Effect of objectified body consciousness and self-compassion on premenstrual syndrome among female college students in South Korea

2018 ◽  
Vol 08 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sunghee Lee ◽  
Jungyoon Keum
2011 ◽  
Vol 332-334 ◽  
pp. 1567-1571
Author(s):  
Hai Yan Wang ◽  
Yong Lim Choi ◽  
Yun Jia Nam

This document he 20-25 years old female university students from Jiangsu province in China and Seoul in South Korea were chosen as the subjects. The method of simple random sampling and analyzing questionnaires was employed and the questionnaire content are following: 50 questions referring body cognition and figure satisfaction and 11 questions investigating subjects’ acceptence of various clothing styles. Responses data were collected and processed by the SPSS (17.0 for Windows) statistical software and statistical methods of Descriptive analysis, Crosstabs, Mean multiple comparison (Duncan) was employed. This study focused on female college students’ self-figure cognition, self-figure satisfaction and dressing desire and would offer reference and advice about developing China’s and South Korea’s apparel trade.


2016 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 13
Author(s):  
Akifah Fatimah ◽  
Yayi Suryo Prabandari ◽  
Ova Emilia

Stress and premenstrual syndrome events in female college students in boarding schoolsPurposeThis study aimed to determine the correlation between stress and premenstrual syndrome events in female college students who live in Islamic boarding schools.MethodThis study used a cross-sectional design. Respondents were female college students who live in boarding schools and met inclusion criteria as a respondent. Data collection technique was simple random sampling.ResultsThere were correlations between stress and premenstrual syndrome, and the external variable which was related with premenstrual syndrome was age of menarche. Prevalence of female college students who experienced stress was 34.9% and prevalence of premenstrual syndrome was 32.8%. Severe symptoms experienced by respondents were physical symptoms (22.3%) such as breast tenderness, headache, joint or muscle pain, bloating, weight gain, fatigue or weakness (21.6%), and decreased interest of doing activities at home/dorm (18.1%).ConclusionFemale college students who experienced stress have more potential to experience premenstrual syndrome than female college students who did not experience stress.


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