The Theoretical Construction of a Classification of Clinical Somatic Symptoms in Psychosomatic Medicine Theory.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This article adopts the perspective of psychosomatic medicine to present and test a theoretical model of the classification of clinical somatic symptoms. The theoretical model consists of four dimensions: emotional somatic symptoms, biological somatic symptoms, imaginative somatic symptoms, and cognitive somatic symptoms.

Method

A clinical somatic symptom classification scale was developed according to the theoretical model. A total of 542 participants completed the clinical somatic symptoms classification scale. The data were analyzed using exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses.

Results

The results confirmed the theoretical model. The analyses found that the proposed theoretical structure of the scale was good, as indicated by factor loadings and fit

SUBMITTER: Zeng F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4985123 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature