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KMID : 0892720070110010021
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Journal of the Korean Society of Maternal and Child Health
2007 Volume.11 No. 1 p.21 ~ p.32
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The Relationship between the Hostility and the Experience of Physical and Mental Symptom of Korean Adult Women
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Son Youn-Jung
You Mi-Ae
Song Ju-Eun
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Abstract
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Objectives: The purpose of this study was to identify the relationship between the hostility and the experience of physical and mental symptom of adult women in Korea.
Methods: The data were collected by self-report questionnaires from 149 adults women of over 20 years old in Gyeonggi. Data were analyzed by using the SPSS win 11.0 program with t-test, ANOVA, pearson correlation, and stepwise multiple regression.
Results: The results showed that rue mean score of hostility was 2.34 out of a possible maximum score of 4(range 1.38 to 3.29). There was a significant difference in the score of hostility according to alcohol intake (p=0.002). There were significant differences in the score of physical symptom by age (p=0.005), occupation (p=0.012), education level (p＜0.001) and menopause (p=0.018). There was a significant difference in the score of mental symptom by spouse(p=0.045). The Hostility was positively correlated with physical (r=0.359, p＜0.001) and mental (r=0.378, p＜0.001) symptom experience. The stepwise multiple regression analysis showed thai hostility significantly predicted the physical and mental symptom experience.
Conclusions: It is recommended that a nursing intervention program should be developed to manage hostility for adult women’s health promotion. Further studies need to be prospectively conducted for group comparisons according to the life cycle of Korean women.
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KEYWORD
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hostility, women, physical symptom, mental symptom
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