Exposure to family and organized violence and associated mental health in north Korean refugee youth compared to south Korean youth

Table 4 Predictors of PTSD and depressive symptoms in the North Korean sample

Predictor	UPID sum score		PHQ-9 sum score
	North (n = 62)		North (n = 62)
	ß	r	ß	r
Age	−.06	−.06	−.08	−.20
Number of traumatic events	.33*	.44	.32*	.32
Level of exposure to family violence	.27*	.33	.48***	.54
Level of exposure to organized violence	.12	.31	−.11	.08

adjR² (UPID sum score) = .220, F = 5.226, p < .01, adjR² (PHQ-9 sum score) = .318, F = 7.999, p < .001., UPID sum score = PTSD symptom severity; PHQ-9 sum score = depressive symptom severity; Number of traumatic events = the total number of potentially traumatic events (UPID checklist); Level of family violence = the number of lifetime exposure to family violence (CTSPC); Level of organized violence = the number of lifetime exposure to organized violence, *p < .05; ***p < .001

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