While young South Koreans’ (SKs’) views on North Korean (NK) refugees, North Korea and Korean reunification have become increasingly negative or callous, less is understood about viable interventions to address their aggravating attitudes. Through the lens of Allport’s intergroup contact theory, the current study explored how SK college students’ friendships with NK refugees influence their perspectives on (a) attitudes towards NK refugees; (b) interest in North Korea; and (c) views about Korean reunification. We used a concurrent triangulation mixed-methods design that integrates quantitative data via a survey and qualitative data via in-depth interviews. Survey data drawn from 276 SK college students revealed that those with NK refugee friends showed more favourable attitudes towards the NK refugee population, greater interest in North Korea-related issues and NK society, and more positive perspectives on Korean reunification. A cross-analysis of in-depth interviews with 11 SK college students who developed friendships with NK refugees yielded five primary domains: (a) initial occasion on which they met the NK refugee friend(s); (b) feelings and thoughts about friendships with NK refugee(s); (c) friendship-induced changes in perceptions of the NK refugee population; (d) friendship-induced changes in perceptions of North Korea; and (e) friendship-induced changes in perceptions of Korean reunification. Based on the intergroup friendship’s promising effects that our findings suggest, we discussed the benefits of employing educational practices that could promote intergroup contacts and understandings of North Korea and the refugee population.

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韩国东道主和朝鲜难民之间的群际友谊：对教育实践的影响

虽然年轻的韩国人 (SKs) 对朝鲜 (NK) 难民、朝鲜和朝鲜统一的看法变得越来越消极或冷酷，但对解决他们日益恶化的态度的可行干预措施却知之甚少。通过奥尔波特的群际接触理论，本研究探讨了 SK 大学生与 NK 难民的友谊如何影响他们对 (a) 对 NK 难民的态度的看法；(b) 对朝鲜的兴趣；(c) 对朝鲜统一的看法。我们使用了并发三角测量混合方法设计，该设计将通过调查获得的定量数据和通过深度访谈的定性数据整合在一起。来自 276 名 SK 大学生的调查数据显示，有 NK 难民朋友的人对 NK 难民人口表现出更积极的态度，对朝鲜相关问题和朝鲜社会的兴趣更大，对朝鲜统一的看法更积极。对与 NK 难民建立友谊的 11 名 SK 大学生进行的深入访谈的交叉分析产生了五个主要领域：(a) 他们遇到 NK 难民朋友的最初场合；(b) 关于与朝鲜难民的友谊的感受和想法；(c) 友谊引起的对北朝鲜难民人口看法的变化；(d) 友谊引起的对朝鲜看法的变化；(e) 友谊引起的朝鲜统一观念的变化。基于我们的研究结果表明的群体间友谊的有希望的影响，我们讨论了采用可以促进群体间接触和了解朝鲜和难民人口的教育实践的好处。