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Relationship between job stress, health functional food selection attributes, and consumption values among workers for information technology in Gyeonggi area

경기지역 IT 분야 직장인의 직무스트레스, 건강기능식품 선택속성 및 소비가치의 관계

  • Jung, Ji-Eun (Major in Nutrition Education, Graduate School of Education, Sookmyung Women's University) ;
  • Kim, Sung-Eun (Department of Food and Nutrition, Sookmyung Women's University)
  • 정지은 (숙명여자대학교 교육대학원 영양교육전공) ;
  • 김성은 (숙명여자대학교 식품영양학과)
  • Received : 2019.11.15
  • Accepted : 2020.01.22
  • Published : 2020.02.29
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Abstract

Purpose: This study examined the relationship between job stress, attributes of health functional food (HFF) selection, and consumption values for information technology (IT) workers, and analyzed the factors influencing the selection of HFF to improve health by making the right choice of HFFs. Methods: Three hundred forty IT workers in Gyeonggi area participated in the study. The participants were divided into low or high job stress group. The differences in participants' general characteristics, attributes of HFF selection, and HFF consumption values were investigated, and the mediating effects of HFF consumption values on the relationship between job stress levels and the HFF selection attributes were analyzed. Results: Job stress levels were high in those IT workers with a length of service < 5 years (p = 0.013). The group with lower job stress levels had a higher tendency to consider the ingredients contained in HFF products (p < 0.001), and their efficacy (p = 0.047). They also showed greater emotional value for a sense of security from consuming HFFs to stay healthy (p = 0.047). The group with higher job stress levels had greater epistemic value in that their choice of HFFs differentiated them from the other workers (p = 0.036). Higher job stress was associated with less consideration of the intrinsic attributes such as ingredients and efficacy of the HFF selection attributes (p = -0.113), emotional value of the HFF consumption values (p = -0.136), and the functional value such as practicality, price, and safety (p = -0.134). The job stress level influenced the intrinsic attributes through the functional and emotional values, demonstrating that the functional and emotional values had appropriate mediating effects on the relationship between job stress levels and intrinsic attributes. Conclusion: Education needs to be provided for workers to relieve job stress and improve the functional and emotional values, which contributes to choosing the appropriate HFFs.

본 연구는 경기지역의 IT 분야 직장인 340명을 대상으로 일반적 특성, 직무스트레스 수준, 건강기능식품 선택속성 및 소비가치에 대한 설문 조사를 실시하였으며, 직무스트레스 수준에 따라 두 개의 집단으로 나누어 집단 간 일반적 특성, 건강기능식품 선택속성 및 소비가치의 차이를 알아보고, 직무스트레스와 건강기능식품 선택속성의 관계에 대한 건강기능식품 소비가치의 매개효과를 분석하였다. 연구 결과, 대상자의 건강기능식품 선택속성과 관련하여 직무스트레스 수준이 낮은 집단이 제품의 성분, 효능의 내재적 속성을 더 고려하는 것으로 나타났다. 대상자의 건강기능식품 소비가치와 관련하여 직무스트레스 수준이 낮은 집단이 건강기능식품 복용으로 건강을 지킬 수 있다는 안정감의 감정적 가치를 중요하게 여기는 반면, 직무스트레스 수준이 높을수록 다른 사람들과 차별화된 건강기능식품 선택이 중요하다는 인지적 가치를 중요하게 여기는 것으로 나타났다. 상관관계 분석 결과, 직무스트레스 수준이 높을수록 건강기능식품 선택속성 중 내재적 속성, 건강기능식품 소비가치 중 감정적 가치 및 가격, 실용성 및 안전성을 중요하게 생각하는 기능적 가치 (p = -0.134)를 고려하지 않는 것으로 나타났다. 매개효과 분석에서는 직무스트레스 수준이 내재적 속성에 직접적으로 영향을 미치는 것이 아니라 기능적 가치와 감정적 가치를 통해 영향을 미치는 완전매개효과를 나타냈다. 연구 결과를 종합해보면 직무스트레스 수준이 낮을수록 건강기능식품 선택속성 및 건강기능식품 소비가치에 긍정적인 영향을 주는 것으로 나타났으며, 직무스트레스 수준과 건강기능식품 선택속성의 관계에서 건강기능식품 소비가치 중 기능적 가치와 감정적 가치가 완전 매개효과를 가지는 것으로 나타났다. IT 분야 직장인들은 직업적 특성 상 지속적으로 스트레스 상황에 놓여 있으며 그로 인해 발생할 수 있는 신체적 이상을 예방하기 위한 건강기능식품 이용이 증가하고 있다. 따라서 올바른 건강기능식품 선택을 통해 효과적으로 건강을 유지할 수 있도록 건강기능식품 소비가치를 개선하기 위한 교육이 필요하다. 소비가치는 소비자의 사고 및 행위를 이끄는 판단기준의 집합으로, 교육 대상자들이 건강기능식품에 대하여 제품이 주는 이미지보다는 성분과 효능 및 안전성 등에 가치를 두고 관심을 가질 수 있도록 하는 교육이 이루어져야 한다.

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