Development of a Scale to Assess Hwa-Byung, a Korean Culture-bound Syndrome, Using the Korean MMPI-2

Transcultural Psychiatry

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 383-400

  Roberts, Miguel E ^a   Han, Kyunghee ^b   Weed, Nathan C ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

culture bound syndrome; Hwa Byung; Korean MMPI 2; personality assessment; scale development

Indexed keywords

ANGER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEALTH STATUS; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; HWA BYUNG; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY 2; PEER GROUP; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RATING SCALE; SEX RATIO; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGER; ANXIETY; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; MMPI; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; SYNDROME;

EID: 33749595365     PISSN: 13634615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363461506067715     Document Type: Article

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