*중앙대학교 심리학과, †나사렛대학교 심리재활학과
*Department of Psychology, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, †Department of Psychological Rehabilitation, Nazarene University, Cheonan, Korea
The present study was designed to analyze social adaptation of 14 college students from North Korea by quantitative inquiry and qualitative inquiry. This was analyzed with a Simple-PTSD scale and a Complex-PTSD scale. That was analyzed with a two- or three-hour interview was conducted for each participant with regard to four topics such as experiences of campus life, experiences of interpersonal relation, coping with school difficulty, and meaning of campus life. First, the quantitative inquiry compared the differences of S-PTSD scores and C-PTSD scores. Second, the qualitative inquiry explained adaptative styles of 14 cases by C-PTSD scores and contents from a case study. According to the results, there were significant differences between S-PTSD and C-PTSD. And Analyses led participants into three types of school adaptation: the well-adapted, the unstable adaptive-process, and the unadaptive. Results also those participants who scored high on C-PTSD had negative attitudes in the relationship, the conflict solution, and the meaning of life. These findings were discussed in relation to social measures for their help in adaptation to South Korea. (Korean J Str Res 2013;21:193∼202)