Comparative Study On Self-consciousness And Psychological Health Between Obesity And Normal Weight Middle-school Students

With the rapid development of national economy , the improvement of people's living standard , the increasing of proportion on food calories and static lifestyle, obesity problem are becoming more and more serious, that has become the worrying public health problem. The obesity not only affects people's physical health, but also affects people's mental health. The obesity rate in adolescents is growing up and harm is more serious than adult obesity. Many research found that obesity students are often taken derogatory nicknames by other students because of the figure and they are usually in the experience of discrimination and exclusion . So obesity adolescents are more easy to have withdrawn and inferiority personality. And with the growth of the age they can be not increasingly satisfied with themselves, even to doubt self–value.Therefore, to do the comparative study on self-consciousness and psychological health between obesity and normal weight students in the middle school is meaningful for knowing the basic situation about self- consciousness and psychological health of obesity students . The study can also provide theory direction for school education , improve education effect and make teachers teach students according to their characteristics . What is more , it can make self- consciousness and psychological health of obesity students develop healthy and steadily.On the basis of much literature review, the study sampled 180 students from Jinan 68 middle school and divided into obesity group and normal weight group . This study used PHSS and Middle school students' mental health scale as research tools to compare the present status of self-consciousness and psychological health between obesity and normal weight students. The main conclusions of the study are follows: There is significant difference between obesity and normal weight students in the self-consciousness total score and all factors. Obesity students scored lower than normal weigh students. There is significant difference between obesity and normal weight students in the psychological health total score and paranoid,hostile,depression,study pressure,maladjustment,emotional imbalance,psychological unbalance factors. Obesity students cored higher than normal weigh students. There is significant difference between boys and girls in the self- consciousness total score. The boys scored lower than the girls .There is significant difference between boys and girls in the behavior,teamwork factors. The boys scored lower than the girls. There is significant difference between boys and girls in the maladjustment,psychological unbalance subscales. The girls scored lower than the boys.There is no significant difference among grades in the self-consciousness total score and all factors. There is significant difference among grades in the forced factor of the psychological health.Self-consciousness total score is negative related with psychological health total score and its factors in obesity group-----the higher the self-consciousness is , the slower psychological health scores is, the better the psychological health is . Psychological health total score is negative related with self-consciousness other factors except intelligence,physical appearance,well-being and satisfaction factors. The investigation further shows that psychological health total score of obesity group can be predicated by the behavior,anxiety factors.Self-consciousness total score is negative related with psychological health total score and its factors expect forced,maladjustment,psychological unbalance factors in normal weight group -----the higher the self-consciousness is , the slower psychological health scores is, the better the psychological health is . Psychological health total score is negative related with self-consciousness total score and anxiety factor . The investigation further shows that psychological health total score of normal weight group can be predicated by anxiety factor and self-consciousness total score.It hopes that the study can find timely existing problems of obesity students and can provide some help for educators and parents even psychological health education of middle school.