@article{ref1,
title="Psychological epidemic in Hong Kong. II. Psychological and physiological characteristics of children who were affected",
journal="Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica",
year="1982",
author="Tam, Y. K. and Tsoi, M. M. and Kwong, B. and Wong, S. W.",
volume="65",
number="6",
pages="437-449",
abstract="A double blind retrospective study was carried out on a sample of children who were affected in a mysterious gas poisoning epidemic together with controls drawn from the same school. The dependent measures employed were the Junior Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (JEPQ), a Hypnotic Susceptibility Scale (HSC), Heart Rate (HR) and Skin Potential Response (SPR). A vigilance task was administered during assessment of the latter two variables. The affected children had significantly higher HR together with a marginal increase in SPR. It is proposed that constitutional factors play an important role in determining whether an individual is affected in such an epidemic.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0001-690X",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}