This study examined the conditions for, and mechanisms of, mentoring efficacy against depression symptoms in a random sample of 202 adolescent North Korean refugees living in South Korea. Rhodes (2005) argued that mentoring may benefit adolescents with high parental attachment because social engagement comes easily to them, and that it also may benefit adolescents with weak attachment because of greater need. The present study drew on Rhodes' (2005) theory to postulate curvilinear moderation of the mentoring-depression relationship by parental attachment. Teacher and peer attachment were posited as mediators of the relationship between mentoring and depression. Using fixed effects regression models, Sobel tests, and non-parametric bootstraps to test the hypotheses, a negative association was identified between mentoring and depression symptoms. Results suggested mediation by social withdrawal, and models also found a significant curvilinear moderating effect of parental attachment on the mentoring-depression relationship. These findings suggest that adolescent North Korean refugees with strong parental attachment and adolescent North Korean refugees with weak parental attachment may disproportionately benefit from mentoring as compared with adolescent North Korean refugees who scored in the middle in parental attachment. These results are also consistent with the idea that mentoring may reduce social withdrawal which, in turn, reduces depression.

本研究调查了居住在韩国的 202 名朝鲜青少年难民的随机样本，研究了针对抑郁症状的指导效果的条件和机制。Rhodes (2005) 认为，辅导可能使父母依恋度高的青少年受益，因为他们很容易参与社会活动，并且由于需要更多，它也可能使依恋较弱的青少年受益。本研究借鉴了 Rhodes (2005) 的理论，假设父母依恋对指导-抑郁关系的曲线调节作用。教师和同伴依恋被认为是指导与抑郁之间关系的中介。使用固定效应回归模型、Sobel 检验和非参数引导法来检验假设，发现指导与抑郁症状之间存在负相关。结果表明，社会退缩具有中介作用，模型还发现父母依恋对指导-抑郁关系具有显着的曲线调节作用。这些研究结果表明，与父母依恋得分中等的青少年朝鲜难民相比，父母依恋强的青少年朝鲜难民和父母依恋较弱的青少年朝鲜难民可能从指导中受益不成比例。这些结果也与指导可以减少社交退缩的想法一致，这反过来又可以减少抑郁症。这些研究结果表明，与父母依恋得分中等的青少年朝鲜难民相比，父母依恋强的青少年朝鲜难民和父母依恋较弱的青少年朝鲜难民可能从指导中受益不成比例。这些结果也与指导可以减少社交退缩的想法一致，这反过来又可以减少抑郁症。这些研究结果表明，与父母依恋得分中等的青少年朝鲜难民相比，父母依恋强的青少年朝鲜难民和父母依恋较弱的青少年朝鲜难民可能从指导中受益不成比例。这些结果也与指导可以减少社交退缩的想法一致，这反过来又可以减少抑郁症。