A Predictive Model on North Korean Refugees' Adaptation to South Korean Society: Resilience in Response to Psychological Trauma
Purpose: This study investigated prediction of North Korean refugees' adaptation to the South Korean society and verified the goodness of fit between a hypothetical model and actual data in order to suggest the best model. Methods: This survey was conducted with 445 North Korean refugees living...
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| description | Purpose: This study investigated prediction of North Korean refugees' adaptation to the South Korean society and verified the goodness of fit between a hypothetical model and actual data in order to suggest the best model.
Methods: This survey was conducted with 445 North Korean refugees living in a metropolitan area. Data were collected from September 1st to November 20th, 2012, and analyzed using SPSS Windows 18.0 and AMOS 17.0.
Results: Traumatic experiences of North Korean refugees increased self-efficacy and psychological trauma. Acculturation stress decreased self-efficacy and increased passive coping. Self-efficacy affected active and passive coping, decreased psychological trauma, and increased resilience. Resilience is successful adaptation and refers to North Korean refugees' abilities to adapt effectively to stress. In particular, self-efficacy as the main parameter affecting resilience was confirmed.
Conclusions: The results suggest that resilience can be improved through self-efficacy. It was the most significant factor decreasing psychological trauma and increasing resilience. Therefore, we need to develop programs for self-efficacy. The results also provide basic data for policy making for North Korean refugees. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-be72e96fde0049b88ebe7923675d25322022-12-21T19:48:11ZengElsevierAsian Nursing Research1976-13172016-06-0110216417210.1016/j.anr.2016.04.003A Predictive Model on North Korean Refugees' Adaptation to South Korean Society: Resilience in Response to Psychological TraumaSo-Hee Lim, PhD0Sang-Sook Han, PhD1Department of Nursing, Kyung Min College, Uijeongbu, South KoreaCollege of Nursing Science, East-West Research Institute, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South KoreaPurpose: This study investigated prediction of North Korean refugees' adaptation to the South Korean society and verified the goodness of fit between a hypothetical model and actual data in order to suggest the best model. Methods: This survey was conducted with 445 North Korean refugees living in a metropolitan area. Data were collected from September 1st to November 20th, 2012, and analyzed using SPSS Windows 18.0 and AMOS 17.0. Results: Traumatic experiences of North Korean refugees increased self-efficacy and psychological trauma. Acculturation stress decreased self-efficacy and increased passive coping. Self-efficacy affected active and passive coping, decreased psychological trauma, and increased resilience. Resilience is successful adaptation and refers to North Korean refugees' abilities to adapt effectively to stress. In particular, self-efficacy as the main parameter affecting resilience was confirmed. Conclusions: The results suggest that resilience can be improved through self-efficacy. It was the most significant factor decreasing psychological trauma and increasing resilience. Therefore, we need to develop programs for self-efficacy. The results also provide basic data for policy making for North Korean refugees.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1976131716300202adaptationresilienceself-efficacy |
| spellingShingle | So-Hee Lim, PhD Sang-Sook Han, PhD A Predictive Model on North Korean Refugees' Adaptation to South Korean Society: Resilience in Response to Psychological Trauma Asian Nursing Research adaptation resilience self-efficacy |
| title | A Predictive Model on North Korean Refugees' Adaptation to South Korean Society: Resilience in Response to Psychological Trauma |
| title_full | A Predictive Model on North Korean Refugees' Adaptation to South Korean Society: Resilience in Response to Psychological Trauma |
| title_fullStr | A Predictive Model on North Korean Refugees' Adaptation to South Korean Society: Resilience in Response to Psychological Trauma |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Predictive Model on North Korean Refugees' Adaptation to South Korean Society: Resilience in Response to Psychological Trauma |
| title_short | A Predictive Model on North Korean Refugees' Adaptation to South Korean Society: Resilience in Response to Psychological Trauma |
| title_sort | predictive model on north korean refugees adaptation to south korean society resilience in response to psychological trauma |
| topic | adaptation resilience self-efficacy |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1976131716300202 |
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