The Effect of Life Style on Eco-Friendly Clothing Practices and Efficacy in Middle School Students

중학생의 라이프스타일이 친환경적인 의생활 실천 및 효능감에 미치는 영향

The world has been demanding a green growing world in order to solve serious environmental pollution and resource depletion. This study aims to identify life style factors that drive eco-friendly clothing practices and efficacy in middle school students. Data was collected from 215 middle school students in Daegu, using a self-administered questionnaire in December 2013. Statistical analyses to determine frequency, average, ANOVA, factor analysis, reliability analysis, and regression analysis were performed using SPSS 21 program. The results of factor analysis indicated that eco-friendly clothing practices were classified into purchasing and management, reuse, washing, and recycle, and eco-friendly clothing practices efficacy was sub-grouped into practice confidence, purchasing and management efficacy, and washing and sharing efficacy, and life style consisted of fashion pursuit, environment pursuit, planned purchasing, and economy. Eco-friendly clothing practices and efficacy were significant differences in sex and grade (p<0.05). Eco-friendly clothing practices were significantly affected by the factors of environment pursuit, planned purchasing, economy of life style, and the factors of practice confidence, purchasing and management efficacy, and washing and sharing efficacy of eco-friendly clothing practices efficacy (p<0.05). The planned purchasing factor of life style significantly affected all the factors of eco-friendly clothing practices efficacy. This study suggests that eco-friendly clothing practices education program could account for the life style factors such as fashion pursuit, environment pursuit, planned purchasing, and economy with gender and grade to be effective for middle school students.

본 연구는 중학생의 라이프스타일이 친환경적인 의생활 실천과 효능감에 미치는 영향을 알아보기 위하여 대구지역 중학생 215명을 대상으로 자기기입식 설문조사로 실시되었다. 친화경적인 의생활 실천 점수는 남학생이 $2.95{\pm}.49$점, 여학생 $3.19{\pm}.55$점으로 여학생의 실천점수가 유의적으로 높았다(p<0.01). 1학년의 실천점수가 $3.23{\pm}.56$점, 2학년 $3.09{\pm}.53$점, 3학년 $2.94{\pm}.58$점으로 3학년 학생의 실천 점수가 유의적으로 낮았다(p<0.01). 친환경적 의생활 실천 효능감도 여학생이 남학생보다 유의적으로 높았고(p<0.05), 3학년이 1, 2학년보다 유의적으로 낮았다(p<0.05). 친환경 의생활 실천 효능감과 라이프스타일 요인은 친환경 의생활 실천에 유의적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났고(p<0.05), 특히 라이프스타일의 계획된 구매요인이 친환경적인 의생활 실천 및 효능감에 유의적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다(p<0.05). 따라서 중학교 가정교과의 녹색생활 단원의 교육에서 학생의 라이프스타일이 반영되고, 친환경적인 의생활 실천 효능감을 높일 수 있으며, 의복의 재사용과 재활용 교육을 강화할 수 있도록 융합교육을 통한 보다 적극적인 창의성 교육이 요구되었다.