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Table 2 Correlation efficient between life satisfaction and defense mechanism in North Korean Refugees

From: Associations between defense mechanisms and life satisfaction among North Korean refugees

 

Economic satisfaction

Occupational satisfaction

Medical satisfaction

Educational satisfaction

Overall satisfaction

Acting out

− 0.060

0.065

− 0.024

− 0.110

− 0.045

Consumption

− 0.090

− 0.078

− 0.100

− 0.134

− 0.144

Denial

0.195**

0.112

0.104

0.112

0.227**

Fantasizing

− 0.021

0.025

0.052

− 0.061

− 0.090

Resignation

− 0.124

− 0.060

− 0.039

− 0.113

− 0.219**

Inhibition

0.040

0.096

0.121

0.073

0.040

Reaction formation

0.141

0.102

0.141

0.148*

0.143

Passive aggression

0.013

0.132

0.067

− 0.042

− 0.105

Projection

− 0.098

− 0.105

− 0.055

− 0.112

− 0.134

Splitting

0.018

0.061

0.003

− 0.014

0.015

Sublimation

0.181*

0.129

0.110

0.135

0.107

Undoing

− 0.042

0.070

0.062

− 0.024

− 0.077

Withdrawal

− 0.127

− 0.062

0.013

− 0.068

− 0.160*

Omnipotence

− 0.021

0.069

− 0.023

0.041

− 0.002

Humor

0.183*

0.139

− 0.015

0.064

0.239**

Isolation

− 0.120

0.066

0.053

− 0.088

− 0.132

  1. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01,