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KMID : 1025820180260020205
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Family and Family Therapy
2018 Volume.26 No. 2 p.205 ~ p.228
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The Transformation of Marital Relationships of North Korean Defectors
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Noh Jeung-Hwa
Kim Hyun-Joo
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Abstract
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Objectives: The purpose of this research was to understand the transformation in the marital relationships of North Korean Defectors.
Methods: The researchers conducted in-depth interviews with the spouses of ten North Korean defectors. The interviews were analyzed using Grounded Theory methodology (Corbin & Strauss, 2008; Strauss & Corbin, 1998).
Results: The causal conditions for the observed changes in these ten marital relationships included separation anxiety prior to relocation and marital influences while in North Korea. The central phenomenon these spouses experienced was the patriarchal culture of North Korea and the marriage culture of South Korea. Participant responses relating to the central phenomenon included “facing an uncertain life in South Korea,” “changing the perception for a balanced relationship,” “the acceptance of a more stable settlement in South Korea,” “seeking alternative ways for adaptive conflict,” “camaraderie within the shared relationship,” and “finding the meaning of ‘we-ness’.” The intermediary conditions included “child relationships,” “the patriarchal character of the husband,” “the participant’s experience in sharing a meaningful life within a marriage,” and “the reordering of flexible relationships for a more stable relational adaptation.”
Conclusions: The focus of this research was to investigate, in depth, the relational changes within these ten couples and to propose the factors that affected them.
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KEYWORD
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North Korean defectors, couples relationship changes, grounded theory
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