• Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Venturing and Entrepreneurship
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• v.7 no.4
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• pp.65-75
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• 2012

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between the food-related lifestyle of coffee consumer and their coffee satisfaction level in an attempt to lay the foundation for successful coffee marketing strategy setting. Self-reported questionnaires were completed by 300 adults who have visited coffee shop recently in the Seoul metropolitan area. The SPSS 18.0 program was used to analyze the samples. Data was analyzed by frequency, descriptive factor, reliability, ANOVA, and regression. A factor analysis extracted five factors comprising food related lifestyle, which we named health-seeking (factor 1), eating-out-seeking (factor 2), taste-seeking (factor 3), economy-seeking (factor 4) and convenience-seeking (factor 5). The results of the regression analysis suggested that health-seeking, eating-out-seeking, taste-seeking lifestyle had a statistically significantly positive influences on the degree of the satisfaction. health-seeking, eating-out-seeking, taste-seeking, convenience-seeking in food-related lifestyle had statistically significantly positive influences on purchase intention. These results provide an understanding for lifestyles of coffee consumers and give an insight into differentiated marketing plans for coffee industry.

• Therapeutic Science for Rehabilitation
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.69-84
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• 2024

Objective : This study aimed to categorize the lifestyles of older adults into two types - healthy and unhealthy, and use machine learning to identify the personal values that influence these lifestyles. Methods : This cross-sectional study targeting middle-aged and older adults (55 years and above) living in local communities in South Korea. Data were collected from 300 participants through online surveys. Lifestyle types were dichotomized by the Yonsei Lifestyle Profile (YLP)-Active, Balanced, Connected, and Diverse (ABCD) responses using latent profile analysis. Personal value information was collected using YLP-Values (YLP-V) and analyzed using machine learning to identify the relative importance of personal values on lifestyle types. Results : The lifestyle of older adults was categorized into healthy (48.87%) and unhealthy (51.13%). These two types showed the most significant difference in social relationship characteristics. Among the machine learning models used in this study, the support vector machine showed the highest classification performance, achieving 96% accuracy and 95% area under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve. The model indicated that individuals who prioritized a healthy diet, sought health information, and engaged in hobbies or cultural activities were more likely to have a healthy lifestyle. Conclusion : This study suggests the need to encourage the expansion of social networks among older adults. Furthermore, it highlights the necessity to comprehensively intervene in individuals' perceptions and values that primarily influence lifestyle adherence.

• Culinary science and hospitality research
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• v.16 no.3
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• pp.76-93
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• 2010

This study analyzed the dietary lifestyle among housewives and found out the effect of dietary lifestyle on consumption pattern of soybean paste. Data were collected from 312 housewives living in Gyeongnam region through a self-administered questionnaire. According to the result of the factor analysis, dietary lifestyle were categorized into five factors: health-seeking type, convenience-seeking type, safety-seeking type, popularity-seeking type, and taste-seeking type. About thirty-five percent of the respondents knew the way how to prepare soybean paste while nineteen percent did not. There were significant differences in awareness regarding how to prepare soybean paste according to healthy-seeking lifestyle, convenience-seeking lifestyle, safety-seeking lifestyle, and popularity-seeking lifestyle. Thirty-seven percent of the respondents obtained soybean paste from family or relatives, whereas twenty-six percent made it at home. The result of the multinomial logistic regression analysis showed that the factors affecting the ways of obtaining soybean paste were age, monthly household income, employment status, coresidence with parent(s), husband's parent(s), or older relative(s), dwelling types, healthy-seeking lifestyle, convenience-seeking lifestyle and safety-seeking lifestyle.

• Journal of the Korean Applied Science and Technology
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• v.35 no.2
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• pp.378-388
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• 2018

The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of the social support on health promotion behavior and life style of elderly people participation in physical education program. Total of 284, elderly people participated in this study. Data ware analyzed by descriptive statistical analysis, reliability analysis, exploratory factor analysis, correlation analysis, and multiple regression with SPSS 18.0 ver. program. The results were as following. First, social support influenced significantly on their health promotion behaviors. Second, social support influenced significantly on their life style. Third, health promotion behavior influenced significantly on their life style.

• Journal of the Korean Applied Science and Technology
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• v.36 no.3
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• pp.885-897
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• 2019

The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of perceived health status on life style and resocialization of elderly people participation in sports for all program. Total of 294, elderly people participated in this study. Data ware analyzed by descriptive statistical analysis, exploratory factor analysis, reliability analysis, correlation analysis, and multiple regression with SPSS 18.0 ver. program. The results were as following. First, perceived health status influenced significantly on their life style. Second, perceived health status influenced significantly on their resocialization. Third, life style influenced significantly on resocialization.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.11 no.12
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• pp.378-385
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• 2011

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship of job-stress, job-family conflict, and mental health according to lifestyles of married office worker. Data were collected by structured questionnaires form 185 married office worker by convenient sampling methods from May to August 2011. In our research outcomes, it found that job-stress was positively related to job-family conflict in the self-belief type, family-centralized type, heeding duty type and creative type. Job-family conflict was negatively related to mental health in the heeding duty type. And job-stress was positively related to metal health in the creative type and individual success pursuing type. These findings show that it is necessary to develop therapeutic psychosocial nursing intervention and to locate social-support-resources for reducing high job-stress, solving job-family conflict, and improving mental health in the married office worker.

• Journal of Convergence for Information Technology
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• v.11 no.11
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• pp.266-276
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• 2021

The purpose of this study is to examine the scalp care behavior by dividing the lifestyle of female college students based on the health belief model into detailed types to promote healthy scalp care behavior. For the study was conducted with a total of 534 people college student in Seoul, Gyeonggi Province from 18 March 2020 to 7 April 2020. As a result, the difference in the level of belief in scalp health care according to lifestyle showed significant differences in perceived benefit, perceived disability, and self-efficacy. In addition, the results of the difference in scalp care behavior according to lifestyle were found to be high in the order of social orientation, fashion pursuit, and economic orientation. Through this study, it is thought that it is necessary to open information and education programs that can raise the level of belief in scalp health and to develop scalp care products for each lifestyle type.

• Therapeutic Science for Rehabilitation
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.23-36
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• 2024

Objective : This study investigated the mediating effect of social networks on the relationship between social networking service (SNS) dependence and healthy lifestyle among university students. Methods : Data from 374 university students were collected via online surveys. Sociodemographic data, SNS dependence, social networks, and healthy lifestyle were assessed. Mediation analysis using bootstrapping was conducted to examine the mediating effect of social networks on the relationship between SNS dependence and healthy lifestyle. Results : A total of 374 university students participated in this study. The average age of the participants was 21.8 years (standard deviation = 2.1), and 70.3% were females. Mediation analysis revealed that SNS dependence had a direct effect on healthy lifestyle (β = -.078, standard error [SE] = .052, p = .128), which was not statistically significant. However, a statistically significant indirect effect was observed through social networks (β = -.052, SE = .020, p = .011). The total effect of SNS dependence on a healthy lifestyle was significant (β = -.130, SE = .053, p = .014). Conclusion : Social networks play a critical role in promoting a healthy lifestyle. Health professionals should prioritize interventions to address SNS dependence and leverage social networks to encourage healthier behaviors.

• Therapeutic Science for Rehabilitation
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• v.9 no.3
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• pp.23-34
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• 2020

Objective : Recently, the demand for wearable mobile devices for the monitoring and improvement of one's health and quality of life is increasing. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to analyze the need of potential users in order to develop mobile health based and lifestyle care application for the elderly. Methods : Participants who lived in their community and used a mobile phone were recruited. Finally, a total of 84 participants completed the survey. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and a t-test, which was carried out with SPSS version 25.0. Results : The application functions that users deemed important for a lifestyle care app were the number of daily steps, physical activity, blood pressure, sleep, nutrition and participation in activity. Interestingly, there was a significant difference in the importance given to the app function of participation in activities between age groups. Conclusion : This study investigated the need and preferences of potential users of health and lifestyle care application for the promotion of health among the elderly. The, findings obtained from this study could be a valuable resource for the development of lifestyle care application.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.14 no.1
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• pp.478-487
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• 2014

The purpose of this research is to find out how the characteristics of healthy lifestyle and wine selection influence each other, and how healthy life and wine selection themselves influence the overall satisfaction of wine. The data collected for this study was taken from a sample of 285 persons during the period of August 29, 2013 to September 29, 2013. Extrapolating from the data, three different characteristics of a healthy lifestyle were identified: health confidence, health sensibility and a desire for good health. Three different characteristics of wine selection were also identified: wine label, wine experience and wine recommendation. The relations of influence between healthy lifestyle and wine selecting attributes were analysed through canonical correlation and regression analysis. This report concludes that healthy lifestyle and wine selection strongly influence each other and their combination has a significant influence on the satisfaction of wine. Among the different healthy lifestyle characteristics identified, the desire for good health was the primary factor that significantly influenced wine satisfaction. With regard to wine selection, the label of wine and experience of wine were the primary factors that significantly influenced wine satisfaction.