J Korean Diet Assoc.  2019 Nov;25(4):257-268. 10.14373/JKDA.2019.25.4.257.

Structural Relations of Convenience-Processed Food Purchasing Attitude and Selection Attribute according to Housewives' Stress: Focus on Housewives in Seoul and Gyeonggi Areas

Affiliations
  • 1Nutrition Education Graduate School, Sookmyung Women's University, Seoul 04310, Korea.
  • 2Department of Food and Nutrition, Sookmyung Women's University, Seoul 04310, Korea. namij@sookmyung.ac.kr

Abstract

This study provides basic data on how stress impacts the processed convenience foods purchase attitudes and the selection attributes of housewives. The stress consists of 3 factors, which were housework stress, family relation stress and economic stress. The processed convenience food purchase attitude consisted of 2 factors, which were peripheral influence purchase and conviction purchase. The processed convenience food selection attribute consisted of 4 factors, which were quality, convenience, packaging and price. Factor loading confirmation and reliability test were conducted, and the reliability was confirmed with Cronbach's alpha coefficients for all the factors exceeding 0.5. The high stress levels showed significantly high stress factors of housework, family relations and economic stress (P<0.001). The high stress group was shown to make purchases by recognizing peripheral influences (P<0.01). When the selection properties of processed convenience foods depending on different stress levels were examined, it was revealed that among the three groups, the low stress group least considered the price aspect (P<0.01). After deducting the factors, AMOS (Analysis of Moment Structure) was used to conduct the confirmatory factor analysis for verifying validity. The structural equation model was used to determine the path coefficient. From the processed convenience foods purchase attitude, the peripheral influence purchase had significantly positive (+) effects on convenience (P<0.05). Also, conviction purchase was shown to have significantly positive (+) effects on quality (P<0.05). Housework and family relation stress were shown to have negative (−) effects on processed convenience foods selection attribute, and economic stress was shown to have positive (+) effects, although no significant relationships were revealed.

Keyword

convenience-processed food; purchasing attitude; purchasing selection; housewives; stress; AMOS

MeSH Terms

Family Relations
Fast Foods
Gyeonggi-do*
Housekeeping
Product Packaging
Seoul*
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