Journal of the East Asian Society of Dietary Life (동아시아식생활학회지)
- Volume 17 Issue 4
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- Pages.463-473
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- 2007
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- 1225-6781(pISSN)
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- 2288-8802(eISSN)
A Comparative Study on Perceptions of Body Image, Body Satisfaction, and Dietary Habits of Beauty Art Major and Non-major Female College Students
미용전공 여대생과 비전공 여대생의 체형인식, 신체만족도 및 식습관 비교 연구
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Lee, Jong-Hyun
(Dept. of Food and Nutrition, Dongnam Health College) ;
- Kim, Min-Sun (Research Institute of Human Ecology, Seoul National University) ;
- O, Ju-Hwan (Dept. of Food and Nutrition, Seoul National University)
- Published : 2007.08.31
Abstract
This study was carried out to investigate perceptions of body image, body satisfaction, and dietary habits of beauty art major and non-major college students in Gyeonggi province. A total of 312 self-administered questionnaires (beauty art majors=145; non-majors=167) were analyzed. The means for height, weight, and BMI were 161.7 cm, 51.4 kg and 19.7, respectively. There were more majors who were underweight according to BMI classification than non-majors. Sixty-six percent of the subjects had previous weight control experience, and there was no significant difference between the majors and non-majors. The mean score for current body image was 4.61 out of a possible 9 points in the majors, which was significantly lower than 4.95 in the non-majors, and their perception of an ideal body image was thinner than their current body image. Those with more weight control experience had currently heavier perceptions of their body. The mean score for body satisfaction was 2.60 out of a possible 5 points, which was lower than the mean score for their attitudes toward the importance of their bodies. The mean score for dietary habits was 2.80 out of a possible 5 points, and there was no significant difference with dietary habits according to weight control experience or BMI classification. In both the majors and non-majors, there was a significant positive correlation between BMI and perception of current body image (p<0.001, p<0.001), and a negative correlation between BMI and body satisfaction (p<0.01, p<0.001). In the major students, there were significant positive correlations between dietary habits and body satisfaction (p<0.01), and attitudes toward the body importance (p<0.05); therefore, the greater their body satisfaction and body importance, the higher their scores for dietary habits.