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The following contribution will describe the results through a serial of national surveys in
profession of clinical psychology focused on practice and training of clinical psychologists,
application of psychological tests used in mainland of China. We will also discuss the policy and
criteria about the qualification of counselor and psychotherapists published by Chinese
Government recently, interesting and challenging issues in the future development of clinical
psychology in mainland of China.
4074.2 Psychological test’s development: Its present and tendency in mainland of China, S.Q.
Yao, Y.H. Zhou, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
To learn about the status quo of the psychological test’s development in mainland of China, five
major published journals related psychological testing were selected to review. The number of the
tests and the method of the psychometric features were be analyzed. 154 kinds of psychological
tests, revised or developed, were reported in the recent five years. These tests included ability test,
personality test, clinical psychological test, etc. Although the situation of revision and
development of psychological testing is still coexist, more and more researchers are prepared to
develop new test by themselves and use modern psychometric methods.
4074.3 Developments of clinical psychology in Taiwan, W.C.C. Tam, Chung Yuan Christian
University, Chung Li, Taiwan, China
After nearly half a century of development, clinical psychologist is an officially recognized
profession in Taiwan and needs a license to practice. Most of the working time of clinical
psychologists is devoted to psychological assessment and psychotherapy. At present there are
nearly 500 licensed clinical psychologists serving a population of 23 million in Taiwan. In
addition to being employed in hospitals, clinical psychologists also provide psychological services
in their own psychology clinics. The Taiwan Association of Clinical Psychology is working hard
to raise the training standards, the accountability, and the service quality of clinical psychologists.
4074.4 Psychological impacts and adjustment in sufferers of severe acute respiratory syndrome
(SARS), C.W. Wong, S.K.W. Cheng, Kwai Chung Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China
In 2003, Hong Kong was severely hit by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). We have
conducted a series of five studies to examine the psychological impacts of SARS on the sufferers.
The results indicate that (1) in the acute treatment phase, the direct and indirect effects of SARS
may cause various psychiatric complications; (2) certain verbal and behavioral responses of
healthcare workers are therapeutic to the sufferers; (3) psychological distress of SARS survivors at
one-month recovery is real and significant; and (4) cognitive appraisal and thriving are vital
psychological constructs explaining the differential adjustment outcomes of the sufferers. Clinical
implications of these findings are discussed.
4074.5 Developing a Chinese version of Observer Alexithymia Scale and Toronto Alexithymia
Scale, X.Z. Zhu, J.Y. Yi, S.Q. Yao, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
To develop a Chinese version of the observer alexithymia scale (OAS) and the twenty-item
Toronto alexithymia scale (TAS). A sample of 468 undergraduate students and 258 neurosis
patients were tested. We examined the Chinese translation of the OAS’s and the TAS-20’s internal
reliability and test-retest reliability. Using confirmatory factor analysis. The results found that all
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