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http://dx.doi.org/10.7231/JON.2012.23.3.077

Study of on Academic Stress Responses According to Sasang Constitutions of Oriental Medicine College Students  

Chang, Jun-Yong (Department of Physiology, College of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon University)
Kim, Kyoung-Shin (Department of Physiology, College of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon University)
Kim, Byoung-Soo (Department of Physiology, College of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon University)
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Journal of Oriental Neuropsychiatry / v.23, no.3, 2012 , pp. 77-88 More about this Journal
Abstract
Objectives : This study was founded to identify the differences of stress responses, according to Sasang Constitutions (the Taeyangin, Taeumin, Soyangin and Soumin) of highly stressed oriental medicine college students. Methods : The subjects were 76 students who majored in oriental medicine. We processed 'University students Stress Scale', and 'Medical Stress Scale'. We selected 30 students who stressed higher than average. We then processed 'QSCC II (Questionnare for the Sasang Constitution Classification II)' and 'Scale for the Stress Response'. Collected data was analyzed with the SPSS 19.0 for windows statistical program. Results : The university students stress score of oriental medicine students was 1.97 that was higher than the other college students. The medical stress score was 2.77, which was similar with other medical college students. The symptoms of stress score was 2.53, which was higher than the others. Particularly, the depressive syndrome and rage syndrome were highly ranked. The frequently appearing symptoms of each type of Sasang Constitutions (the Taeyangin, Taeumin, Soyangin and Soumin) showed as follows. The Soyangin's symptoms of stress showed in order of Anxiety, Depression, and Emotional irritability. The Soumin's symptoms of stress showed in order of Depression, Emotional irritability, and cognitive disorganization. The Taeumin's symptoms of stress showed in order of Anxiety, Depression, and Emotional irritability. However, there was were no significant differences among the results of each constitution. Conclusions : The results show that oriental medicine students have as much stress as other medical college students and there was tendency of showing different patterns of stress response, according to Sasang Constitution, but it's not significantly different.
Keywords
medical study stress; stress responses; sasang constitutions;
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