The Relationship between Attachment and Post-Traumatic Growth of North Korean Refugees: The Mediation Effects of Mentalization Moderated by Self-Determined Solitude Motivation

Key Points

• This research aims to verify the mediating effect of mentalization between attachment and post-traumatic growth in North Korean refugees while exploring how self-determined solitude motivation influences this relationship.
• Survey administered to 300 North Korean refugees aged 19-69, with 276 valid responses analyzed.
• Utilized SPSS 25.0 and PROCESS macro for data analysis.
• Examined the effects of anxious and avoidant attachment in relation to post-traumatic growth and mentalization.
• Significant mediating effect of mentalization between attachment and post-traumatic growth was found.
• The relationship between anxious attachment and mentalization varies based on the level of self-determined solitude motivation.
• No significant mediation effect was found for avoidant attachment regarding post-traumatic growth when moderated by self-determined solitude motivation.