• Title/Summary/Keyword: North Korean Adolescent Dfectors

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The Influence of Resilience of the North Korean Adolescents on their Social Problem-Solving Ability: Focused on Mediating Effect of Self-Esteem (탈북청소년의 적응유연성이 사회적 문제해결능력에 미치는 영향: 자아존중감의 매개효과를 중심으로)

  • Lee, Ha-Won;Chae, Kyung-Hee
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.18 no.9
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    • pp.395-402
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    • 2017
  • This study examinedthe adaptive flexibility of North Korean adolescent defectors in order to examine how they should see themselves and cope with various situations, and analyzedthe effect of their resilience on their self-esteem and social problem-solving ability. The study subjects were 223 North Korean adolescents (10 - 25 year olds) living in South Korea. Data analysis was conducted using SPSS 23.0 and AMOS 23.0 statistical programs. The study results showed that the resilience of North Korean adolescents had a statistically significant effect on their self-esteem and social problem-solving ability. In particular, resilience had a high correlation with self-esteem, and self-esteem had a high correlation with social problem solving ability. In addition, self-esteem was the mediating factor between resilience and social problem-solving ability. The self-esteem of North Korean adolescent defectors played a particularly important role. Therefore, professional protection and support should be provided with the help of related experts such as youth leaders and counselors who would be able to enhance the self-esteem of North Korean adolescent defectors.