| Summary: | 碩士 === 靜宜大學 === 社會工作與兒童少年福利學系 === 106 === Marriages between Taiwanese men and foreign-born brides have been popular for the past three decades. As a result, the number of new female immigrants in Taiwan has reached 500,000 people, and their second generation members are more than 20 million. These new immigrants have been facing various problems such as learning a new language, cultural differences, the stress of raising children, employment and racial discrimination.
This study aimed to explore the new female immigrants’ needs and challenges encountered in their life and employment. The study would also investigate their process of adaptation to a new job and psychological reconstruction.
This qualitative study involved six new female immigrants from the sea-line area of Taichung City. Purposive sampling, in-depth interviews and semi-structured individual interview were employed to collect data. The textual data were then analyzed by categorizing them into different types of themes. Gestalt therapy, a client-centered approach to psychotherapy, was applied to help these female immigrants focus on the present. Through the process of observation, they were encouraged to express their experiences and to keep aware of their current situation.On the basis of the data analyses, the major findings of the present study are illustrated as follows:
1.New immigrants’ education background and lack of license would negatively affect their job application. When having difficulty finding a job, they wouldn’t actively fight for the job.
2.New female immigrants’ job opportunities were limited. The qualifications request by the companies would limit the new immigrants’ career choice. Due to their immigrating to a new environment, their reduced abilities turned into a main obstacle to their employment.
3.Psychological factors make employment more difficult for these new immigrants. These factors consisted of mental imbalance induced by the discrimination from their family and social environment, mental illness and attention deficit. Through the gestalt therapy, these immigrants learned to become more aware of their own negative thought patterns and behaviors were blocking their true self-awareness. All findings have implications for researchers and social workers who intend to facilitate new female immigrants’ life and employment adaptation to the new environment in Taiwan. Some recommendations were offered to the authority, Labor Affairs Bureau, to provide equal and friendly employment opportunities for these new immigrants.
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