The Effects of Exercise.Behavior Modification Therapy on the Obesity Control and Self-esteem of the Obese Female College Students.
- Author:
Chungnam KIM
1
;
Yunhee KWON
;
Kyung Min PARK
Author Information
1. College of Nursing, Keimyung University, Korea.
- Publication Type:Randomized Controlled Trial ; Original Article
- Keywords:
Exercise;
Behavior Modification;
Obesity;
Self Esteem
- MeSH:
Behavior Therapy;
Exercise Therapy;
Female;
Humans;
Obesity*;
Research Design;
Self Concept;
Students, Nursing
- From:Journal of Korean Academy of Community Health Nursing
2007;18(2):293-300
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: To examine the effect of the exercise.behavior modification therapy one the obesity control and self-esteem of the obese female college students. METHOD: 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 . BG=exercise . behavior modification therapy group) design. The subjects were nursing students at T college. A total of 37 obese female college students(BMI: over 27mg/m2) 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. RESULT: BMI(Z=-3.049, p=.002) of the E . BG was significantly different from the EG. The Total Cholesterol(Z=-1.162, p=.250) of the E . BG was not significantly different from the EG. The self-esteem(Z=-3.196, p=.001) of the E.BG was significantly different from the EG. CONCLUSION: The exercise . behavior modification therapy was more effective than the exercise therapy in improving the obesity and self-esteem of the obese female college students.
