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http://dx.doi.org/10.14400/JDC.2017.15.10.1

(A) Study on Effects of Multi-cultural Acceptability on Awareness of Unification using Structural Equation Model  

Han, Seung-Jo (Agency for Defense Development)
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Journal of Digital Convergence / v.15, no.10, 2017 , pp. 1-7 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to examine how multi-cultural acceptability affects the perception of necessity of unification through structural equation model. The multi-cultural acceptability, familiarity with North Korean defectors, and awareness of unification were selected as the latent variables and the full / partial mediator models were built for structural equations. The observed variables for each latent variable were data that were collected through the National Survey on the Integration of North and South Korea conducted by the Korea Institute for National Unification in 2015. As a result, the acceptance of multiculturalism had a significant effect on the intimacy of the defectors, which had a positive effect on the recognition of the need for unification. The intimacy of the defectors was more influential as a parameter for full mediation than for partial mediation. Although the consciousness of unification gets weakened by postwar generations, that the phenomenon that changes into a multicultural society plays a part in recognizing the necessity of unification. In addition, the increase of North Korean defectors may ultimately become a factor in recognizing the need for unification. This study demonstrated that increasing the acceptance of multiculturalism can increase the need for unification, which means that more research fields can be derived.
Keywords
Structural equation; Multi-cultural acceptability; Mediator model; Awareness of unification; North Korean defector(s);
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