동아시아 여대생들의 신체가치관과 신체존중감: 한국, 중국, 일본의 비교 = Body-Related Values and Body-Esteem in East Asian Women: A Cross-National Study Focusing on Korean, Chinese, and Japanese College Students

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This study investigated body-related values, body-esteem, and the relationship between them based on the survey data drawn from female college students in three East Asian countries(Korea, Japan, and China). 168 Korean, 108 Chinese, and 152 Japanese female college students responded to questions designed to measure four sorts of body values (operability, inclination, locus of evaluation, and social utility) and four dimensions of body esteem (appearance, weight, health, overall). The results showed that body-related values and body-esteem differ among three countries. Japanese showed the highest acceptance level for the voluntary body alteration(operability), while chinese scored the lowest. Inclination to body appearance over health was higher in Korean than in Japanese and in Chinese. Korean also evaluated the importance of body appearance and its social utility the highest, followed by Japanese and Chinese. There were dramatic differences in body esteem between Korean and Japanese. Regarding body-esteem, Korean showed the highest appearance-esteem, but the health-esteem was the lowest. On the contrary, Japanese showed the highest health-esteem, but the appearance-esteem was lowest. Chinese showed the highest weight-esteem. Four sorts of body values showed significant correlations with appearance-esteem and weight-esteem, respectively but not with health-esteem. Overall, the result supported the prediction that different political, social, and economic backdrops in three countries would be related with different body-related values and body esteem in the female college students.

국문 초록 (Abstract)

동아시아 삼국 여대생의 신체가치와 신체존중감을 비교하고자 하였다. 이를 위해 한국(n=168)과 중국(n=108), 일본(n=152)의 여대생을 대상으로 신체에 관한 가치로서 조작성, 편향성, 평가소재와 사회적유용성을 측정하였고, 전반적 신체존중감 척도를 이용해서 외모존중감, 체중존중감, 건강존중감을 측정하였다. 신체의 자의적 변형에 대한 수용정도는 일본이 가장 높았고 중국이 가장 낮았다. 건강에 비해 외모를 중시하는 경향은 한국이 일본과 중국에 비해 높았고, 타인의 관점에서 자신의 신체를 평가하는 경향은 한국과 일본이 중국보다 높았다. 신체의 외모나 건강의 사회적 유용성에 대해서는 한국이 가장 높게 지각하고 있었고, 일본과 중국의 순이었다. 한국 여대생은 외모존중감은 가장 높고 건강존중감은 가장 낮은 반면, 일본 여대생은 건강존중감이 가장 높고 외모존중감과 체중존중감은 가장 낮았다. 중국 여대생은 체중존중감이 가장 높았다. 네 가지 신체 가치는 외모와 체중존중감과는 유의한 상관이 있었으나, 건강존중감과는 아무런 상관이 없었다. 연구결과의 함의를 논의하고 향후연구의 필요성을 제안하였다.

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