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http://dx.doi.org/10.7231/jon.2016.27.1.001

Psychological Characteristics of Korean Medicine Students with Focus on the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 and the Beck Depression Inventory  

Kim, Ji-young (Department of Neuropsychiatry, College of Korean Medicine, Semyung University)
Lee, Jea-hyok (Department of Neuropsychiatry, College of Korean Medicine, Semyung University)
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Journal of Oriental Neuropsychiatry / v.27, no.1, 2016 , pp. 1-9 More about this Journal
Abstract
Objectives The purpose of this research is to study the Psychological Characteristics of Korean Medical Students focusing on the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 and the Beck Depression Inventory.Methods The survey was conducted on 101 Korean Medicine Students to investigate psychological characteristics focusing on the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 and the Beck Depression Inventory.Results 29.7% of students scored more than 10 points in the Beck Depression Inventory. Students with depression according to the Beck Depression Inventory showed the higher scores in the Pd, Si, RC4, WRK, FAM, Mt and MDS scales as compared to the students without depression tendencies (p<.05). Students with depression according to the Beck Depression Inventory showed the higher scores in the Pt, RC7, ANX, A and PK scales as compared to the students without depressive tendencies (p<.05).Conclusions Students with depressive tendencies seem to have more difficulty adjusting socially compared to students without depressive tendencies. In addition, students with depressive tendencies will likely have other psychological problems compared to the students without depressive tendencies.
Keywords
Minnesota multiphasic personality inventory-2 (MMPI-2); Korean medicine; Beck depression inventory (BDI);
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