A Systematic Literature Review on Ego-Resilience of Middle and High School Students from Multicultural Families

Objectives This study derives research trends and influencing factors on the self-resilience of middle and high school students from multicultural families through systematic literature review. Methods A total of 1,100 articles on the self-resilience of multicultural youth published in domestic journals from 2008 to 2023 were collected, and the final 23 articles were selected through three stages of exclusion and inclusion. A total of five databases were used for the search database: Korean Academic Information (KISS), Academic Research Information Service (RISS), Academic Database Service (DBpia), Korean Academy of Academic Education (ⓔ particle), and Korean Journal Citation Index (KCI). Results first, general characteristics were analyzed to identify research trends. Second, individual factors (bilingual ability, developmental assets, bicultural acceptance attitude), family factors (parent-child communication, mother's positive parenting attitude, family support, parental support and supervision, simulated parenting efficacy), and school and social factors (social support, cultural adaptation stress, and companionship) were derived from the self-resilience of middle and high school students from multicultural families. Third, individual factors (empowerment, life satisfaction, achievement motivation, mental health, depression), school and social factors (social adaptability, social atrophy, cultural adaptation stress, school life adaptation, school life satisfaction, learning attitude, academic interruption, career decision-making, and companionship) were derived. Conclusions By deriving in more detail the factors influencing the self-resilience of middle and high school students from multicultural families, which were relatively insufficient in previous studies, basic data for future studies were provided. This suggests the need for research to explore the psychological adaptation and growth process of multicultural youth in more depth.