ผู้วิจัย/Authors: Banchong Suepsaman

ชื่อเรื่อง/Title: HEALTH OPINION SURVEY TECHNIQUE AS A STRESS MEASUREMENT IN THAI CHILDREN.

แหล่งที่มา/Source: Journal of The Psychiatric Association of Thailand, Vol. 26 No.4 October 1981, P 147-252

รายละเอียด / Details:

The study reports the stress measurement of a sample of Thai children in Bangkok, Thailand. A quick, simple psychosomatic symptoms checklist, an apparently effective stress scale named the Health Opinion Survey (HOS) was applied to a randomly selected group of 5,240 school children, of grades 1-12, ages 5-21 years. The HOS score has a potential range between low and high stress of 20-60 The mean stress score of the whole population is 31.91 with the score range 20-55, and a standard deviation of 5.206. The cut off score of 37 was used to identify the high stress children, with stress score of 37 and above. There are 2 peaks of score by age, at 10-13 and 18-20 years Girls had higher stress score in comparing to boys. The popular symptoms expresses by the Thai children are also presented.

Keywords: child, child psychiatry, HOS, psychiatry, screening test, stress, test, psychosomatic, Thai children

ปีที่เผยแพร่/Year: 1981

Address: Psychiatrist, Dept. of Neurology and Psychiatry Army General hospital (Pramongkutklas), Bangkok Thailand.

Code: 100242604150

ISSN/ISBN: -

Country of publication: Thailand.

Language: English.

Category: Abstract Journal.

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