A Study on the Effect of Adult Female's Personality Type on Health Control Behavior and Obesity Stress

In Kyung Han

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Han: A Study on the Effect of Adult Female's Personality Type on Health Control Behavior and Obesity Stress

Original Article

Korean Journal of Nutrition

Korean Journal of Nutrition 2009; 42(4): 358-365.

Published online: 30 June 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4163/kjn.2009.42.4.358

A Study on the Effect of Adult Female's Personality Type on Health Control Behavior and Obesity Stress

In Kyung Han

Department of Food and Nutrition, Shingu College, Seongnam 462-743, Korea.

To whom correspondence should be addressed. (hik0623@hanmail.net)

Received 6 February 2009 Revised 30 March 2009 Accepted 15 June 2009

Abstract

The study was performed for investigation with 257 female adults to find out the factors affecting health control behavior and obesity stress by personality type. First of all, BMIs of the respondents showed 30 low weight (11.7%), 170 normal weight (66.1%), 33 overweight (12.8%) and 24 obese respondents (9.4%). Comparing with low weight or normal weight, overweight or obesity could be seen as strong with diet control behaviors, from which obesity stress showed the tendency to be high accordingly. Second, the result of the investigation showed that for the open personality, which was featured as strongly desired to accomplish, very sincere and sensitive, they were more eager to control through health or diet. Third, the result of the investigation showed that for the more nervous, which is featured as emotionally unstable, bad at self control of impetus and clumsy to handle stress, the obesity stress was escalating.

Keywords: personality type, health care behavior, obesity stress

Figures and Tables

Table 1

NEO-PI-R factor system

Data. Ahn CG. Use of NEO humanity test. Pusan University. 1997

Table 2

Demographical characteristics of respondents

BMI (Body Mass Index): weight (kg)/height (m)²

-18.5: underweight, 18.6-22.9: Normal, 23.0-24.9: Overweight, 25.0-: Obesity

Table 3

Health care behavior and obesity stress difference by demographical characteristics

^*: p < .05, ^**: p < .01 Duncan: a < b < c

Table 4

Correlation between each variable

^*: p < .05, ^**: p < .01

Table 5

Effect of adult woman's personality on health care behavior

^*: p < .05, ^**: p < .01

Table 6

Effect of adult woman's personality on obesity stress

^*: p < .05, ^**: p < .01

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