• Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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• v.47 no.4
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• pp.73-81
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• 2009

• Journal of the Korea Fashion and Costume Design Association
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• v.15 no.3
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• pp.1-17
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• 2013

The purpose of this study was to identify the relationships among self-esteem, physical appearance comparison, media concern, sociocultural attitude toward appearance, body attitudes, and life satisfaction. Data were collected from a convenience sample of 232 female undergraduate students. Data were analyzed using factor analysis, correlation, and multiple regression. The result showed that there was a correlation between physical appearance comparison and media concern. Self-esteem, physical appearance comparison, and media concern had an indirect influence on body attitudes through sociocultural attitude toward appearance. Self-esteem and physical appearance comparison had a direct effect on body attitude. All variables did not have an influence on life satisfaction, except self-esteem.

• 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.

• The Research Journal of the Costume Culture
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• v.19 no.5
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• pp.1119-1132
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• 2011

The purpose of this study was to investigate the influences of appearance concern and body satisfaction on the appearance management behavior of male college students. For data collection, a questionnaire was administrated to 538 male college students in Gwangju city, Korea, from June 1 to June 20, 2011. To analyze the data, the SPSS 18.0 statistics package was used, and descriptive statistical analysis, factor analysis, reliability analysis(Cronbach' ${\alpha}$), regression analysis, path analysis, and t-test were conducted. The results were as follows. First, it appeared that concern of appearance had positive influences on the appearance management behavior. Also, there was a significant difference between the high-appearance-concern group and the low-appearance-concern group, as the high-appearance-concern group generally conducted greater appearance management behaviors than the low-appearance-concern group. Second, it appeared that concern of appearance had positive influences on body satisfaction, especially, on the aspect of face-satisfaction. Further, the results showed that the high-appearance-concern group seemed to have a higher body satisfaction than the low-appearance-concern group. Third, the result suggested that body satisfaction generally had positive influences on the aspects of appearance management behavior. Fourth, it was found that appearance concern had direct impact on the appearances management behavior without mediation body satisfaction.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.21 no.3
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• pp.80-88
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• 2020

This study aimed to determine the effects of self-esteem, appearance satisfaction, and satisfaction in their major on the employment stress of nursing college students. The subjects were 194 students from four colleges of nursing in P-province in Korea. Data were collected from self-administered questionnaires, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson's and Spearman's correlation coefficients. Multiple regression with dummy variables was used for statistical analysis of the data. The results revealed the following scores: self-esteem 3.40±0.53, appearance satisfaction 2.96±0.56, satisfaction with the major 3.80±0.61, and employment stress 2.23±0.75. Significant differences in employment stress according to general characteristics of subjects were observed in gender (t=7.40, p=.007), entering nursing college motivation (F=3.24, p=.023), and college life satisfaction (F=16.722, p<.001). Employment stress showed a negative correlation with self-esteem (r=-.433, p<.001), appearance satisfaction (r=-.307, p<.001), and satisfaction in major (r=-.534, p<.001). The satisfaction with the major (β=-.371, p<.001), self-esteem (β=-.166, p=.026), appearance satisfaction (β=-.132, p=.045), entering nursing college motivation (β=.163, p=.006), and gender (β=.131, p=.033) confirmed as a factors affecting the employment stress and accounted for 35.6% of the variance. Based on the results, it is necessary to develop employment-competency reinforcement programs to increase the level of satisfaction in the major, appearance satisfaction, and self-esteem to reduce the employment stress of nursing college students.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.18 no.10
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• pp.257-266
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• 2018

The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between self-esteem, appearance satisfaction, interpersonal relationship, and job-seeking stress in health care related students and to investigate the factors influencing college students' job-seeking stress. A self-report type survey was conducted targeting a total of 184 of college students in a city from June 11 to 15, 2018 were enrolled. The results are as followed; The strongest predictor of job-seeking stress was self-esteem (${\beta}=-.407$, p<.001). Self-esteem, employment impact of appearance, academic grade accounted for 18.5% of job-seeking stress based on multiple regression analysis. In order to reduce the job-seeking stress of health care related students, it is necessary to develop a personalized employment program for each major field and individual that can improve the self-esteem of the individual.

• 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 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.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.14 no.6
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• pp.211-218
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• 2014

The purpose of this study was to identify the relation of appearance satisfaction, self-efficacy, and school life adaptation of adolescent and to provide basic data for improving appearance satisfaction, self-efficacy, and school life adaptation. The participants were 199 second grade stndents of three high schools in C city. Data were collected from September 21 to September 25, 2012 and by a structured questionnaire. The collected data were analyzed by t-test, ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficient using the SPSS/WIN(ver.20.0). The score of appearance satisfaction, self-efficacy, and school life adaptation were relatively moderate. The study showed significant differences in the score of appearance satisfaction and school life adaptation according to gender and economic status. Appearance satisfaction and self-efficacy had significantly positive correlations-with school life adaptation. Therefore, these results should be considered when developing intervention programs for improving school life adaptation, self-efficacy, and school life adaptation of adolescent.

• Journal of Industrial Convergence
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• v.20 no.11
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• pp.177-184
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• 2022

This study verified the moderating effect of the influence of the reference group on the effect of socio-cultural attitude toward appearance and appearance complex on semi-permanent makeup satisfaction. To this end, a survey was conducted on 210 people who had undergone semi-permanent makeup and the results were obtained. The results were analyzed through the SPSS program, and the results are as follows. The recognition of the social importance of appearance among social-cultural attitudes toward appearance had a significant effect on satisfaction with the procedure. The self-conscious appearance complex had a significant effect on the satisfaction with the procedure. It was found that the influence of the reference group had a moderating effect on the effect of internalization, which is a social-cultural attitude toward appearance, on the satisfaction with the procedure. showed Both the appearance complex caused by others, the appearance complex, and the self-conscious appearance complex showed a moderating effect of the reference group effect in the effect on the satisfaction of semi-permanent procedures. Lastly, it was found that the higher the satisfaction with the semi-permanent procedure, the higher the number of additional treatment in the future.