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KMID : 0388320020090020311
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Journal of Korean Academy of Fundamental Nursing
2002 Volume.9 No. 2 p.311 ~ p.312
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Physical and Psychological-Emotional Status according to Type of Personality in Female College Student who Smoke
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Kim In-Sook
Kim Kwuy-Bun
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Abstract
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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to´ test the physical and psychologicalemctional status according to type of personality of female college student smokers and to provide baseline data for smoking cessation education programs for women.
Methods:
The data were collected from May to June, 2002. The subjects were 119 female students who smoked. The data were analyzed using SPSS/PC.
Results: The results are as follows
1. There were 91 (76.5%) A type and 28 (23.5%) B Type personality types, indicating that female student smokers were more frequently type A rather than type B.
2. Perceived health status by personality type indicated that those with type B (27.71=-4.67) perceived higher health status than those with type A (26.53= 4.60) but the result was not statistically significant (p=.237).
3. Perceived stress by personality type indicated that those with type B (83.71 =13.13) perceived more stress than those with type A (70.52±12.35).
4. Differences between depression by personality type indicated that those with type B (47.21 ±8.53) perceived more stress than those with type A (45.42=7.32) but this was not statistically significant (p= .277).
5. There were significant negative ccrrelatione between perceived health status and stress (r=-0.300, p6. There was no significant difference between perceived health status, stress, or depression according to general characteristics.
Conclusion: According to the results, researchers should continually identify women´s smoking behavior included various physical and psychological variables related to women´s health. In addition, programs for improving physical and psychological health should be designed and operated to decrease the perception of stress and to increase the perception of health motivation for women smokers.
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KEYWORD
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Female students smoker, Type of personality, Perceived health status, Stress, Depression
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