Analysis of the bio-psychological characteristics of Sasang typology in Korean preschool children using the ponderal index and the temperament and character inventory

Objectives 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. Methods 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. Results 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). Conclusions 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..

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

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2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:18

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Journal of complementary and integrative medicine - 18(2020), 1 vom: 26. Aug., Seite 175-183

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Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lee, Sun Haeng [VerfasserIn]
Hwang, Minwoo [VerfasserIn]
Choi, Seong Heon [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Hyung Joong [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Eun Ju [VerfasserIn]
Kwon, Chan-Young [VerfasserIn]
Chung, Sun Yong [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Jong Woo [VerfasserIn]
Chang, Gyu Tae [VerfasserIn]

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© 2020 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston

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10.1515/jcim-2017-0171

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GRUY007937008