북한이탈여성의 스트레스와 사회적 지지가 생활만족도에 미치는 영향

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to examine the effect of stress on the satisfaction of North Korean defectors through the mediating effect of social support. A survey was conducted on the North Koeran women defectors who were over 30 years old in Gyeonggi area, and the 321 subjects were used for analysis excluding missing data. In the relationship between the stress and the life satisfaction, the social support has a partial mediating effect. That is, the lower psychological stress and the higher social support lead to the higher life satisfaction. Among the sub-variables of the stress, the psychological stress showed significant effect on the life satisfaction. The social support, which is a protective factor significantly influenced by psychological stess, shows that the North Korean women defectors get more psychological stress than physcial or social stress to adapt to the Korean society. In the life satisfaction, autonomy and sense of self were found to have a significant effect. For North Korean women defectors to adapt to the Krean society, the social support as a protective factor plays an important role in the adaption to the Korean society and the life satisfaction in Korea. The psychological stress is directly related to the autonomy and the sense of self. Based on the research analysis, it is suggested to improve the quality of life by increasing their life satisfaction.