Year: 1964
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: According to the concepts of Kretschmer there are nine constitutional types during puberty-these are: ALTERSENTSPRECHENDE, ACCELERIERTESYNCHRON, RETARDIERTE-SYNCHRON, RETARDIERTE-ASYNCHRON, SYNCHRONE, ASYNCHRONE, ALLEGEMEINEVEGETATIVE, STIGMEN, ENDOKRINE-STIGMEN and ASTHENIKER. The main problem with Kretschmer's classification involves the secondary sexual characteristics of the nine types. One aspect of this is skin resistance. The author classified more than two hundred subjects according to Kretschmer's system. Only males between the ages of thirteen and eighteen were studied. Steinwachs's apparatus was used to measure skin resistance. The main finding was that those subjects who showed atypical characteristics tended also to have unstable skin resistance levels.
Source: Japanese Psychological Research
Author: HITOSHI AIBA
Institution: Waseda University
Language: German
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W1460877619