여자대학생의 라이프스타일과 건강체력에 관한 종단적 연구

Abstract

The objective of this study was to investigate the longitudinal relationship between lifestyle and health-related physical fitness in college females, to suggest the longitudinal research for wellness of lifestyle in college females. 351 college females(random cluster sampling) were participated in this study. During the four-year period, lifestyle factors including smoking habits, drinking habits, exercise habits and dietary habits were observed by lifestyle questionnaire(Heyward,1997), health-related physical fitness including back strength, sit up, trunk flexion, step-test, and body composition were measured. One-way Analysis of Variance(ANOVA), Multiple Range Test(Scheffe), and Analysis of Multiple Linear Regression were performed to examine the statistical significance using SPSS 11.0 windows. There were significant differences during the period on the drinking habits, dietary habits, back strength, step-test, percent body fat, fat mass, total body water(p<.05). Lifestyle was significantly affected by body fat mass(p<.05), but significant affect can't bo found out in health-related physical fitness. In conclusion, this result indicated that college females did not perform proper physical activities and didn't have adequate exercise habits for their weight control. And also unbalanced and undesirable lifestyle including restricted habits of diet is inclined to make their health-related physical fitness decrease, and it leads to negative trend of body composition.