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Relationships among Dietary Self-Efficacy, Social Support, Depression, and Weight-control Behavior of Children and Adolescents

아동과 청소년의 식이자기효능감, 사회적 지지, 우울 및 체중조절행위 간의 관계

  • Son, Se Eun (Dept. of Child Development and Education, Myongji University) ;
  • Kim, Hae Sun (Dept. of Child Development and Education, Myongji University) ;
  • Kim, Jung Min (Dept. of Child Development and Education, Myongji University)
  • Received : 2014.09.03
  • Accepted : 2014.11.26
  • Published : 2014.12.30
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Abstract

This study examines the relationships between dietary self-efficacy, social support, depression, and weight-control behavior of children and adolescents. A total of 593 students (280 children and 313 adolescents) from schools in Seoul, Gyeonggi-do, Jeollabuk-do, and Daegu were surveyed using scales for dietary self-efficacy, social support, depression, and weight-control behavior. The data were analyzed through a frequency analysis, means and standard deviations, a t-test, a one-way ANOVA, the Tukey test, the Pearson's correlation, and a stepwise multiple regression analysis. According to the results, weight-control behavior was more likely in girls than boys, high-school students than elementary-school students, and obese/overweight students than normal/underweight students. The factors influencing children's weight-control behavior were general eating habits, the BMI, depression, food choice, and family support, in that order, and those influencing adolescents' weight-control behavior were general eating habits, gender, and the BMI, in that order. These results are expected to be useful as basic data for developing weight-control programs for children and adolescents.

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