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- Title
Biopsychological traits of Sasang typology based on Sasang personality questionnaire and body mass index.
- Authors
Soo Jin Lee; Soo Hyun Park; Cloninger, C. Robert; Yun Hee Kim; Minwoo Hwang; Han Chae
- Abstract
Background: The purpose of present study was to examine biological and psychological characteristics of people according to the Sasang typology, which is popular in Korea. We evaluated the Sasang Personality Questionnaire (SPQ) as a measure of temperament, and Body Mass Index (BMI) as a measure of the somatic properties of each Sasang type. Methods: Subjects were 2506 (877 males, 1629 females) outpatients between the ages of 20 through 70 who requested traditional medical assessment and treatment in Korea. The structural validity of the SPQ was examined and its correlation with BMI was analyzed. The SPQ and BMI measures of each Sasang type across age and gender were presented and their differences were analyzed with Analysis of Variance. Results: Confirmatory factor analysis and path analysis identified an acceptable three-factor structure of the SPQ measuring differences in individual's behavior, emotion, and cognition. SPQ scores (29.71 ± 1.00, 28.29 ± 0.19 and 26.14 ± 0.22) and BMI scores (22.92 ± 0.09, 25.56 ± 0.10 and 21.44 ± 0.10) were significantly (p < 0.001) different among So-Yang, Tae-Eum and So-Eum Sasang types, respectively. Conclusions: The results showed that the SPQ and BMI is a reliable measure for quantifying the biopsychological characteristics of each types, and useful for guiding personalized and type-specific treatment with medical herbs and acupuncture.
- Subjects
SOUTH Korea; STATISTICAL correlation; BODY mass index; TEMPERAMENT; PERSONALITY assessment; RESEARCH methodology evaluation; SEX distribution; QUESTIONNAIRES; AGE distribution; PATH analysis (Statistics); BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONS; ASIAN medicine; ANALYSIS of variance; FACTOR analysis; COGNITION
- Publication
BMC Complementary & Alternative Medicine, 2014, Vol 14, p1
- ISSN
1472-6882
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/1472-6882-14-315