• Human Ecology Research
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• 제53권2호
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• pp.157-168
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• 2015

This study examined positive and negative marital factors on social adaptation to South Korea among North Korean refugees. In terms of previous studies, family variables play an important role in the adaptation to new society among refugees. We analyzed three major marital factors of marriage background, dyadic adjustment, and marital violence. Marital factors consisted of place of birth, place of marriage, dyadic consensus, dyadic satisfaction, dyadic cohesion, emotional violence, physical violence, and sexual violence. We analyzed the data of 295 North Korean refugees who resided in Seoul, Gyeonggi province and Incheon using snowballing sampling. The result indicated that the refugees married to non-Korean partners (including Korean-Chinese, Chinese, or Russian) are more likely to suffer in social adaptation. Place of marriage (whether the couple got married before escaping, during the escape or after living in South Korea) did not have a significant impact. Dyadic satisfaction was helpful in social adaptation, while sexual violence had a negative effect. The findings of this study suggest alternatives for more successful social adaptation by North Korean refugees to South Korea, a need for more services that target married couples and families rather than individuals, and suggestions for the use of counselors who are also North Korean refugees.

• 대한건축학회논문집:계획계
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• 제36권3호
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• pp.3-12
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• 2020

The purpose of this study was to analyze the Characteristic and Changing Process of Refugees' Housing in the Korean War. Refugees' Housing is one of the unique forms of housing that emerged during the acute situation in the war. During the Korean War, Busan became the Wartime Capital and various housing policies were implemented for the influx of refugees. Various types of housing appeared in Busan during the war, and the type analysis and characteristic of these types were revealed through literature and case studies. Accordingly, the product of study was indicated in the meaning of the housing restoration policy enforced during the war and the housing type exhibited by refugees from the perspective of housing.

• 복식문화연구
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• 제28권6호
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• pp.845-857
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• 2020

As the number of North Korean refugees increases in South Korean, their acculturation to life in their host country is coming to be an important social issue. This study explores some clothing-related barriers experienced by North Korean refugees and their moderating effects on acculturation to South Korea. Data were collected using a self-administered survey of 163 female and 37 male North Korean refugees in South Korea aged 20 to 69 years. Descriptive analyses, t-tests, ANOVA, Duncan tests, and moderated multiple regression were conducted using SPSS 20.0 and Process Macro v.3.3. The results show that the North Korean refugees who participated in the study had experienced clothing-related barriers regarding fashion terminology and shopping rituals in South Korea. In particular, those in their 60s perceived more clothing-related barriers than those in their 20s and 30s. Next, the clothing-related barriers experienced by North Korean refugees have a negative moderating influence on the relationship between self-esteem and acculturation in South Korea. This study provides a deeper understanding of the relationship between fashion and the acculturation of North Korean refugees to South Korea. The results of the study can be also helpful of government policy makers, practitioners, and academics to develop education programs for North Korean refugees.

• 동아시아식생활학회지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.1-13
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• 2011

The number of North Korean refugees residing in the Republic of Korea (South) has reached 17,000, and this number is expected to exceed 20,000 (North Korean Supporter's Association, 2009). Refugees have developed improper dietary habits while hiding and escaping North Korea. They have also developed preferences for exotic food. This thesis attempts determine the changes in Korean food. This study also describes the view on South Korean food by North Korean refugees. According to our survey, women refugees had better dietary habits than men. Moreover, women and those in their 40's showed a tendency to choose food based on quality over quantity. Both men and women refugees responded that they cook food based on North Korean recipes. Those who view their current financial status as average or higher stated that South Korean food is tastier than North Korean food. Those whose financial status among North Koreans was average or higher when they lived in North Korea appreciated the splendor and beauty of South Korean food more. The results of this study are expected to assist in determining the differences in dietary habits between those from the North compared to Koreans living in the Republic of Korea. Therefore, studies between South and North Korean food should continue.

• 한국문헌정보학회지
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• 제50권1호
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• pp.285-312
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• 2016

The study examines how stressful life experiences and negative affective conditions influence refugees' information seeking and uses. Fifty-five North Korean refugees living in South Korea were invited to participate in a survey to determine their level of PTSD and to investigate the relationship between activeness in information-seeking and their negative affect. Seven subjects with severe PTSD symptoms participated in an in-depth interview to describe their information practices in daily life contexts. The study found that participants with higher levels of PTSD tended to seek information more passively than those with lower levels of PTSD. Almost all refugees were unable to recognize their information needs clearly but some subjects stated latent socio-affective needs and financial needs. Most refugees avoided seeking information and learned information through interpersonal sources-staffs in the Hana Refugee Center and volunteers in local community churches-and mass media. Some unique social phenomena were discovered in North Korean refugees' information world and the emergent features were discussed. On the basis of the findings, some practical approaches for improving refugees' information world were also suggested.

• Journal of Contemporary Eastern Asia
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.125-147
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• 2020

On the World Refugee Day in 2017, Yao Chen, a Chinese actress, philanthropist, and social media influencer, posted messages in her Weibo in support of the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR). Yet, social media users quickly interpreted this supportive message of the refugee program as encouraging people to "accept and receive refugees" (jieshou nanmin) into China. Particularly, the category of Middle Eastern refugees elicited most criticism in China's cyberspace. As the inclusion of refugees is an integral part of immigrant multiculturalism, this article examines the limits of multicultural imagination of refugees―particularly those from the Middle Eastern and North Africa―in contemporary China. I argue that the limits of multicultural imagination in contemporary China is profoundly shaped by an intricate interweaving of domestic policies and global imaginaries toward refugees. By deploying a mixed methodology, such limits are examined from legal-institutional, ideological, and sociocultural perspectives. More specifically, three interrelated aspects will be highlighted in the article: (1) the global circulation of right-wing populism imaginaries, and their entanglements with the anti-Muslim sentiments in contemporary China; (2) the current insufficiency of the legal-institutional framework regarding refugees and asylum-seekers, which needs to be contextualized in China's modern history of dealing with refugee issues; (3) population politics, the rise of Han-centric nationalism, and their constraining impact on the interpretation of historical events related to cultural diversity. In conclusion, this article also offers potential implications for further examining the different yet potentially intersected genealogies of multicultural imaginaries beyond the Middle Eastern and North African refugees in Asia.

• 수면정신생리
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.35-41
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• 2012

목 적 : 본 연구에서는 이미 정착하여 일상 생활을 하고 있는 북한이탈주민들 중 정신과 진료를 받은 환자들을 대상으로 정신생리를 고찰하고자 하였다. 방 법 : 본 연구는 2005년 1월 1일부터 2011년 7월까지 정신과를 내원한 북한이탈주민 환자 85명을 대상으로 후향적으로 인구학적 정보 및 정신과적 정보를 획득하였다. 결 과 : 85명의 북한이탈주민 중 75명(88.2%)이 여자였으며, 평균연령은 48세였다. 외래에서 주로 호소한 증상으로는 불면 47명(55.3%), 두통 37명(43.5%), 불안감 20명(23.5%), 우울감 19명(22.4%) 등이었으며, 입원시 주된 증상은 불면 14명(87.5%), 우울감 12명(75%), 두통 8명(50%) 등이었다. 결 론 : 국내에 입국해서 생활하고 있는 북한이탈주민들이 가장 많이 호소하는 정신과적 증상은 불면, 두통 등으로 나타났다. 향후 북한이탈주민들을 정신과적 평가 및 치료함에 있어서 정서적 호소보다 신체적 증상을 더 많이 호소하는 특징을 고려하여야 함을 시사한다. 또한 북한이탈주민들의 가장 많은 증상이 불면이었다는 점에서 향후 이들을 대상으로 수면에 대한 심도 있는 연구가 이루어야 할 것이다.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제50권6호
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• pp.386-392
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• 2017

Objectives: Refugees resettled in the US may be at risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD). However, little is known about CVD-related issues among Karen refugees who have migrated to the US from the Thai-Myanmar border. The purpose of this study was to examine CVD-related health beliefs and lifestyle issues among Karen refugees resettled in the US. Methods: Karen refugees resettled in the US from the Thai-Myanmar border (n=195) participated in a survey study on health beliefs related to CVD, salt intake, physical activity (PA), and smoking in the fall of 2016. Results: A high-salt diet, physical inactivity, and smoking were major lifestyle problems. Participants who adhered to a low-salt diet considered themselves to be susceptible to CVD. Most participants did not engage in regular PA. Regular PA was associated with less perceived susceptibility to CVD and greater perceived benefits of a healthy lifestyle for decreasing the likelihood of CVD. Conclusions: Each refugee population may require individualized strategies to promote PA and a healthy diet. Future studies should develop health education programs that are specifically designed for Karen refugees and evaluate such programs. In addition to health education programs on healthy lifestyle choices, tobacco cessation programs seem to be necessary for Karen refugees. At the same time, it is important to foster strategies to increase the utilization of preventive care among this population by promoting free or reduced-fee resources in the community to further promote their health.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.37-45
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• 2021

2011년 시리아 내전 이후 전 세계적인 난민 증가와 더불어 국내 유입 난민이 증가하면서 이들에 대한 법적 지위 인정과 더불어 취업, 교육 지원, 학위·자격 인정 등이 사회적 이슈로서 대두하고 있다. 이에 본 연구에서는 2000년대 초반부터 난민의 학위·자격에 대한 평가인정제도를 운영하고 있는 네덜란드와 노르웨이 사례를 일정한 분석틀(제도추진배경, 주요내용 및 인정 절차)을 토대로 비교 분석하였다. 분석 결과, 양국 모두 증빙서류를 갖추지 못한 난민의 학위와 자격을 평가인정하는 것이 해외 학위·자격 평가인정제도의 공신력을 떨어뜨릴 수 있는 우려가 있음에도 불구하고, '리스본 인정 협약'에 담긴 '난민의 인권 보호' 취지에 따라 난민 학위·자격 평가인정제도를 운영하고 있었다. 제도운영 면에서는 양국 간에 차이가 있었지만, 양국 모두 '사전경험학습 평가인정제'를 적용하여 '난민'의 입장에서 유연하게 평가인정을 실시한다는 공통점이 있었다. 이러한 점은 향후 국내에서 난민 학위·자격평가인정제도를 설계할 때 시사하는 바가 크다고 할 수 있다.

• 한국심리학회지 : 문화 및 사회문제
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• 제14권1호_spc
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• pp.487-518
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• 2008

본 연구는 새터민이 남한사회에 정착하여 생활하는 과정 속에서 겪는 사회문화적 갈등을 새터민의 관점에서 파악하고, 또한 남한사람들이 새터민에 대하여 어떠한 인식을 가지고 있고 새터민과의 관계에서 어떠한 갈등을 경험하는지를 파악하여, 이에 대한 질적 분석을 토대로 남북한주민간의 갈등을 가능한 한 예방하기 위한 문화통합교육의 중심이 되는 주제들을 도출하였다. 이십 세 이상 새터민 성인 남녀 28여명에게 반 구조화된 면접을 시행한 자료와 새터민을 접촉하는 남한사람들인 신변보호담당관들과 새터민 지원단체 자원봉사 교사들에게 집단면접조사를 시행한 자료를 사용하여 질적 분석을 실시하였다. 주요 내용을 범주화하고 주제별 코딩을 실시하여 나온 주제들 중에서 새터민과 남한주민의 문화통합교육을 구성하는 데 핵심적인 내용을 이루는 주제들을 선별해내었다. 이 연구는 새터민이 남한사회에 들어와서 남한사회의 문화와 가치관을 일방적으로 수용함으로써 사회 속에서 겪게 되는 갈등을 해결하고 적응한다는 관점에서 새터민의 문화갈등 문제를 다루기보다는 새터민으로 대표되는 북한 문화와 남한의 주류문화 간의 상호작용이라는 관점에서 새터민의 '문화통합' 문제를 다루었다.