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The Korean Journal of Health Psychology

The Effects of Cognitive Behavior Therapy on Body Image Esteem, Self-Esteem, and Depression of College Women with Negative Body Image

The Korean Journal of Health Psychology / The Korean Journal of Health Psychology, (P)1229-070X; (E)2713-9581
2002, v.7 no.3, pp.335-351


Abstract

This study was conducted with three purposes. First, this study was to investigate the relations among body image esteem, self-esteem and depression of college women. Second, it was to explore that the self-esteem had influence on the body image esteem and depression. Third, it was to examine the effects of cognitive behavior therapy on body image esteem, self-esteem, and depression of college women with negative body image. The data were collected from 244 college women using Body Esteem Test, Body Cathexis Scale, Rogenberge`s Self-Esteem, and Beck Depression Inventory-Korean version. The results of this study were as follows. First, there were significant positive correlations between body image esteem and self-esteem. And there were significant negative correlations between body image esteem and depression of college women. Second, the self-esteem had influence on the body image esteem and the depression. Third, there were significant increase in the body image esteem and the self-esteem in the experimental group. there were significant reductions in the depression between the experimental group and the control group. Finally, the suggestion and limitations of this study were discussed.

keywords
Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Body Image Esteem, Self-Esteem, Depression, Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Body Image Esteem, Self-Esteem, Depression, 인지행동치료, 신체상 만족도, 자아존중감, 우울

The Korean Journal of Health Psychology