by Wong Chi-ming. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1994. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 62-69 (2nd gp.)). / ABSTRACT --- p.ii / ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --- p.iii / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.iv / LIST OF TABLES --- p.vi / LIST OF FIGURES --- p.viii / LIST OF APPENDICES --- p.ix / Chapter CHAPTER I - --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Definition of Somatization --- p.2 / A Model of Somatization --- p.5 / Somatization in the Correctional Setting --- p.8 / The Study --- p.12 / Chapter CHAPTER II- --- METHOD --- p.14 / Subjects --- p.14 / Measures --- p.15 / Pilot Study --- p.21 / Main Study --- p.21 / Chapter CHAPTER III - --- RESULTS --- p.23 / Validity of Protocols --- p.23 / Descriptive Statistics and the Sociodemographic and Custodial Profile of the Subjects --- p.23 / Reliability of Scales Used in this Study --- p.26 / Data Transformation --- p.26 / Principal Components Analyses of Variables on Psychological Distress and Somatization --- p.28 / Predictors of Somatization --- p.30 / Differences among Subjects with Different Levels of Somatization and Psychological Distress --- p.35 / Differences among Somatizers Who Attribute Differently --- p.47 / Chapter CHAPTER IV - --- DISCUSSION --- p.51 / Somatization and Psychological Distress Among Prisoners --- p.51 / Other Correlates of Somatization among Prisoners --- p.51 / Patterns of Somatization under Different Levels of Psychological Distress --- p.55 / "Comparison between ""True"", ""Facultative"", and ""Initial"" Somatizers" --- p.56 / Management Implications --- p.58 / Chapter CHAPTER V - --- CONCLUSION AND LIMITATION --- p.60 / REFERENCES --- p.62 / APPENDICES --- p.70