아동기 정서적 외상과 역기능적 분노표현의 관계: 정신화와 적대적 귀인편향의 순차적 매개효과

초록

The purpose of this study was to examine the role of mentalization and hostile attribution bias in the relationship between childhood emotional trauma and dysfunctional anger expression. Specifically, this study examined how childhood emotional abuse and childhood emotional neglect, which are subtypes of childhood emotional trauma, differ in their effects. For this purpose, an online survey was conducted on 440 adults aged 20 to 39 years. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS 26.0 and PROCESS Macro. The main results are summarized as follows. First, mentalization had a significant mediating effect on the relationship between childhood emotional trauma and dysfunctional anger expression. Second, hostile attribution bias had a significant mediating effect on the relationship between childhood emotional trauma and dysfunctional anger expression. Third, mentalization and hostile attribution bias sequentially mediated the relationship between childhood emotional trauma and dysfunctional anger expression. The implications and limitations of this study were discussed.

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