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The purpose of this article is to examine the characteristics of social support networks for North Korean migrant adolescents and the effects of the networks on the level of their social adaptation in South Korea. The primary data for this study came from a survey of 197 North Korean migrant adolesc...

The purpose of this article is to examine the characteristics of social support networks for North Korean migrant adolescents and the effects of the networks on the level of their social adaptation in South Korea. The primary data for this study came from a survey of 197 North Korean migrant adolescents at ages between 14 and 24 in Seoul and Gyeonggi Province, which was conducted during May 18 and 28 of 2005. Main findings are as follows. The basis of social support for North Korean migrant adolescents is limited and weak as evidenced by the findings that the average number of support providers is 2.1 persons and 12% of the respondents do not have any support providers. Informal support networks such as the family, friends, community family, and guardians play more important role than formal support networks such as teachers, volunteers, and welfare workers. The level of social support individual North Korean migrant workers receive is above the average, and the level of social psychological adaptation and daily life adaptation is also above the average. It appears that they experience a greater difficulty in internal and psychological aspects of adaptation than external and behavioral aspects. As expected, the level of social support is positively related with the level of social psychological adaptation and daily life adaptation. Especially, support from people linked by blood ties, friendship, and affection has greater effects on psychological, social, and cultural adaptation and stability than support from people of formal relations.

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