• Journal of Korean Home Economics Education Association
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• v.18 no.4 s.42
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• pp.13-23
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• 2006

The purposes of this study were to classify high school male and female students according to body cathexis and appearance interest, and understand their appearance management behaviors and clothing benefits sought. The results were as follows : First, the body cathexis of high school students were low, and female students had lower body cathexis than male students especially in the lower halves of bodies. The appearance interests of students were high, but female students had higher appearance interests than male students. Second, male students were classified by body cathexis and appearance interest into three groups with high, middle, and low body cathexis and appearance interest, and most of them belonged to the middle group. Female students were classified into four groups(with high body cathexis and appearance interest, with high body cathexis but low appearance interest, with low body cathexis but high appearance interest, and with low body cathexis and appearance interest) and most of them belonged to the group with low body cathexis but high appearance interest. Third, male students in groups with high and middle body cathexis and appearance interest showed more appearance management behaviors than those in the group with low body cathexis and appearance, while management behavior, followed by the group with low body cathexis but high appearance interest, that with high body cathexis but low appearance interest, and that with low body cathexis and appearance interest. Fourth, female students sought more aesthetics, fashionability, brand, and price in clothing coml)wed to male students. Male students in high and middle groups tended to seek more aesthetics, fashionability, and brand than those in the low group, but all three groups didn't consider price benefit sought. Female students with high body cathexis and appearance interest tended to seek more aesthetics and fashionability than those in other three groups. And only the group with low body cathexis and appearance interest didn't consider brand benefit sought. All four groups were found to consider price benefit sought. I hope that results of this study help teachers to guide students' clothing life more positively by understanding their appearance management behaviors and clothing benefits sought than to control negatively.

• Journal of Korean Home Economics Education Association
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• v.19 no.4
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• pp.247-256
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• 2007

This study examined the effects of parents' appearance-related parenting styles on children's adolescence and self-esteem by examining university students' appearance satisfaction. The results generated 3 different appearance-related parenting styles for fathers: indifference type (45.5%), conservative regulation type (32.0%) and appearance-pursuing type (22.5%), and three for mothers: opinion-respecting type (39.5%), conservative regulation type (32.6%) and appearance-pursuing type (27.9%). In addition, when the influence of parenting styles were compared based on children's self-esteem and their appearance satisfaction, male students' appearance satisfaction was affected more by their self-esteem than by parents' parenting styles. In comparison, female students' appearance satisfaction was influenced by parents' parenting styles. Specifically, appearance satisfaction and body satisfaction were high when the mother respected the children's opinions, and body satisfaction was rather low when the father was of appearance-pursuing. This result shows that parents need to respect their children's opinions on their appearance and guide them to find their own individuality in order to enhance the children's appearance satisfaction and self-esteem.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.14 no.7
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• pp.271-280
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• 2014

The purpose of this study was to investigate the appearance satisfaction and self-efficacy of college students. The relation between appearance satisfaction and self-efficacy was also examined. The study adopted a descriptive survey design. The convenience sample consisted of 395 undergraduate college students from three universities in D city. The data were collected from May to July, 2011 using the Body Cathexis Scale and the Self Efficacy Scale. Data analysis was performed with SPSS WIN 21.0 Program. The scores on both scales showed a significant difference between male and female students, and the male students had higher scores. Male and female students had similar rank order of body part by satisfaction scores. There were significant correlations between appearance satisfaction scores and self-efficacy scores but there were no significant differences between the correlation coefficients in male and female students. This result indicates that the effect of appearance satisfaction on self-efficacy was similar in both male and female students. The findings of this study suggest that an intervention program to enhance appearance satisfaction is effective in increasing self-efficacy of college students.

• Journal of the Korean Applied Science and Technology
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• v.39 no.2
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• pp.348-358
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• 2022

This study attempted to verify the influence of appearance satisfaction on interest in eye makeup and makeup care behavior in female consumers and provide basic data which are needed to plan marketing strategies and develop cosmetics in the cosmetics market. For this, a questionnaire survey was performed against adult women in their 20-50s from the capital region. A total of 399 copies were used for final analysis, and the results found the followings: First, differences were found in appearance satisfaction, interest in eye makeup and makeup care behavior by general characteristics. In other words, interest in eye makeup started with 'self-care', showing interest in chasing a trend. Second, concerning the effects of appearance satisfaction on interest in eye makeup, as the respondents were more satisfied with their facial contour, they were more interested in eye makeup. Third, in terms of the influence of appearance satisfaction on eye makeup care behavior, as they were more satisfied with their skin conditions, trend-setting makeup care behavior increased. Consequently, increase in appearance satisfaction enhanced interest in eye makeup, having an influence on makeup care behavior.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.18 no.7
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• pp.302-312
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• 2018

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between appearance satisfaction and school adjustment of nursing students. The role of self-esteem and gender in the relationship between appearance satisfaction and school adjustment were also examined. A descriptive correlational design was adopted and the convenience sample consisted of 188 undergraduate nursing students in D city. It was found that appearance satisfaction affected directly and indirectly through self-esteem on school adjustment. The results indicated that self-esteem had partial mediation effects in the relationship between appearance satisfaction and school adjustment. Moderation effect of gender was found only in the relationship between appearance satisfaction and self-esteem. This meant that women were affected more than men according to the level of appearance satisfaction. The results suggested that the intervention program to support nursing students to accept themselves more positively and to enhance their self-esteem will be effective to help nursing students adjust themselves more to school life. It was also indicated in this study that specialized intervention programs are needed for women.

• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.29 no.1
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• pp.177-185
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• 2024

The socio-cultural notion that appearance is something that can be created and managed, as opposed to something that is innate, has led to increased demands and expectations for appearance management. As the perception of appearance affects not only the oneself but also interpersonal relationships, increased satisfaction with one's appearance has the positive aspect of psychological stability, which leads to more active social participation. This study examined the effects of makeup and clothing adopted as appearance management behaviors and appearance satisfaction on interpersonal relationships, and analyzed the mediating effect of appearance management behaviors on interpersonal satisfaction through appearance satisfaction. The research method was a questionnaire, and 85 questionnaires were used in the final analysis. SPSS 28.0 and SmartPLS 4 were used to analyze the data. As a result of the analysis, it was found that among the women's appearance management behaviors, makeup has a defining effect on appearance satisfaction, and appearance satisfaction has a defining effect on interpersonal relationships. In addition, it was found that appearance satisfaction mediates the relationship between makeup and interpersonal relationships among appearance management behaviors. Although this study is limited in its generalizability to members of society as a whole because it was conducted on a sample of female college students in their 20s, it is significant in that it confirmed that practicing appearance management behaviors, reflecting the socio-cultural notion that appearance is created and managed, positively affects the formation of interpersonal relationships with psychologically stable members of society by making them confident in their appearance.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.13 no.9
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• pp.479-487
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• 2015

The purpose of this study was to examine the factors affecting Obesity-Stress among women in their twenties. The research design for this study was a descriptive survey design using a convenience sampling. Data collection was done using self-report questionnaires with 216 women located in M city. Pearson correlation coefficients and Hierarchical multiple regression with the SPSS Win 18.0 Program were used to analyze the data. In the hierarchical multiple regression analysis, Perceived body shape and BMI significantly predicted. A result of examining the correlation between stress and obesity Stress and the variables, Appearance Orientation,(r=.386, p=<.001) Self-Esteem(r=.324, p=<.001) Body Evaluation(r=-453, p=<.001), Body Appearance Satisfaction(r=-.560, p=<.001). hierarchical multiple regression step 3 shows that variables explained 54.1%. As a result on the basis of, This will require a variety of training programs provided in order to reduce obesity stress.

• Journal of the Korean Applied Science and Technology
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• v.36 no.1
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• pp.362-370
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• 2019

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of Appearance Satisfaction and University Adaptability on Self-Esteem among university students and presents basic data for helping healthy adaption of university life. A survey was held to the university students in Chungcheong cities from September 9 to 20, 2018. of 250 copies of the questionnaire distributed, a total of 228 copies were in the final analysis. For data analysis, SPSS 23.0 for Windows was used. As a result, there were correlations between variables, the Self-Esteem of university students were affected by the Appearance Satisfaction, University Adaptability. Self-evaluation about one's appearance and Benefits from Appearance. And the largest effect was the Self-evaluation about one's appearance. As for the verification statistics of the regression model, its explanatory coefficient($R^2$) was 0.30, which weans that the explanatory power of independent variables was 30% for the dependent ones. In conclusion, it is need to development program and counseling with considering Self-evaluation about one's appearance for improving Self-Esteem.

• Journal of Korean Home Economics Education Association
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• v.24 no.4
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• pp.105-116
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• 2012

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of body appearance satisfaction(BAS) and the self-esteem on the obesity stress(OS). A survey sample drawn from the total of 664 middle school students(324 of females and 340 of males) were analyzed with the suggested conceptual model by employing the latent variables such as BAS and OS. By using the AMOS statistical program, we found that the conceptual model fitted well with the data set and paths in the model significantly predicted the OS. The middle schoolers' BAS had significant direct effects on the OS and self-esteem as well as a indirect effect via self-esteem on the OS. Self-esteem had a significant direct effect on the OS which was larger than the total effects from BAS on OS. Therefore, self-esteem could be buffered the negative influences from the BAS on the OS.

• Journal of Industrial Convergence
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• v.21 no.10
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• pp.37-45
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• 2023

The purpose of this study is to provide basic data to increase life satisfaction of middle-aged people by verifying the influence relationship between appearance satisfaction and life satisfaction and the mediating effect of interpersonal relationships. The subjects of the survey were middle-aged people aged 50 to 64, and data were collected through online and offline surveys for 10 days from August 15, 2021, focusing on the metropolitan area. Frequency analysis, descriptive statistics analysis, correlation analysis, PROCESS MACRO Model Number 4, and Bootstrapping were conducted using statistical programs SPSS WIN 25.0 and PROCESS MACRO. The results of the study showed that first, the appearance satisfaction of the middle-aged had a positive (+) effect on life satisfaction. Second, interpersonal relationships had a partial mediating effect. Based on the results, it is meaningful in that it presented practical and policy suggestions that can increase appearance satisfaction and interpersonal relationships in improving life satisfaction of middle-aged people.