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http://dx.doi.org/10.9799/ksfan.2012.25.3.483

The Effects of Eating Attitudes on Psychological Achievement and Self Control in Middle School Students  

Oh, Sung-Cheon (Dept. of Food & Pharmacy, Daewon University College)
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The Korean Journal of Food And Nutrition / v.25, no.3, 2012 , pp. 483-489 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this study, a survey was carried out on 208 students at middle schools in Gyeonggi-do through May 1 to July 20, 2011, with the purpose of figuring out how eating attitudes of middle school students affect their psychological achievement and self control. The results were as follows. First, the effect of eating attitudes on the psychological achievement of middle school students demonstrated that regular dietary life, dietary life and health had a statistically significant positive effect on psychological achievement. Second, the effect of eating attitudes on self control in middle school students showed that balanced dietary life, dietary life and health had a statistically significant positive effect on self control. The above findings confirmed that regular and healthy dietary life connected directly with health, which was a factor that makes them think positively about psychological achievement. Besides, for eating self control, as balanced dietary life in eating attitudes was important. And as this had a positive effect on their self control, could improve their eating attitudes. Consequently, the regular eating attitudes and balanced dietary life in eating attitudes of middle school students can make their psychological achievement and eating self control for the nutrition and health care.
Keywords
eating attitudes; psychological achievement; self control; health care;
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