Quality of Life for North Korean Female Refugees: The Influence of Physical Health, PTSD, and Social Support

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Journal for Social Action in Counseling and Psychology Pub Date : 2019-12-18 DOI:10.33043/JSACP.11.1.2-13

Ji-yeon Lee, Sang-Soo Shin, S. Lee

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Abstract

Background of the Study.The purpose of this study was to test a mediation model that describes the pathwaysthrough which female North Korean defectors’ perceived physical health and Post-traumatic stress disorder(PTSD) symptoms may be associated with their quality of life. Specifically, we aimed to investigate whether socialsupport would mediate the association between North Korean defectors’ perceived physical health and PTSDsymptoms and their quality of life. Methods. The study sample included 172 female North Korean defectorsliving in South Korea. Participants completed a health condition checklist, the Posttraumatic Stress DisorderChecklist-Civilian Version (PLC-C), the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS), andthe Korean version of the Short-Form 8-Item Health Survey (SF-8). Results. The structural equation modelconfirmed the hypothesized mediation model, with the following indices: χ2 (38) = 86.184, CFI = 0.97, NFI =0.95, TLI = 0.96, RMSEA = 0.08 (90% CI: 0.06 - 0.10). Discussion. Our findings could help counselors understandunique issues that women refugees may experience as well as protective factors in their life (i.e., social support).

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朝鲜女性难民的生活质量:身体健康、创伤后应激障碍和社会支持的影响

研究背景本研究的目的是测试一个中介模型，该模型描述了女性脱北者的身体健康和创伤后应激障碍(PTSD)症状可能与她们的生活质量相关的途径。具体而言，我们旨在探讨社会支持是否会调解脱北者感知的身体健康与创伤后应激障碍症状及其生活质量之间的关联。方法。研究样本包括172名居住在韩国的女性脱北者。被试完成了一份健康状况表、创伤后应激障碍平民版(PLC-C)、感知社会支持多维度量表(MSPSS)和韩文8项健康问卷(SF-8)。结果。结构方程模型证实了假设的中介模型，其指标为χ2 (38) = 86.184, CFI = 0.97, NFI =0.95, TLI = 0.96, RMSEA = 0.08 (90% CI: 0.06 ~ 0.10)。讨论。我们的研究结果可以帮助辅导员了解女性难民可能遇到的独特问题，以及她们生活中的保护因素(即社会支持)。

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Journal for Social Action in Counseling and Psychology Social Sciences-Sociology and Political Science

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期刊介绍： The Journal for Social Action in Counseling and Psychology promotes deep reflection on community change and system transformation in which counselors, psychologists, and other human service professionals play a role. This open access journal aims to highlight ‘engaged scholarship’ and the very important social change work done by professionals and activists that would not normally find its way into publication. The journal attempts to break down the divide between theory and practice in one of the most critical areas of our work: social transformation toward social and ecological justice and peace. This journal features action oriented articles, meaning manuscripts that discuss actual work (e.g., advocacy, activism, research, policy formulation and implementation, training, legislation) that has been conducted by the submitting author(s) and not proposed work or simple conceptualizations of issues. JSACP features four unique sections: -Activism and Advocacy -Education and Training -Policy and Theory -Program Development and Evaluation