Reviewer ’s report  
 
Title: The significance of resilience in mental health promotion  of marriage immigrant women: 
A qualitative study of factors and processes  
 
Version: 0 Date: 04 Oct 2019  
 
Reviewer: Robin Page  
 
Reviewer's report:  
 
This is an important topic on mental health promotion for a specific group of immigrant women.  
While the study findings can have implications broader than the s tudy sample, the author should 
expand on how these findings could apply to other immigrant women, possibly in countries 
besides South Korea.  
 
 
A few suggestions to strengthen the manuscript are included below:  
 
1. The term "satisfaction of desire" (used throu ghout) is unclear in this context and could be 
construed to mean sexual desire.  Perhaps a better choice of term would be "formation of new 
support systems"  
 
2. Line 34: specify "proficiency in Korean language."  
 
3. Line 39, and throughout manuscript:  the term "consulting" or "consultant" is used; I believe 
the correct term would be "counseling" or "counselor."  
 
4. Line 45: please describe "Ottawa Charter"  
 
5. Line 79: please provide more a description of "Lahtinen's" criteria.  
 
6. Line 84: the purpose of incl uding  "program managers" as participants is unclear.  
 
7. Line 301: "...partner intervention should be addressed at the system level."  Can you provide 
examples of what such a partner intervention would look like?  
 
8. Reference List:  overall, the reference  list is outdated.  Please provide more current references 
to support your manuscript.  
 
Are the methods appropria te and well described?  
If not, please specify what is required in your comments to the authors.  
 
Yes 
 
Does the work include the necessary controls?  
If not, please specify which controls are required in your comments to the authors.  
 
Yes 
 
Are the conclusions drawn adequately supported by the data shown?  
If not, please explain in your comments to the authors.  
 
Yes 
 
Are you able to assess any statistics in the manus cript or would you recommend an 
additional statistical review?  
If an additional statistical review is recommended, please speci fy what aspects require further 
assessment in your comments to the editors.  
 
Not relevant to this manuscript  
 
Quality of written English  
Please indicate the quality of language in the manuscript:  
 
Needs some lang uage corrections before being published  
 
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