TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1982//
TI  - Psychological epidemic in Hong Kong. II. Psychological and physiological characteristics of children who were affected
JO  - Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica
A1  - Tam, Y. K.
A1  - Tsoi, M. M.
A1  - Kwong, B.
A1  - Wong, S. W.
SP  - 437
EP  - 449
VL  - 65
IS  - 6
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0001-690X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -