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

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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.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:18

Enthalten in:

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

Sprache:

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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Themen:

Constitution
Harm avoidance
Journal Article
Junior temperament and character inventory 3 to 6
Ponderal index
Sasang typology

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Date Completed 29.09.2021

Date Revised 29.09.2021

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1515/jcim-2017-0171

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM314191739