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A Development of the Korean Version of the constitutions in Ayurveda Questionnaire

한국형 아유르베다(Āyurveda) 체질유형 검사지의 개발을 위한 기초연구

  • Cheong, MeeSook (Department of Naturopathy, Dongbang Culture University) ;
  • Rim, Aela (Department of Buddhism Culture, Dongbang Culture University)
  • 정미숙 (동방문화대학원대학교 자연치유학과) ;
  • 임애라 (동방문화대학원대학교 불교문예학과)
  • Received : 2016.08.16
  • Accepted : 2016.12.08
  • Published : 2016.12.31
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Abstract

This study investigated the development of a Korean version of the Ayurvedic constitution questionnaire and sought to verify its validity and reliability. Each study subject completed a self-administered questionnaire consisting of 63 questions. The Ayurvedic constitutions were placed into 7 categories. The results from 271 subjects revealed that the internal consistency reliability (Cronbach's ${\alpha}$) in the 41 item biometric signature part of the questionnaire was 0.757. The Cronbach's ${\alpha}$ for the 22 item psychological part was 0.616, whereas the Cronbach's ${\alpha}$ for the entire 63 items was 0.840. Taken together, the results indicate that the Korean version of the Ayurvedic questionnaire was valid. Within the questionnaire, the fourth item about body and the ninth item about psychological showed item-total correlations with negative total values, thereby indicating inconsistent (less reliable) responses. The remaining 61 items had a 0.864 degree of reliability. The results for the pure Vata Pitta and Kapha body types showed a high level of internal consistency reliability, presumably because those participants were of a pure constitution type. The Kappa factor for inter-item coincidence between the judgment of Ayurvedic constitution experts and the judgment derived from the written test scores was 0.619, thereby indicating questionnaire validity. The results of this study may be useful in further development of a Korean version of the Ayurveda constitution questionnaire.

이 연구는 한국형 아유르베다 체질을 측정할 수 있는 도구를 개발하기 위한 기초 작업으로 검사지의 신뢰도와 타당성을 검증하는 것이다. 각 대상자는 63문항에 대하여 자기-기입식 설문지를 작성하였다. 아유르베다 체질을 7체질로 개념화하고 우선 271명을 대상으로 실시한 체질 검사의 신체 특성인 41문항에 대한 내적 일관성 신뢰도(Cronbach's ${\alpha}$)는 0.757로, 심리에 대한 질문 22문항에 대한 내적 일관성 신뢰도는 0.616으로, 그리고 전체 63문항의 내적 일관성 신뢰도는 0.840으로 유의미한 수준이었다. 신체에 대한 질문 4번과 심리 9번 문항의 경우 문항 총점과의 상관(item-total correlation)이 음의 값으로 응답의 일관성(신뢰도)이 떨어지는 것으로 나타났다. 그리고 순수 바따, 삣따, 까파 유형 대상으로 신체 4번, 심리 9번을 삭제 한 나머지 61문항의 신뢰도는 0.864로 나타났다. 위의 결과는 복합체질을 제외한 순수체질만을 대상으로 했기 때문에, 응답의 일관성을 나타내는 내적 일관성 신뢰도가 더 높게 나타났다. 그리고 타당도에서는 아유르베다 전문가의 판단과 검사지 응답의 문항점수 간의 일치도 카파(kappa) 계수는 0.619로 유의미한 수준이다. 따라서 본 연구는 한국형 아유르베다 체질 검사지의 개발을 위한 기초자료가 될 것이다.

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