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Table 3 Associations between life satisfaction and defense mechanisms in North Korean Refugees in stepwise multiple regression model

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

Life satisfaction

Defense mechanism

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3

Overall

Denial

0.189**

0.241***

0.145**

 

Resignation

− 0.181**

− 0.206***

ns

Economic

Denial

0.203**

0.203**

0.137*

 

Resignation

− 0.131*

− 0.134*

ns

Educational

Reaction formation

0.142*

ns

ns

 

Consumption

− 0.127*

ns

ns

  1. Model 1: dependent variable: life satisfaction; independent variables: defense mechanisms
  2. Model 2: dependent variable: life satisfaction; independent variables: defense mechanisms, age, and gender
  3. Model 3: dependent variable: life satisfaction; independent variables: defense mechanisms, age, gender, depression, anxiety, and number of traumatic events experienced
  4. β is provided only if p value was < 0.05
  5. Excluded variables in stepwise model were not shown or marked as ns
  6. ns non-significant
  7. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001