Pre-migration Trauma, Repatriation Experiences, and PTSD Among North Korean Refugees
- Authors
- Kim, Eunyoung; Yun, Minwoo; Jun, Jin Yong; Park, Woong-Sub
- Issue Date
- Jun-2019
- Publisher
- SPRINGER
- Keywords
- North Korean refugee; Pre-migration trauma; Posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms; Repatriation
- Citation
- JOURNAL OF IMMIGRANT AND MINORITY HEALTH, v.21, no.3, pp.466 - 472
- Journal Title
- JOURNAL OF IMMIGRANT AND MINORITY HEALTH
- Volume
- 21
- Number
- 3
- Start Page
- 466
- End Page
- 472
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/gachon/handle/2020.sw.gachon/1385
- DOI
- 10.1007/s10903-018-0742-5
- ISSN
- 1557-1912
- Abstract
- Many studies on refugees suggested that refugees' traumatic events associated with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). However, it is unknown whether refugees' PTSD was caused by their negative experience before or after the entry of their destination country. Thus, a separation of refugees' pre-migration from their post-migration experience is particularly important in understanding the causal impact of trauma. Using a sample from North Korean refugees, this study investigates the prevalence of PTSD symptoms, the impact of tortured trauma, repatriation experiences, on PTSD among North Korean refugees (n=698). We found that North Korean refugees in our sample (a) demonstrated a high rate of current probable PTSD; (b) were demonstrated a higher frequency of repatriation experiences with a greater risk for PTSD symptoms. The findings suggest that particular types of trauma for populations with particular socio-demographic characteristics may be at a greater risk of PTSD.
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