A self—designed “Folk Belief Questionnaire”(FBQ)was administer among young men aged 18to 20 years in Taiwan,Jilin,and Guangdong provinces,to compare their attitude to and perception on sexual issues,koro syndrome,and the transcendent religion.Some responses to the FBQ differed significantly in the subjects amongthese three regions,suggesting that the occurrence of epidemic koro may be related to special local folk belief.

The Japanese orphans who remained in Northeastern District of China atthe end of world War Ⅱ were raised by their Chinese foster parents and grew up in Chinesesociety,but more than forty years later,they displayed even many characteristics closely relat-ed to Japanese culture.The findings of the 54 Japanese orphans investigated indicate signifi-cant relationship between early childhood experience and the development of personality andpattern of behavior in adulthood.