여성들의 다이어트 경험과 자기존중감과의 관련성

Abstract

Recently, the increase in the number of people who are becoming obese in the general population arouses great interest in weight management among the public in general. As weight management draws great attention and effort from the general public, this study has attempted to examine dietary methods, ensuing similarities to relations with a sense of self‐respect. At beauty salons, and fomentation houses in Gwangju, a questionnaire was conducted amongst 600 women interested in dietary therapy, 486 of whom were finally selected, excluding unsuitable respondents. The general feature was that as age increased, one got less satisfied with oneself, which caused a sense of defeat or self‐shame. Educational background showed that those with college or higher opportunities felt a high sense of satisfaction on the one hand, and a great sense of defeat on the other. The following are results of analysis by factors related of self‐respect : 1. Many respondents wanted to reduce their weight more, though having normal weight. 2. Many respondents felt an increasing sense of self‐shame due to being overweight. 3. Sleeping over 8 hours a day, many respondents felt a greater sense of discontent, self‐shame or defeat. 4. The sense of defeat or self‐respect was found more in the respondents with 3 million won or more than those with less than 3 million won in monthly revenue. 5. Many respondents were satisfied with the simple fact that they were always on a diet. 6. Self‐shame was felt among many of respondents who experienced the “yo‐yo” effect within a month. 7. Many respondents were not satisfied with themselves when dieting. 8. Many respondents wanted to become thinner in all areas of their bodies. 9. Much self‐shame was felt by respondents who hardly lived up to dietary rules. Increasingly, the social symptom is deepening that women with diet‐related problems are most exposed to psychological and behavioral stress, while they feel satisfied with themselves in that they are always on a diet. Now, it is necessary to intervene in their problems, proposing the diet specific to each of them so that they can escape from psychological stress, and to make a more detailed study of this problem.