KMID : 0607720070180020293
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Journal of Korean Community Nursing 2007 Volume.18 No. 2 p.293 ~ p.300
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The Effects of Exercise. Behavior Modification Therapy on the Obesity Control and Self-esteem of the Obese Female College Students
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Kim Jung-Nam
Park Kyung-Min Kwon Yun-Hee
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Abstract
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Purpose: To examine the effect of the exercise ¤ýbehavior modification therapy one the obesity control and self-esteem of the obese female college students.
Methods: Data was collected from March 10, 2006 to June 10, 2006. The research design was adopted randomized control group (EG=exercise group) pretest-posttest experimental (E¤ýBG=exercise¤ýbehavior modification therapy group) design. The subjects were nursing students at T college. A total of 37 obese female college students(BMI: over 27§·/§³) were selected for this research. The exercise program was executed for 12 weeks and 4 days a week, and the behavior modification was therapy performed for 12 weeks and 60 minutes per week. The data were analyzed with the SPSS Win 12.0 program through the Mann-Whitney test.
Results: BMI(Z=-3.049, p= .002) of the E¤ýBG was significantly different from the EG. The Total Cholesterol(Z=-1.162, p= .250) of the E¤ýBG was not significantly different from the EG. The self-esteem(Z= -3.196, p= .001) of the E¤ýBG was significantly different from the EG.
Conclusion: The exercise¤ý behavior modification therapy was more effective than the exercise therapy in improving the obesity and self-esteem of the obese female college students.
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KEYWORD
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Exercise, Behavior Modification, Obesity, Self Esteem
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