The purpose of this study was to test the effects of 10 weeks of combined exercise training program on both body compositional and psychological factors in obese female college students. Fifteen obese(% body fat ≥ 30) female college students who took physical activity classes had participated in a combined exercise training program, a mixture of aerobic and resistance exercise. After 10 weeks of exercise training, body weight, % body fat, and body mass index(BMI) were significantly decreased. In psychological aspects, the total score of physical self-efficacy was significantly increased after the exercise training program. Perceived physical ability factor, a sub-factor of physical self-efficacy, was significantly different after the exercise training program, but physical self-presentation confidence, another sub-factor of physical self-efficacy, did not show any significant difference.
Dissatisfaction on body shape was assessed by the body shape questionnaire(BSQ). The total dissatisfaction score was significantly reduced after the exercise training program. Among three sub-factors on dissatisfaction, only fear for being obese was significantly different after the exercise training program. The other sub-factors did not show any significant differences.