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A Study on the Effect of Adult Female's Personality Type on Health Control Behavior and Obesity Stress

성인여성의 성격유형이 건강통제행동 및 비만스트레스에 미치는 영향

  • Han, In-Kyung (Department of Food and Nutrition, Shingu College)
  • Published : 2009.06.30
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Abstract

The study was performed for investigation with 257 female adults to find out the factors affecting health control behavior and obesity stress by personality type. First of all, BMIs of the respondents showed 30 low weight (11.7%), 170 normal weight (66.1%), 33 overweight (12.8%) and 24 obese respondents (9.4%). Comparing with low weight or normal weight, overweight or obesity could be seen as strong with diet control behaviors, from which obesity stress showed the tendency to be high accordingly. Second, the result of the investigation showed that for the open personality, which was featured as strongly desired to accomplish, very sincere and sensitive, they were more eager to control through health or diet. Third, the result of the investigation showed that for the more nervous, which is featured as emotionally unstable, bad at self control of impetus and clumsy to handle stress, the obesity stress was escalating.

본 연구는 성인여성들을 대상으로 성격특성을 알아보고 건강통제행동 및 비만스트레스에 미치는 영향에 대하여 알아보기 위해 인천지역 소재 여성 257명을 대상으로 설문조사를 실시하였는데 그 결과를 요약해 보면 다음과 같다. 첫째, 조사대상자의 BMI (체질량 지수)를 살펴보면 저체중 30명 (11.7%), 정상체중 170명 (66.1%), 과체중 33명 (12.8%), 비만 24명 (9.4%)으로 나타나 대체적으로 정상체중 범위가 많은 것으로 볼 수 있다. 이에 따라 건강 통제행동 및 비만스트레스에 차이가 있는지를 분석한 결과 식생활관련 통제행동, 비만스트레스에 대해 통계적으로 유의미한 차이가 나타났으며 (p <.05), 저체중이나 정상체중에 비해 과체중이나 비만의 경우 식생활관련 통제행동이 강한 것으로 볼 수 있으며, 이에 따른 비만스트레스도 높게 나타나는 경향을 보였다. 둘째, 성인여성의 성격유형 (친화성, 성실성, 외향성, 신경증, 개방성)이 건강통제행동에 미치는 영향을 검증한 결과 자신에게 주어진 일에 대해서 성실하게 철저하게 이행하며, 성취욕구가 강하고, 항상 어떤 일을 해내고자 하는 성실한 성향이 강하고 새로운 것에 개방적이고, 지적으로 민감한 특성을 지니는 개방적 성향이 강할수록 건강이나 식생활을 통한 통제행동이 적극적인 것으로 나타난 반면, 정서적으로 안정되어 있지 못하고, 자신의 충동을 잘 조절하지 못하며, 스트레스에 잘 대처하지 못하는 신경증 성향이 강할수록 건강이나 식생활을 통한 통제행동은 약해지는 경향을 나타내었다. 셋째, 성인여성의 성격유형 (친화성, 성실성, 외향성, 신경증, 개방성)이 비만스트레스에 미치는 영향을 검증한 결과 정서적으로 안정되어 있지 못하고, 자신의 충동을 잘 조절하지 못하며, 스트레스에 잘 대처하지 못함을 나타내는 신경증 성향이 강할수록 비만스트레스는 높아지는 것으로 볼 수 있으며, 타인을 신뢰하고 관심을 가지며, 솔직하고 순응적인 태도를 나타내는 친화적 성향이 강할수록 비만스트레스 또한 적은 것으로 나타났다. 전체적으로 건강통제행동은 성격유형 중 내적 성향이 강한 성인여성이 비만스트레스에 유의한 영향을 미치는 것을 알 수 있으며, 주관적 규범과 지각된 행동통제로 이어져 이는 정서적으로 안정되지 못 할수록 자신의 충동을 잘 조절하지 못해 스트레스 관리에 잘 대처하지 못하는 것으로 나타났다.

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