The purpose of this study was to investigate the women's perception of the traditional Taekyo, the Taekyo contents practied by them, and the factors influencing Taekyo activerties during the pregnancy. The subjects of study were 147 women having a chi...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the women's perception of the traditional Taekyo, the Taekyo contents practied by them, and the factors influencing Taekyo activerties during the pregnancy. The subjects of study were 147 women having a childbirth experience and living in Mokpo and Kwangju cities. Data were gathered from Feb. 18 to 24, 1991 through interviews by questionnairs. Analysis of data were done by frequncy, t-test, and ANOVA.
The results of the study may be summarized as follows ;
1. The respondents' perception of Taekyo.
1) Most of the respondents(92.5%) has confidence in the effect of Taekyo and 78.2% of them practiced it during the pregnancy..
2) They replied that the purpose of Taekyo were to get a emotionally stable baby(90.5%), to get a good natured baby(87.1%), and to get a healthy baby(84.4%)
2. The contents of Taekyo practiced during the pregnancy.
1) The items showed higher frequencies among the encouraged activities of Taekyo during the pregnancy were first, Making and keeping the mind peaceful(72.1%), followed by Having a good posture(67.3%), and then Bathing frequnetly(66.7%).
2) The item showed higher frequencies among the forbidden activites of Taekyo during the pregnancy were Wicked and treacherous whispering about others(75.5%), followed by Abusing of medicine(73.5%), Looking at sexual intercourse of animals(72.1%), Climbing a high mountain(70.8%), Sitting on the door step or bar(70.0%), Eating funeral foods(67.3%).
3) The foods always taking more during the pregnancy showed higher frequencies in Fruit(50.3%), Vegetables(42.2%), Anchovies(35.4%), Milk(32.7%), and Iron content medicine(32.7%).
4) The foods always forbidding during the pregnancy showed higher frequencies in Turtle(97.3%), Liver of sheep(97.3%), Meat of wild mountain animals(96.6%), Rabbit(94.6%), Goats(94.6%), Catfish(93.9%), Dog meat(85.7%), Shark(83.7%), Ginger buds(77.6%) and Wine(77.6%).
3. The factors influencing the encouraged activites of Taekyo were educational level(F=7.8779, p〈.001), Religion(F=3.5002,p〈.01), Place of growth(F=8.7878,p〈.001) Place of residence during the pregnancy(F=4.2307,p〈.05), level of getting support during the pregnancy(F=7.7912,p〈.01), Level of antenatal care(F=11.8855, p〈.001) and Monthly income(F=5.7577,p〈.01).
The factors influencing the forbidden activities of Taekyo were Monthly income(F=4.0284,p〈.01), and Level of getting support(F=5.2261,p〈.05).