This study analysed the relationship between social support, financial independence, self-enhancement bias, and stress from cultural adaptation. For an empirical analysis, the data from 225 people displaced from North Korea were analysed. Our results suggest that social support has a positively significant effect on financial independence and self-enhancement bias; furthermore, financial independence has been shown to reduce stress from cultural adaptation. Therefore, social support reduces stress from cultural adaptation through financial independence. These results demonstrate that the social support of South Korea is very important for people displaced from North Korea in terms of their safely establishing settled living. In addition, considering the fact that the status of China is rising in international society, the results of the present study provide important insights into the provision of psychological stability to people displaced from North Korea.

本研究分析社會支持、財政獨立、自我提升的偏見及來自文化適應的壓力之間關系。研究的目標是探究一個容許逃離自北韓的韓國人可以獨立健康、快樂生活並完全有能力在南韓生活的社會環境。對於實證分析，本研究分析225名逃離自北韓的人之資料。研究顯示，社會支持對財政獨立及自我提升的偏見有正面積極顯著的影響。此外，顯示財政獨立減低來自文化適應的壓力。換言之，社會支持可透過財政獨立減低來自文化適應的壓力。這些結果證明南韓的社會支持對逃離自北韓的人在建立一個安全的定居生活是相當重要的。加上，考慮到中國在國際社會上的地位正在提升，此研究的結果提供一個重要對逃離自北韓的人提供心理穩定的見解。

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