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Objective: This study explored the life of a Christian North Korean female defector to understand how faith sustained hope and meaning amid hardship. Methods: A qualitative life history approach was used for one woman who escaped North Korea in 1997, lived in China, and resettled in South Korea in 2008. Data were analyzed using Mandelbaum’s framework of life, turning points, and adaptation. Results: The analysis showed enduring hardship, fear, motherhood struggles, and renewed discrimination. Turning points included escaping for survival, encountering faith at the brink of death, and transforming suffering into growth. Adaptation involved gratitude dissolving resentment, rediscovery of identity through faith, and becoming a “wounded healer.” Faith provided meaning, resilience, and motivation for life reconstruction. Conclusions: Christian faith served as a transformative force, turning suffering into growth and despair into gratitude. The findings highlight the need for holistic and faith-based care to support North Korean female defectors’ adaptation and recovery.

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本研究旨在通过探究具有基督教信仰的朝鲜脱北女性的人生历程,揭示她们在经历苦 难后于韩国社会重新融入过程中所体验的希望与重生意义. 研究方法 : 采用定性研究中的生 命历程分析法,选取1997年逃离朝鲜后定居中国,2008年入境韩国的40多岁女性作为研究对 象.本研究采用三重筛选法招募研究对象,通过四轮深度访谈完成数据采集,并运用曼德尔 鲍姆提出的“生活维度”理论框架进行分析.研究结果显示􎩁在生活维度层面,主要提炼出四 个核心主题——“朝鲜劳工家庭的艰辛生存困境”,“被监视与洗脑笼罩的恐惧岁月”,“艰难的 母性之路”以及“被多重歧视与区分纠缠的心灵”.在人生转折点,参与者呈现出“为生存选择的 脱北之路”,“在死亡边缘遇见的信仰与希望”,“将苦难转化为成长契机”等特征􎩂在适应维度 上,则衍生出“以感恩化解委屈”,“寻找成为所需之人的身份认同”,“蜕变为治愈伤痛的疗愈 者”等转变. 结论 : 参与者的生存历程不仅停留在经历苦难的生存叙事,更是在基督教信仰基 础上重构苦难意义,逐步发现新身份与使命的蜕变之旅.这些研究结果表明,在为脱北女性 提供护理服务时,需要整合灵性关怀,心理疏导和社会支持等多维度的综合性护理干预,并 建立基于信仰的支援体系.