Table 1
Morning and evening psychosomatic condition scores collected from the self-assessment psychosomatic complaint questionnaire
| High Self-Assessment Group (n = 7) | Low Self-Assessment Group (n = 8) | Morning Comparison | |||
|
Morning
(08:00 h) | Evening (20:00 h) |
Morning
(08:00 h) | Evening (20:00 h) | t-value | |
| • Physical symptoms | |||||
| 1. Drowsiness | 3.14 | 1.43 | 3.38 | 1.50 | -0.67 |
| 2. Poor appetite | 2.14 | 1.86 | 2.25 | 1.38 | -0.30 |
| 3. Heaviness in the head | 1.14 | 1.29 | 1.38 | 1.13 | -1.00 |
| 4. Dizziness | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.75 | 1.25 | -3.00* |
| 5. Whole-body fatigue | 2.00 | 1.57 | 2.63 | 1.75 | -1.49 |
| • Mental symptoms | |||||
| 6. Lack of motivation | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.75 | 2.13 | -1.82 |
| 7. Easily irritated | 1.00 | 1.14 | 1.50 | 1.50 | -2.65* |
| 8. Feelings of melancholy | 1.00 | 1.14 | 1.88 | 2.13 | -2.97* |
| 9. Desire to rest | 2.00 | 2.00 | 3.00 | 2.50 | -2.45* |
| 10. Anxiety | 1.14 | 1.57 | 2.50 | 3.00 | -3.80** |
| total | 19.00 | 16.60 | 32.75 | 23.00 | -3.96** |
The scores shown are means. Each scale ranges from 1 to 4, with higher scores indicating a greater degree of psychosomatic symptoms (No, Somewhat No, Somewhat Yes, Yes).
**p < 0.01; *p < 0.05
Figure 1
Daily variation in salivary level of growth hormone in the high and low self-assessment groups. The results are presented as means ± S.E.M. * p < .05.