9시 등교정책이 중학생의 아침식사 섭취빈도 증가와 학교생활에 미치는 영향

Abstract

This study investigated the effects of a school attendance policy (SAP) on breakfast-eating frequency and general school life of 424 middle school students (second and third grades) in the Ansan area. Middle school students were divided into a breakfast-eating frequency increased group (44.34%) and non-increased group (55.66%). Breakfast-eating frequency was increased in the non-increased group (p0.001), whereas it was not significantly different in the increased group after implementation of the SAP. Among the increased group, awareness of effectiveness of general school life was 43.8% and 53.3% for boys and girls, respectively. Additionally, awareness of positive physical activity (p0.05), study attitude (p0.05), school record (p0.01), and good school life (p0.01) was higher in second grade than third grade. Satisfaction with the SAP was higher among members of the increased group (84.6%) than the non-increased group (61.9%), (p0.001). The biggest advantage of the SAP was ‘sleeping time’ for both the increased (44.1%) and non-increased groups (41.5%). This was followed by ‘time for breakfast’ (23.4%) in the increased group and ‘go to school restfully’ (37.3%) in the non-increased group (p0.001). Awareness of maintenance of the SAP was very high for both the increased (97.3%) and non-increased groups (90.3%), (p0.01). In conclusion, the SAP positively affected the general school life of middle school students through increased breakfast-eating frequency. Moreover, awareness of the SAP was generally good. Therefore, we suggest nationally ongoing management and support in connection with school system for stable settlement of the SAP without problem.