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KMID : 0981220100100020061
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Congnitive Behavior Therapy in Korea
2010 Volume.10 No. 2 p.61 ~ p.73
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Mediating Effects of Somato-sensory Amplification on Gender Differences in Adolescent’s Somatization
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Kim Seo-Yun
Ha Eun-Hye
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study was to verify gender differences in adolescent’s somatization, somato-sensory amplification, and somatic attribution. The subjects were 1,590 1st and 2nd grade high school students in Seoul, Kyonggi and Busan. The subject was assessed with the Examination Paper of Korean Children’s Somatization Inventory, Korean Versions of Somatosensory Amplification Scale and Symptom Interpretation Questionnaire. The results were as follows: Female students scored higher on total score of somatizaion, gastrointestinal symptoms and somato-sensory amplification. Female students scored higher on somatic attribution, pain and weakness, and visual symptoms but effect sizes were small. Total and sub scales of somatization had a significant correlations with somato-sensory amplification and somatic attribution. Somato-sensory amplification had a mediating effects on the gender differences in adolescent’s somatization. Somato-sensory amplification had a mediating effects on gender differences in gastrointestinal symptoms. In short, this study confirmed the mediating effects of somato-sensory amplification on gender differences in somatization. The limitations of this study and suggestions for future studies were discussed.
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KEYWORD
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adolescent , somatization, Somato-sensory Amplification, gender differences
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