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KMID : 0895020030060010030
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Chungnam Journal of Nursing Academy
2003 Volume.6 No. 1 p.30 ~ p.40
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The Relationship Among Body Image, Self-Esteem and Depression in Urban and Rural Middle-Aged Women
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Shin Mi-Ae
Kim Tae-Sook
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Abstract
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The Purpose of this study was to identify the relationship among body image of urban and rural middle-aged women, self esteem, and depression. The subjects were 135 urban middle aged women and 135 rural middle aged women. Data were collected through personal interview using a questionnaire from Jan. 3, 2002 to Feb. 20, 2002. The questionnaire was consisted of Body Cathexis Scale, Rosenberg’s Self Esteem scale and Beck Depression Inventory. Data were analyzed by using SPSS package program that included descriptive statistics, Pearson’s correlation coefficient. According to the result, 1) The score of the body image and self-esteem perceived by urban middle aged women was higher than rural.
2) ’Body image’ was positively related to self esteem in urban and rural middle aged women. ’Body image’ and ’self esteem’ were negatively related to ’depression’ in urban and rural middle aged women. 3) In this study, rural middle aged women reveals the lower body image and self esteem, and higher depression than urban. Thus, it is necessary to implement nursing intervention focused on to decrease the depression and to enhance the body image and self esteem of the rural middle aged women.
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