Clinical Validation of the Sasang Personality Questionnaire

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BackgroundSasang typology is a widely used personalized traditional medicine in clinical diagnosis and treatment in Korea. The aim of this study was to examine the personality construct of the Sasang Personality Questionnaire (SPQ) to replicate the previous findings in the adolescent sample.MethodsA total of 543 high school students completed the SPQ and the Korean version of the Junior Temperament and Character Inventory (JTCI). The relationships between the subscales of JTCI and SPQ were examined using Pearson's correlation. The profile analysis and analysis of variance were used to investigate the difference among high, middle, and low SPQ total score groups.ResultsThe SPQ and its subscales were significantly correlated with the JTCI subscales. SPQ total score was positively correlated with Novelty Seeking (r = 0.424) and negatively correlated with Harm Avoidance (r = –0.291). The high, middle, and low SPQ total score groups showed significantly different JTCI profile (flatness with Greenhouse–Geisser correction, df = 3.424, F = 443.812, p < 0.001; parallelism with Greenhouse–Geisser correction, df = 6.848, F = 18.610, p < 0.001).ConclusionThe validity of the SPQ construct was confirmed with adolescents. Further investigation on its personality construct would extend the clinical application of SPQ to young age groups including children.

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confidence: 71%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 94%

Personality construct of Sasang Personality Questionnaire in an adolescent sample

Chae

Lee

2015

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“…Previous studies have examined the clinical 16 and structural validity2, 4, 15 of SPQ and its correlation with physical traits,2, 17 pathophysiological symptoms, 18 and general health status 18 for the concurrent validity. In addition, the temperament of Sasang typology measured with SPQ was consistently shown to have the following order (from lowest to highest): SE < TE < SY 2, 4, 15, 16, 17.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The Sasang Personality Questionnaire (SPQ) developed based on these previous studies has an acceptable clinical reliability and validity,2, 4, 15, 16, 17, 18 with the rank order of SPQ scores (lowest to highest) in the following order: SE < TE < SY 2, 15…”

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confidence: 99%

Best-fit index for describing physical perspectives in Sasang typology

Chae

Kown

2015

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IntroductionWe examined the best-fit index for describing the constitutional or physical characteristics of Sasang typology for its universal application.MethodsPonderal index (PI), body mass index (BMI), and basal metabolic rate (BMR) of the nationwide participants (n = 1663; age, 31–60 years) were calculated. We described and analyzed the usefulness of each index for maximizing the differences between Sasang types across age and sex using box plots, Pearson's correlation, and analysis of variance.ResultsWe found that the So-Eum, So-Yang, and Tae-Eum Sasang types were significantly (p < 0.001) different from each other in terms of PI, BMI, and BMR by the World Health Organization with weight (BMR-WHOw). The BMI was significantly correlated with PI (r = 0.933) and BMR-WHOw (r = 0.577).Discussion and conclusionThese study results show that PI, BMR, and BMI have their own clinical values, and could contribute to the study of the pathophysiological mechanism underlying the Sasang typology as the hypothalamus hypothesis.

“…This dimension can be linked to a dimension of inhibition–excitation, which is a fundamental mechanism working at the neuron level in the human nervous system that allows psychological processes to function in either a complementary or a competitive manner 37 . Coupled with evolution theory, this biological dimension can also be linked to behavioral aspects, such as the fight–flight dimension, as the chosen behavior is determined by the individual's attitude toward the outer world 38 . When these psychological–biological–behavioral dimensions are bound together, it may be said that inward-oriented, inhibition-oriented, and avoidant behavioral patterns are placed at the point of one extreme, and outward-oriented, excitation-oriented, and approaching behavioral patterns are placed at the opposite extreme.…”

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confidence: 99%

Psychological typology of Sasang medicine

Jung

2015

This study briefly reviewed and summarized published studies related to the Sasang typology in order to investigate the common psychological characteristics in each type and suggest conceptual and methodological implications for future research. A total of 44 articles written in Korean between 1990 and 2014, and that used objective measures of personality, were selected from two Korean database for this study. The number of publications, type of scale used, and distribution of each Sasang type were reviewed and summarized. From these works, it was found that there was significant common ground between the classification of Sasang types, which is rooted in Eastern concepts, and the psychological features and types revealed by objective personality measures used in Western psychology. On the basis of these findings, the degree of overlap between Eastern and Western personality typologies was highlighted, and further considerations for developing a more valid and objective classification method, and the limitations of the existing searching method and scope were discussed.