Ewha Med J.  1995 Sep;18(3):207-214. 10.12771/emj.1995.18.3.207.

Psychosomatic Syndroms in College Students on the SUNYA Revision of the Psychosomatic Symptom Cheklist

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  • 1Department of Neuropsychiatry, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Korea.

Abstract

The aim of this work was to measure the distress of psychosomatic symptoms in the nonscreened college students. The SUNYA Revision of the psychosomatic symptom checklist was administered to the 133 college students. The mean total frequency and intensity scores and PSCtotal scores of all subjects were higher than the normative data of college students. Femalesubjects scored higher than male subjects for a11 three PSC scores, especiatlly significantly higherfor mean total intensify scores. The scores of items of fatigue, depression, general stiffnesswere highest of all items in both sexes.44.4% of all subjects scored above 40 PSC total score. The results of this study support the use of the PSC as a measure of psychosomatic distressin the college students.

Keyword

College student; Checklist; Psychosomatic symptoms

MeSH Terms

Checklist
Depression
Fatigue
Humans
Male
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