Personality construct of Sasang Personality Questionnaire in an adolescent sample

Background: Sasang 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. Metho...

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Main Authors: Han Chae, Soo Jin Lee
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-03-01
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213422014000766
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description Background: Sasang 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. Methods: A 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. Results: The 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). Conclusion: The 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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spelling doaj-art-6be9268132ea4af9b70df2f9ebbf442c2025-08-20T02:13:19ZengElsevierIntegrative Medicine Research2213-42202015-03-0141293310.1016/j.imr.2014.11.002Personality construct of Sasang Personality Questionnaire in an adolescent sampleHan Chae0Soo Jin Lee1Division of Longevity and Biofunctional Medicine, School of Korean Medicine, Pusan National University, Busan, KoreaDepartment of Psychotherapy, College of Health Sciences, Kyungil University, Gyeongsan, KoreaBackground: Sasang 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. Methods: A 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. Results: The 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). Conclusion: The 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.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213422014000766adolescentJunior Temperament and Character Inventoryprofile analysisSasang Personality QuestionnaireSasang typology
spellingShingle Han Chae
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Personality construct of Sasang Personality Questionnaire in an adolescent sample
Integrative Medicine Research
adolescent
Junior Temperament and Character Inventory
profile analysis
Sasang Personality Questionnaire
Sasang typology
title Personality construct of Sasang Personality Questionnaire in an adolescent sample
title_full Personality construct of Sasang Personality Questionnaire in an adolescent sample
title_fullStr Personality construct of Sasang Personality Questionnaire in an adolescent sample
title_full_unstemmed Personality construct of Sasang Personality Questionnaire in an adolescent sample
title_short Personality construct of Sasang Personality Questionnaire in an adolescent sample
title_sort personality construct of sasang personality questionnaire in an adolescent sample
topic adolescent
Junior Temperament and Character Inventory
profile analysis
Sasang Personality Questionnaire
Sasang typology
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