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- Title
Analysis of the bio-psychological characteristics of Sasang typology in Korean preschool children using the ponderal index and the temperament and character inventory.
- Authors
Lee, Sun Haeng; Hwang, Minwoo; Choi, Seong Heon; Kim, Hyung Joong; Lee, Eun Ju; Kwon, Chan-Young; Chung, Sun Yong; Kim, Jong Woo; Chang, Gyu Tae
- Abstract
The aim of this study was to identify different physical and mental characteristics among three common Sasang types, Tae-eum, So-yang, and So-eum (except scarce type, Tae-Yang) in preschoolers, to improve constitutional diagnoses. Our study included 65 boys and 67 girls from six kindergartens in South Korea. The number of children who were categorized as Tae-Yang, Tae-Eum, So-Yang, and So-Eum types were 1, 56, 40, and 35, respectively. We measured height, weight, mid-parental height, predicted adult height, ponderal index (PI), and findings from the junior temperament and character inventory 3 to 6. The Tae-eum type exhibited higher weight percentiles and PIs than the other types (p < 0.001), and the So-eum type displayed higher harm avoidance (HA) scores than the Tae-eum type (p = 0.033). Children with high PIs and low HA scores have a higher probability of being classified as the Tae-eum type than as the So-eum type.
- Subjects
SOUTH Korea; TEMPERAMENT; HUMAN constitution; BIOLOGICAL psychiatry
- Publication
Journal of Complementary & Integrative Medicine, 2021, Vol 18, Issue 1, p175
- ISSN
1553-3840
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1515/jcim-2017-0171