Noh Jin-Won, Park Hyunchun, Kim Minji, Kwon Young Dae, Kim Jin-Seok, Yu Shieun
Department of Healthcare Management, Eulji University, Seongnam, Republic of Korea.
Global Health Unit, Department of Health Sciences, University Medical Centre Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands.
Psychiatry Investig. 2018 Jan;15(1):49-53. doi: 10.4306/pi.2018.15.1.49. Epub 2018 Jan 16.
This study investigated the mediation effect of stress between the experience of discrimination and life satisfaction among North Korean refugees who resettled in South Korea. The findings of the current study provide empirical evidence for the need of social interventions to mitigate adverse effects of stress on North Korean refugees who are subject to social discrimination on a daily basis.
In this study, we included 500 subjects among 2,138 North Korean refugees who took refuge in South Korea in 2007. The interview started from April 6th 2009 and finished on May 25th 2009. We conducted moderator effect analysis with Path analysis was conducted because we confirm the experience of discrimination was affected by life satisfaction and stress can affected life satisfaction as a moderator.
The experience of discrimination significantly affects stress and stress significantly affects life satisfaction. However, the experience of discrimination was not directly related to life satisfaction. The more stress the study respondents experienced, the lower the life satisfaction they reported.
The present finding suggests that the effects of discriminating experiences on the life satisfaction of North Korean refugees in South Korea were mediated by their own perceived stress.
本研究调查了在韩国重新定居的朝鲜难民中，压力在歧视经历与生活满意度之间的中介作用。本研究结果为采取社会干预措施以减轻压力对每天遭受社会歧视的朝鲜难民的不利影响提供了实证依据。
在本研究中，我们从2007年在韩国避难的2138名朝鲜难民中纳入了500名受试者。访谈从2009年4月6日开始，于2009年5月25日结束。我们进行了调节效应分析，并采用路径分析，因为我们确认歧视经历受生活满意度影响，且压力作为调节变量会影响生活满意度。
歧视经历显著影响压力，压力显著影响生活满意度。然而，歧视经历与生活满意度并无直接关联。研究受访者经历的压力越大，他们报告的生活满意度越低。
目前的研究结果表明，韩国朝鲜难民的歧视经历对其生活满意度的影响是通过他们自身感知到的压力来介导的。
