This study investigated how obesity recognition influences communicative actions
and coping outcomes. 358 adults between the age of 20s∼40s were subjected
for this study. As of the result, the relational involvement recognition in obesity
influenced information seeking and forwarding related to obesity, which then
influenced emotion-focused coping process of the subjects. In addition,
information forwarding and emotion-focused coping process also influenced
physical coping outcomes of the subjects. Information forwarding of the subjects
mediated relational involvement recognition with physical coping outcomes while
emotion-focused coping process mediated information seeking with physical coping
outcomes as well as information forwarding with physical coping outcomes. In
the analysis by age group, health involvement recognition in 20s∼30s did not
influence physical coping outcomes while the subjects in 40s showed the
influence. This study is meaningful as it identified the influence of
communicative action to effectively cope with the disease by systematically
reviewing the influence of communicative action from the obesity recognition to
coping outcomes.