Journal of Fashion Business (패션비즈니스)

The Korean Society of Fashion Business (한국패션비즈니스학회)
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A Study on Somatometric Characteristics of the Tween Generation Girls

트윈세대 여학생의 체형특성 연구

  • Kook, Youngji (Dept. of Fashion, Graduate School of Fashion, Dongduk Women's University) ;
  • Kim, Sora (Dept. of Fashion Design, College of Design, Dongduk Women's University)
  • 국영지 (동덕여자대학교 패션전문대학원 패션학과) ;
  • 김소라 (동덕여자대학교 디자인대학 패션디자인학과)
  • Received : 2014.10.30
  • Accepted : 2015.02.26
  • Published : 2015.05.30
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Abstract

This study provides the basic data for clothing construction of teen girls by researching and analyzing the characteristics of physical changes of tween generation school girls between 8 to 14 age. Fifty eight items of direct measurements and 61 calculated-items based on the 6th Korean National Physical Standard Reports were used. Results were obtained by using ANOVA, SNK test, coefficient of variation and growth rate of age groups. Significant differences were found among all the age groups, and were in the increasing order of height > length > width > depth > circumference. The growth rate was found in the increasing order of bust depth > hip width > N.P. to B.P. > hip circumference > bust circumference and thigh circumference. There were dramatic increases in height, circumference and width during the age of 8~9 and 10~11, in length during age of 10~11, and in depth during age of 8~11. The growth of the vertical measurement items is slowing at the age of 13. The individual differences were great in the vertical measurements at the age of 8 and 9 and in the horizontal measurements, at the age of 10. The increasing growth of bust and hip than waist gave it a curved shape.

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