The Clothing Behavior, School Uniform Satisfactions and School Uniform Modification Behavior of Adolescent

청소년의 의복행동과 교복만족도 및 교복변형행동

The purpose of this study was to acquire the better and more correct information on the school uniforms with which middle or high school students may be satisfied. We investigated clothing interest, school uniform satisfaction, school uniform modification behavior and the relationship anions those factors. The data were collected from 472 questionnaires of middle and high school students who lived in Gyeonggi-do and analyzed statistically. We found that adolescents felt a great interest in appearance, fashion, brand orientation of clothing, and they spent most of personal expenses in buying clothes. However, the extent of adolescents' satisfaction on school uniform was low. Especially, the satisfaction on status symbolism, fashion, washing & management, body comfort and economical efficiency of school uniform was found low. Three hundred fifty three students (74.8%) agreed to modify the school uniform for personality and in chase of fashion. Two hundred eighty four students (58.1%) needed partially and variously modified school uniform, and these modifications showed a tendency of tightness to the body. We also found that the higher adolescents' clothing interests in appearance, conformity, modesty and brand orientation were. the more satisfied adolescents were with the status symbolism and the washing & management of school uniform and the more affected the school uniform modification behaviors of students were. There were. however. no significant difference between the extent of school uniform satisfaction and the school uniform modification behavior, Another research of school uniform will be necessary in order to reduce the discrepancy between clothing needs for representing the appearance, personality and fashion in the present adolescents and those for representing the worthy and modest images of a student and pursuing the economic value through school uniform in the older generation. We suggest that students should consider these results when they choose school uniform and furthermore both the person in charge of schools and school uniform makers should refer to those when they design and make school uniform.

청소년들이 보다 만족할 수 있는 교복에 관한 자료를 얻고자 경기도 안양시 소재 중 고등학교 남녀 472명을 대상으로 의복행동, 교복만족도 그리고 교복변형행동을 설문 조사하였으며 SPSS/WIN (ver.11.0) program으로 통계 처리한 결과 다음과 같은 결론을 얻었다. 청소년들은 용돈의 대부분을 의복구입비로 사용하고 있으며 외모관심도, 동조성, 개성, 상표지향성에 대한 의복행동이 높았다. 청소년의 교복만족도는 낮으며. 특히 교복의 신분상징성, 유행성, 세탁관리성, 신체적 안락감, 경제성에 대한 만족도가 낮았다. 청소년의 약 74.8%가 개성과 유행추구를 이유로 교복변형을 찬성하였고 약 58.1%가 교복의 일부 혹은 여러부분을 변형하였으며 교복을 부위별로 줄여서 몸에 밀착된 형태로 변형시키는 경향이 나타났다. 외모관심도, 동조성, 정숙성, 상표지향성에 대한 의복행동이 높은 청소년일수록 교복의 신분상징성, 세탁관리성 둥에 대한 만족도가 높았다. 외모관심도, 유행, 상표지향성에 대한 의복행동이 높을수록 교복변형행동에 영향을 미쳤으나 교복만족도와 교복변형행동과는 유의한 상관관계가 없었다. 앞으로 교복 연구는 외모, 개성, 유행 등의 의복행동을 표현하려는 청소년들의 의복 욕구와 학생다운 이미지, 정숙성, 경제성을 추구하는 기성 세대 간의 요구를 절충할 수 있도록 지속적으로 수행되어야하며 그 결과는 청소년들의 교복 선택과 결정에 실질적으로 반영되며 학교와 교복제작업체는 이를 반영한 교복디자인과 제작을 시행해야 한다고 제언한다.