한국 청소년의 신체상에 관한 연구 : 중학생의 신체부위에 대한 태도를 중심으로 = THE STUDY ON THE BODY IMAGE IN KOREAN ADOLESCENTS(Attitude Toward the Body Parts in Korean Middle School Students)

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

In order to clarify the body image of the Korean adolescent, this research was performed by questionnaire survey to the boys and girls, who attended to the Bo Jul Middle School in Nam Won, Jon Ra Bug Do, from July 1977 to July 1978.
The summary of results were as follows;
1. Total numbers of body parts that student percieved were 95.
Among the 95 body parts, it was revealed that 12 body parts were responded by more than 25% of subjects tested (parenthysis indicates the percent of subjects responded); Head(83.3%), Leg(71.6%), Eye(69.3%), Nose(69.3%), Ear(65.7%), Mouth(62.7%), Abdomen(41.0%), and Foot (36.3%), But there were no significant difference in rank orders of above 12 body parts as to sex and grade variables.
2. Among the 95 body parts, 8 body parts, such as Ear, Tooth, Stomach, Intestine, Anus, Umbilicus, Penis and Testicle, were more signicantly responded in male students than female, however 6 body parts such as Chest, Shoulder, Face, Small Intestine, Whole Body and Breast, were more significatly responded in female students than male.
3. Among the 40 internal organs responded, the following 11 body parts were responded by 5 or more of subjects; Stomach(18.7%), Liver(16.7%), Lung(16.0%), Heart(15.3%), Intestine(12.3%), Brain(7.3%), Large Intestine(7.0%), Gall Bladder(6.7%), Small Intestine(6.3%), Kidney(6.0%), and Bone(5.3%).
4. In order to study the body image of Korean adolescent boys and girls, it was highly recommended to evaluate the attitude toward one's own body parts by free word association method.