Table 2.

Correlation efficient between life satisfaction and defense mechanism in 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

*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01,