The pattern of somatization in correctional settings in Hong Kong and its treatment implications.

• Other Authors: Wong, Chi-ming.
• Format: Others
• Language: English
• Published: Chinese University of Hong Kong 1994
• Subjects: Somatoform disorders > Psychology; Depressive disorder > Psychology; Prisoners > Psychology; Prisoners > Psychology > Hong Kong
• Online Access: http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b5888549; http://repository.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/en/item/cuhk-320675

by Wong Chi-ming. === Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1994. === Includes bibliographical references (leaves 62-69 (2nd gp.)). === ABSTRACT --- p.ii === ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --- p.iii === TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.iv === LIST OF TABLES --- p.vi === LIST OF FIGURES --- p.viii === LIST OF APPENDICES --- p.ix === Chapter CHAPTER I - --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 === Definition of Somatization --- p.2 === A Model of Somatization --- p.5 === Somatization in the Correctional Setting --- p.8 === The Study --- p.12 === Chapter CHAPTER II- --- METHOD --- p.14 === Subjects --- p.14 === Measures --- p.15 === Pilot Study --- p.21 === Main Study --- p.21 === Chapter CHAPTER III - --- RESULTS --- p.23 === Validity of Protocols --- p.23 === Descriptive Statistics and the Sociodemographic and Custodial Profile of the Subjects --- p.23 === Reliability of Scales Used in this Study --- p.26 === Data Transformation --- p.26 === Principal Components Analyses of Variables on Psychological Distress and Somatization --- p.28 === Predictors of Somatization --- p.30 === Differences among Subjects with Different Levels of Somatization and Psychological Distress --- p.35 === Differences among Somatizers Who Attribute Differently --- p.47 === Chapter CHAPTER IV - --- DISCUSSION --- p.51 === Somatization and Psychological Distress Among Prisoners --- p.51 === Other Correlates of Somatization among Prisoners --- p.51 === Patterns of Somatization under Different Levels of Psychological Distress --- p.55 === "Comparison between ""True"", ""Facultative"", and ""Initial"" Somatizers" --- p.56 === Management Implications --- p.58 === Chapter CHAPTER V - --- CONCLUSION AND LIMITATION --- p.60 === REFERENCES --- p.62 === APPENDICES --- p.70