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Violence Against North Korean Refugee Women: Doubly Victimized By Repatriation and Premigration Traumatic Experiences.
- Source :
- Violence Against Women; Aug2022, Vol. 28 Issue 10, p2424-2447, 24p
- Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- This study investigates the influence of traumatic events on the mental health of North Korean refugee women by examining the prevalence and severity of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, and anxiety in comparison with their male counterparts (women = 496; men = 131). Our results suggest that women are at greater risk of developing mental health problems than men. In particular, symptoms of PTSD and anxiety were higher among women who experienced forced repatriation to North Korea, which is operationalized as a constellation of gendered traumatic incidents such as sexual abuse, rape, witnessing infanticides, and forced abortion. The policy implications of our results and suggestions for future studies are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- MENTAL illness risk factors
PSYCHOLOGY of abused women
HEALTH policy
STATISTICS
PSYCHOLOGY of refugees
RAPE
MULTIVARIATE analysis
VIOLENCE
EMOTIONAL trauma
MENTAL health
POST-traumatic stress disorder
ABORTION
INTERVIEWING
KOREANS
SEVERITY of illness index
SEX distribution
CRONBACH'S alpha
PSYCHOLOGICAL tests
PSYCHOSOCIAL factors
DISEASE prevalence
MENTAL depression
SEX crimes
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
CENTER for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale
ANXIETY
DATA analysis software
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10778012
- Volume :
- 28
- Issue :
- 10
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Violence Against Women
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 157872818
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/10778012211032706