Stagnation as a Distinct Clinical Syndrome
Comparing 'Yu' (Stagnation) in Traditional Chinese Medicine with Depression
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10898674 |
|---|---|
| Authors | M Ng (0000-0001-8255-7459, University of Hong Kong, corresponding author), S-m Ng |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 467-484 |
| Publication date | 2006-04-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The British Journal of Social Work (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0045-3102 • E-ISSN: 1468-263X |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/bjsw/bcl008 |
| OpenAlex | W1995660183 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
Background: Depression was translated into Chinese as yiyu, with reference to the yu syndrome in traditional Chinese medicine. Literally meaning 'not flowing, entangled or clogged', yu, or 'stagnation' in English, is, however, a construct distinct from depression. Objective: The study aimed to explore the construct of stagnation through scale development. Method: A concept-driven approach was adopted to generate candidate items for the Stagnation Scale. Other measures were a validity checking item, a Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and a twelve-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12). Respondents were recruited by convenience and snowball sampling, resulting in 602 questionnaires being completed by adults between the ages of eighteen and sixty-five. Results: Exploratory factor analysis provided a three-factor, sixteen-item solution. The three factors were named Overattachment, Body-Mind Obstruction and Affect-Posture Inhibition. Cronbach's alphas of the entire scale and subscales ranged from 0.82 to 0.91. Correlations of the scale total with the validity checking item, BDI and GHQ-12 were 0.71, 0.53 and 0.48, respectively. Stagnation showed a pattern of associations with demographic variables different from depression. Conclusion: The Stagnation Scale has good psychometric properties, and has meaningful factor structures. The evidence supports the contention that stagnation is a clinical syndrome distinct from depression. The new concept has important implications for social work practice.
Depression (economics) · Economic stagnation · Economics · Keynesian economics · Political science · Psychiatry · Clinical Psychology · Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research · Law · Medicine · Mental Health Research Topics · Psychology · Traditional Chinese Medicine Studies
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| Citation span | 2010 - 2025 (16) |
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