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objects and depressive objects. Used SAS and SDS to classify anxious and depressive objects
which came from university into four specimen. Then, began the experiment by revised Doson
and Methews’ model. Three conclusions were drawn from the experiment, the first was that
depressive persons had a special depressive self-schema; the second was that three were no
anxious self-schema in anxious persons; the third is that high-anxious and high-depressive persons
had more negative cognitive beliefs than low-anxious and low-depressive persons, but they did not
form some kind of self-schema still.
5131.3 The mood state of paid blood donors with HIV and its relation with stress and cognitive
appraisal, Hao Wu 1 , Xiuyun Lin 2 , Shanshan Wang 2 , Wenling Su 2 , Jianping Wang 2 , 1 Beijing
Youan Hospital, China, 2 Beijing Normal University, China
This study investigated the mood state of Paid Blood Donors with HIV and its influential factors.
185 subjects between the age of 18 and 60, who were infected by selling plasma, were measured
with HIV/AIDS Stress Scale, AQ, BDI and SAS. Results indicated that 92% subjects showed
severe depression and 85% severe anxiety; stress of economic status, bringing up children,
bereavement and HIV-related symptoms affected their mood state significantly; threat and
challenge appraisals functioned as moderators between stress and mood state. Findings suggested
that the stress of economic status and threat appraisal primarily led to the subjects’ severe mood
disorders.
5131.4 The study of the relationship between depression and medical care seeking behavior in
Taiwan, Ya Hsing Yeh 1 , Ching Chuan Yeh 1 Ben-sheng Chang 2 , 1 John Tung Foundation, Taiwan,
China 2 Soochow University, Taiwan, China
The purpose of the study was to investigate and discuss the relationship between depression and
medical care seeking behavior in Taiwan. Among 7888 subjects of the study, over 70% recognized
sleeping, eating, and physical problems of depressive disorders. Some other beliefs of depressive
disorder among them are as follows: “depressive disorder is able to recover completely (68.2%)”;
“depressive disorders can be cured without medicine (31.2%)”. In addition, only 7.6% subjects
would like to seek medical care for reducing depressive symptoms. On the other hand, exercise,
reading health magazines, and relaxation (e.g., massage) were usually used to reduce depressive
symptoms.
5131.5 Reliability and validity of the Observer Alexithymia Scale: Chinese translation, Mark
G. Haviland 1 , Shuqiao Yao 2 , Jinyao Yi 2 , Xiongzhao Zhu 2 , 1 Loma Linda University, USA,
2
Central South University, China
The purpose of the present study was to develop a Chinese translation of the Observer
Alexithymia Scale (OAS-C) and evaluate its reliability and validity. 468 Chinese undergraduate
students finished the OAS-C. We evaluated internal consistency, test-retest and inter-rater
reliability, and factorial validity. The OAS-C showed adequate internal consistency (Cronbach’s
alpha coefficient was 0.84, and the mean inter-item correlation coefficient was 0.14), good
stability (test-retest reliability with a two-week interval was 0.90), and inter-rater reliability
(intra-class correlation coefficient was 0.78). Moreover, the OAS five-factor model was
confirmed¡£ The OAS-C appears to be a reliable and valid observer-rated alexithymia measure.
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