The Effect of Aromatherapy Program on the Stress and Mood of the Middle Aged Women's Generation

Jung, Lee Hee; Hee, Lee Kyung

Journal of the Korean Society of Cosmetology 2017;23(6):1271-1278.
Published online December 31, 2017.

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The Effect of Aromatherapy Program on the Stress and Mood of the Middle Aged Women's Generation

Lee Hee Jung, Lee Kyung Hee

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to identify the effect of aromatherapy program on the stress and mood of the middle aged women's generation. The subjects in this study were the women who were selected by random sampling from the accessible population that consisted of the female residents in the city of pusan. This study was implemented from february 2 to march 13, 2017. an aromatherapy program and were provided for the subjects in 12 sessions, 60 minutes each. The collected data were analyzed by spss(statistical package for the social science) win 21.0. the analysis methods used in this study were x2(chi-square) test, one-way anova and repeated measures anova. as for a post-hoc analysis, scheffe test was carried out. program in that regard. The above-mentioned findings of the study illustrated that the aromatherapy program of aromatherapy had effective impacts on the decrease of the psychological stress, physical stress and stress indexes of the middle-aged women and on their mood states, and that the integrated program of aromatherapy program exerted more effective influences on the decrease of their psychological stress, physical stress and stress indexes and on their mood states than the aromatherapy program.

Key Words: Aromatherapy, Middle aged women, Mood, Stress