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KMID : 0389420100180030265
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Korean Journal of Stress Research
2010 Volume.18 No. 3 p.265 ~ p.273
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Relationship between Torture Experience and Life Satisfaction among North Korean Refugees in South Korea
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Byun Ju-Nna
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Abstract
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This study was conducted to investigate the relationship between torture experience and life satisfaction among North Korean refugees in South Korea. One hundred and nineteen refugees were surveyed from January through June of 2008 using the Istanbul Protocol for Torture Experience (KRCT, 2004) and the Cantril Life Satisfaction Ladder (Cantril, 1965) for life satisfaction. This study found that there were significant negative correlations between degree of torture experience and those of life satisfaction at the time of residence in North Korea (r=?0.72, p＜0.01), Hanawon stay in South Korea (r=?0.52, p＜0.01), and permanent residence in South Korea (r=?0.37, p＜0.05). All respondents were experienced torture. Average degree of torture experience was 26.1 (±1.70). The average degree of life satisfaction were 1.96 (±1.28) at residence in North Korea, 2.25 (±0.91) at temporal stay in the third worlds such as China etc., 8.77 (±0.58) at Hanawon stay in South Korea, and 7.24 (±1.36) at permanent residence in South Korea. The degree of life satisfaction at residence in North Korea was significantly lower than that of Hanawon (t=?46.80, p＜0.001) and that of permanent residence in South Korea (t=?27.46, p＜0.001). The degree of life satisfaction at Hanawon stay was significantly higher than that of that of permanent residence in South Korea (t=?10.82, p＜0.01). To conclude, to North Korean refugees, torture experiences during defection affected on their life satisfaction in permanent residence in South Korea.
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KEYWORD
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North Korean refugees, Torture experience, Life satisfaction
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