Korean Journal of Community Nutrition (대한지역사회영양학회지)

The Korean Society of Community Nutrition (대한지역사회영양학회)
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A Study on the Stress and the Dietary Habits of Elementary School Children by Mother's Employment Status

어머니 취업유무에 따른 초등학교 고학년 학생의 스트레스와 식습관에 관한 연구

  • Oh, Seung-Hee (Department of Nutrition Education, Graduate School of Education, Myongji University) ;
  • Hyun, Hwa-Jin (Department of Food & Nutrition, Joongbu University) ;
  • Lee, Hong-Mie (Department of Food Science & Nutrition, Daejin University) ;
  • Park, Hae-Ryun (Department of Food & Nutrition, Myongji University) ;
  • Lim, Hyun-Jin (Department of Food & Nutrition, Myongji University) ;
  • Song, Kyung-Hee (Department of Food & Nutrition, Myongji University)
  • 오승희 (명지대학교 교육대학원 영양교육) ;
  • 현화진 (중부대학교 식품영양학과) ;
  • 이홍미 (대진대학교 식품영양학과) ;
  • 박혜련 (명지대학교 식품영양학과) ;
  • 임현진 (명지대학교 식품영양학과) ;
  • 송경희 (명지대학교 식품영양학과)
  • Received : 2010.07.02
  • Accepted : 2010.08.12
  • Published : 2010.08.31
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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to determine the stress and the dietary habits of elementary school children and assess the associations with mother's employment status. The subjects were 423 students of 5th and 6th grade students (210 boys and 213 girls) in Seoul and Gyeonggi-Do. Two hundred fifty-two mothers had some kinds of job and 171 mothers were housewives. The students had stress the most from their studies/schoolwork (M = 2.37), while the least from "teacher/school" (M=1.51). The average stress score of the subjects was 1.76. The average score of dietary habits was 3.43. More specifically, the statement "not skipping breakfast" had the highest score (M = 4.04) and the statement "not substituting cereals, breads or drink milk for any meal" had the lowest score. Students with employed mothers had higher stress level than students with unemployed mothers. Students with employed mothers who have blue color job showed the lower dietary habits score than those with employed mothers who had other types of job. Students of employed mothers who go to school at dawn showed the lowest dietary habits score. In both employed and unemployed mothers, the stress score of students negatively correlated with the score of dietary habits. It was important for the mother to be at home when the students go to school and return. Based on this study, mothers should be aware of the stress level of their children get depending on their employment status. They should also provide their children to have good dietary habits and nutritional education regularly.

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