Violence Against North Korean Refugee Women: Doubly Victimized By Repatriation and Premigration Traumatic Experiences

Author:

Kim Eunyoung1ORCID,Yun Minwoo2,von Denkowski Cordula3

Affiliation:

1. Department of Police Administration and Criminal Justice, Catholic Kwandong University, Gangneug, South Korea

2. Department of Police Science and Security Studies, Gachon University, Seongnam, South Korea

3. Studiendekanin Abteilung Soziale Arbeit, Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany

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.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Law,Sociology and Political Science,Gender Studies

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2. Long-term mental health of war-refugees: a systematic literature review

3. Epidemiologic Studies of Trauma, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, and other Psychiatric Disorders

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