A Study of the Relationship of Green Dietary Education, Self-esteem and Happiness of Middle School Home Economics Students

가정교과의 녹색식생활 교육과 중학생의 자아존중감 및 행복감과의 관계 연구

  • Kim, Eunsil (Daeseo Middle School) ;
  • Cho, Hyunju (Dept. of Home Economics Education, Kyungpook National University) ;
  • Kim, Yunhwa (Dept. of Family Welfare, Daegu University)
  • Received : 2015.08.15
  • Accepted : 2015.09.26
  • Published : 2015.09.30

Abstract

Green dietary education emphasized environmental protection and humanity being conducted in middle schools. To develop effective green dietary education program for adolescents, the factors that affected their green dietary practices has been identified. This study aims to identify psychological factors that drive green dietary practices and effect of dietary education that targets middle school students. Data was collected twice from 242 middle school students in Daegu using a self-administered questionnaire in March and June, 2014. There were significant differences in school achievement, economic level and allowance a month (p<0.05) in the green dietary practices and efficacy of students. Three areas (environment, health and traditional, and appreciation & consideration) which were subgroups of green dietary practices were associated with factors such as family relations, peer relationships, self-competence of self-esteem (p<0.05), and positive and negative feelings of happiness (p<0.001). Green dietary practices efficacy was significantly affected by family relations, peer relationships, self-competence of self-esteem (p<0.05), and positive feeling, negative feeling, and negative relationships of happiness (p<0.001). After green dietary education, interests in green dietary, green dietary practices score, the score of health and environment factors of green dietary practices efficacy significantly higher than before education (p<0.05), but all the factors of self-esteem and happiness did not have any significant changes. This study suggests that green dietary education programs for middle school students could account for psychological factors such as self-esteem, happiness according to gender, school records, economic level and allowance a month to be effective.

인성과 환경을 강조한 녹색식생활 교육이 중학교에서 실시되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 중학생의 자아존중감과 행복감이 녹색식생활 실천에 미치는 영향과 현재 중학교에서 실시되고 있는 녹색식생활 단원 교육 효과를 살펴보고, 효과적인 녹색식생활 교육 프로그램 개발을 위하여 실시되었다. 대구시 소재 중학교 2학년 242명을 대상으로 2014년 3월과 6월에 각각 실시되었다. 녹색식생활 실천과 효능감은 성별과 학년, 가정의 경제적 수준, 한 달 용돈에 따라 유의적인 차이가 있었다(p<0.5). 자아존중감의 가족관계, 또래관계, 자기역량 요인(p<0.05)과 행복감의 긍정적, 부정적 요인이 녹색식생활 실천에 유의적인 영향을 미쳤고(p<0.001), 녹색식생활 실천 효능감은 자아존중감의 가족관계, 또래관계, 자기역량 요인(p<0.05), 행복감의 긍정적, 부정적 정서, 부정적 인관관계에 유의적인 영향을 받았다(p<0.001). 녹색식생활 교육 후 녹색식생활에 대한 흥미와 실천도는 유의적으로 증가하였지만(p<0.05) 청소년의 자아존중감 요인들(가족관계, 불만족, 또래관계, 자기역량)과 행복감 요인들(긍정적, 부정적 정서, 부정적 인간관계)에는 유의적인 변화가 나타나지 않았다. 따라서 중학생의 녹색식생활 교육이 성별, 학교성적, 경제적 수준, 한 달 용돈 등을 고려하는 동시에 자아존중감과 행복감을 높일 수 있는 전략을 세워 실시된다면 인성과 녹색식생활 교육의 효과를 더욱 높일 수 있을 것이다.

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