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KMID : 0605720010070020200
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Journal of the Korean Society of Biological Therapies in Psychiatry
2001 Volume.7 No. 2 p.200 ~ p.208
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Relationships between Body Mass Index, Alexithymia, Coping Scale and Self-Esteem of Women in Obesity Clinic
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Abstract
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Objectives :Obesity which causing many physical and psychological problems is difficult to treatment. Although many researches have found that genetic factor is the key factor of obesity, there is ~~ few research about the envi-ronment of representing the genetic type or the role of life attitude. The purpose of this study was to investigate relationships between Body Mass Index("BMI" hereafter), alexithymia, coping scale and self-esteem of women in obesity clinic to set up the method of preventing obesity.
Methods :One hundred seven women, aged 19 through 40 years who were in treatments at G obesity clinic in Seoul and Ajou university hospital were surveyed by a questionnaire which was designed for this research. In addi-tion the Korean version of the alexithymia, coping scale, self esteem scale. And then the height and weight of ~ those children were measured and the BMI was calculated,
Results :
1) There is no significant difference between abnormal and normal weight group about the factor [ , factorII and factor III of alexithymia scale.
2) The results of coping scale show that the value of active-cognitive coping sc<~le score is significantly higher in normal weight group relative to abnormal weight group (p<0.05). The scores of avoidance coping is :significantly higher in abnormal weight group relative to normal weight group(p<0.05). Although there is no significant difference between abnormal and normal weight group about the score of active-behavioral coping scale, normal weight group shows higher tendency.
3) The result of self-esteem scale shows that the score of self-esteem is significantly higher in abnormal weight group relative to normal weight group (p<0.05).
Conclusion : We can conclude that alexithymia may be the reason for a subgroup of obesity women and the women who take avoidance, inactive cognitive and behavioral coping can be obese in high possibility. Also normal weight women who visited obesity clinic shows low self-esteem.
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