Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
'Thank You, Sorry, Love' (TSL) Therapy with North Korean Refugee Women: A Pilot Study |
| Language: |
English |
| Authors: |
Kim, Hee Jin, Kim, Jae Yop, Kim, Dong Goo |
| Source: |
Research on Social Work Practice. Nov 2016 26(7):816-824. |
| Availability: |
SAGE Publications. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: journals@sagepub.com; Web site: http://sagepub.com |
| Peer Reviewed: |
Y |
| Page Count: |
9 |
| Publication Date: |
2016 |
| Document Type: |
Journal Articles
Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: |
Family Counseling, Females, Refugees, Pretests Posttests, Statistical Analysis, Trauma, Family Violence, Marriage, Outcomes of Treatment, Program Evaluation, Foreign Countries, Measures (Individuals), Asians, Nonparametric Statistics, Structural Equation Models |
| Geographic Terms: |
North Korea, South Korea |
| Assessment and Survey Identifiers: |
Conflict Tactics Scale |
| DOI: |
10.1177/1049731515570137 |
| ISSN: |
1049-7315 |
| Abstract: |
Objectives: This study was designed to evaluate the effectiveness of The "Thank You, Sorry, Love" (TSL) family therapy program in potentially improving the marital relationships and health of North Korean refugee women. Methods: The participants included 12 married North Korean female refugees in their 20s to 40s. Using a blinded assignment, six received the TSL family therapy program and six did not receive any treatment. Pretests (just before the program), posttests (just after termination of the program), and follow-up tests (1 month after termination of the program) were conducted. Results: The program participants experienced a statistically significant decrease in marital violence and an increase in their total antioxidant activity levels. Conclusions: TSL family therapy has the potential to contribute to improving the lives of traumatized North Korean refugee women. Larger scale replication studies involving random assignment would be a useful next step in evaluating the TSL program. |
| Abstractor: |
As Provided |
| Number of References: |
40 |
| Entry Date: |
2016 |
| Accession Number: |
EJ1115176 |
| Database: |
ERIC |
