越南籍婦女社會支持會因來台時間、結婚時間、丈夫年齡、常用語言、與丈夫認識方式、同住家庭成員不同而有顯著差異。憂鬱會因常用語言、家庭收入不同而有顯著差異。生活適應會因家庭收入不同而有顯著差異。越南籍婦女社會支持與生活適應呈顯著正相關;社會支持與憂鬱呈顯著負相關;生活適應與憂鬱呈顯著負相關。社會支持、憂鬱及家庭收入於20000元以下者為生活適應的重要預測因子,整體可解釋之變異43.7% 。根據上述研究結果發現,分別就護理臨床實務、護理教育、政府相關單位、社會大眾及未來研究等方面提出建議。
The purpose of this study was to explore the relationships between life adaptation, social support, and depression, respectively, for immigrated Vietnamese women living in Mei-nong town, Kaohsiung county. With a cross-section design, 143 participants were recruited by the purposive sampling. The structured questionnaires including Demographic Inventory Scale, Life Adaptation Scale, Social Support Scale, and Beck Depression Inventory Scale. Data were analyzed with t-test, One-way ANOVA, and multiple regression. The results showed that Vietnamese women social support was significant different with the length of living in Taiwan, the length of marriage, husband age, language usage, the way of acquaintance with her husband, and the family members living together. Depression was significant different with language usage and family income. Life adaptation was also significant different with family income. There was a significant positive correlation between Vietnamese women´s social support and life adaptation, and a significant negative correlation between Vietnamese women´s social support and depression and between Vietnamese women´s life adaptation and depression. Social support, depression, and family income with less than 20,000 NTD were predictors of Vietnamese women´s adaptation, with a total variance of 43.7%. Based on the findings of this study, suggestions for nursing practice, nursing education, government policies, the pubic, and future study were provided respectively.