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The Relationship between Insecure Adult Attachment and Emotion Dysregulation : The Mediation Effect of Mentalization

불안정 성인애착과 정서조절곤란 간의 관계 :정신화의 매개효과

  • Ko Mi Na (Division of Philosophy, College of Liberal Arts, Dong-Eui univ)
  • 고미나 ( 동의대학교 철학인문교양학부)
  • Received : 2023.05.14
  • Accepted : 2023.07.01
  • Published : 2023.07.31
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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to verify the mediating effect of mentalization in the relationship between insecure adult attachment and emotion dysregulation. A total of 468 data were collected by requesting a survey to an online research company. The collected data were subjected to descriptive statistics and hierarchical regression analysis using SPSS 25.0. The Sobel test was conducted to verify the mediating effect of mentalization. The research results are as follows. First, there was a significant correlation between attachment anxiety, attachment avoidance, mentalization, and emotion dysregulation. Second, the mediating effect of mentalization in the relationship between attachment anxiety and emotion dysregulation was found to be significant, and a partial mediating effect was found. Third, the mediating effect of mentalization in the relationship between attachment avoidance and emotion dysregulation was found to be significant and a partial mediating effect was found. Through the results of this study, the relationship between insecure adult attachment and emotion dysregulation was confirmed, and the role of mentalization in the relationship between them was also confirmed.

본 연구의 목적은 불안정 성인애착과 정서조절곤란과의 관계에서 정신화의 매개효과를 검증하고자 하였다. 온라인 리서치 회사에 설문을 의뢰하여 총 468명의 데이터를 수집하였다. 수집된 데이터는 SPSS 25.0을 활용하여 기술통계와 위계적 회귀분석을 실시하였고, 정신화의 매개효과 검증을 위해 Sobel test를 실시하였다. 연구결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 애착불안, 애착회피, 정신화, 정서조절곤란 간에 모두 유의미한 상관이 있는 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 애착불안과 정서조절곤란 간의 관계에서 정신화의 매개효과는 유의한 것으로 나타났으며, 부분매개 효과가 있는 것으로 나타났다. 셋째, 애착회피와 정서조절곤란 간의 관계에서도 정신화의 유의미한 부분매개 효과가 확인되었다. 본 연구결과를 통해 불안정 성인애착과 정서조절곤란 간의 관계를 확인하였으며, 이들 간의 관계에서 나타나는 정신화의 역할 또한 확인하였다.

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