• Journal of the Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles
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• v.8 no.2
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• pp.1-9
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• 1984

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between personality traits ana clothing interest in girls' high school students The results were as follows : 1. In the personality traits of higher groups, the subjects scored highest in Sociability followed by Ascendancy and Self-Confidence in a descending order. In the clothing interest, the subjects scored highest in clothing interest of shopping followed by clothing interest of design & fashion, clothing interest of construction, clothing interest of management and clothing interest of psychological aspect in a descending order. 2. There was partially significant relationship between personality traits and clothing into rest. 3. There were highly significant relationships among clothing interest subscales. Specially, there was the highest significant relationship between clothing interest of design & fashion and clothing interest of shopping. 4. There was partially significant relationship between clothing interest and background of home.

• Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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• v.20 no.4
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• pp.23-31
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• 1982

1. The Purpose of this study is (1) to analyze college women's clothing Interest. (2) to find out the relationship between Needs and Clothing Interest Field. 2. Results (1) Clothing Interest of Fashion and Shopping Field was highest in score. (2) The relationship between Needs and Clothing Interest field was as follows. (a) Clothing Interest of Construction correlated significantly with abasement, dominance, and sex atp＜.05, and with achievement, affiliation, and emotionality at p＜.01 level. (b) Clothing Interest of Design & Fashion correlated significantly with achievement, affiliation, aggression, dominance, emotionality, exhibitionism, sex, and autonomy at p＜.01 level. (c) Clothing Interest of Shopping correlated significantly with emotionality at p＜.05, and with affiliation, exhibitionism, sex, aggression, dominance, and achievement at p＜.01 level. (d) Clothing Interest of Management correlated significantly with affiliation, achievement, and emotionality at p＜.01, and with dominance at p＜.05 level. (e) Clothing Interest of Pscho. Aspect. correlated significantly with abasement at p＜.05, and with achievement, affiliation, aggression, dominance, emotionality, exhibitionism, and sex at p＜.01 level.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles
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• v.26 no.7
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• pp.937-945
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• 2002

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of internet shopping interest, fashion interest, sex on internet clothing purchase intention and selection criteria. The subjects used for the study were 76 male and l25 female college students. The clothing purchase intention was measured by five categories: formal wear, casual wear, sports wear, under wear, and fashion accessories. The clothing selection criteria consisted of four factors: aesthetics, conformity, individuality, and comfort. The results showed that there was a main effect of internet shopping interest on internet purchase intention fur all clothing categories. Also, there were differences between men and women concerning the purchase intention of casual wear and sports wear. In regard to clothing selection criteria, the results showed that fashion interest and sur had an impact on three factors of clothing selection criteria. The subjects considered aesthetics, conformity, and individuality important when they had higher fashion interest or were female. In addition to main effects, the interaction effects among internet shopping interest fashion interest, and sex were discussed.

• Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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• v.19 no.4
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• pp.17-32
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• 1981

1.The Purpose of this Study is a) to find out a various interests in clothing field according to women's occupations b) to find women's interest in clothing affected by age, education and income. 2. Method of Research a) Clothing interest survey was done with women in Seoul including teachers, office girls, girls working in bank, doctors, nurses, artist, technicians, merchants. and house wives. b) By using "Clothing Interest Scale Test" made by In-Ja Lee. c) S.A.S.(Statiztical Analysis System) Package in KIST was utilized. An average was taken and a distribution of frequency clarified by interests in clothing field and clothing trends in every interest realm were researched. 3. Conclusion a) Artists are much interested especially in design and fashion, clothing shopping and a role of clothing psychology. b) Technicians are interested in Clothing construction and clothing management. c) Although girls working in company and bank show less interest than artists in a role of clothing psychology. d) The fact that Merchants care nothing for clothing shopping was found. e) Teachers, doctors, nurses, house wives have less interest in Clothing than the other workers. The younger women becomes much interested in clothing design and fashion, clothing shopping, and earns higher income and higher educated, women becomes much interested in psychological aspect of clothing.

• Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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• v.44 no.12
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• pp.93-103
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• 2006

The purpose of this study was to understand the consumption of adolescents by investigating the influences on their clothing purchasing influence and the effects of family communication and clothing interest. The questionnaires used for the were conducted for this study analysis was and were distributed to four Middle schools and two High schools which were located in Seoul. and 576 responses questionnaire were used for data analysis. Using SPSS package, factor analysis, reliability, Pearson correlation, regression, ANOVA, Duncan's Multiple Range test, and t-test were applied. The study results of this study are as follows: First, the influence of clothing purchasing influence of adolescents was higher than the parents' purchasing influence. Second, there were negative correlations between two levels of family communication, controlled and opened communication. But, but positive correlations between controlled communication and clothing interest, and between clothing interest and purchasing influence there were positive correlations. Third, there were partially significant differences among demographic factors and levels of communications, clothing interest and purchasing influence. Fourth, for male students social status, opened communication, and clothing interest had an effect on purchasing influence for male students and for female students clothing interest and both controlled and opened communication influenced were affecting purchasing influence for female students.

• Korean Journal of Human Ecology
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• v.5 no.2
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• pp.131-143
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• 1996

The purpose of this study was to investigate clothing involvement and clothing behavior of women and to indentify the relationship between clothing behavior and clothing involvement. The data were analyzed using percentage, frequency, factor analysis, ANOVA, Scheffe test, t-test, and Multiple Regression. The results of the study were as follows: 1. Five dimensions of clothing involvement were derived by factor analysis such as fashion, interest pleasure, symbolism, and perceived buying risk. 2. There were significant relationships between clothing involvement dimensions and demographic characteristics such as age, educational background and family income level. Those who were younger and not married showed positive relationship among fashion, interest and pleasure of clothing involvement dimensions. Those who had higher educational background showed positive relationship with clothing involvement. Those who were empolyed showed higher clothing involvement with symbolism and perceived buying risk. 3. Age, marital status, and educational background showed important variables as factors that exert influence on clothing behavior: Those who were younger and not married attached importance to interest aesthetics, psychological dependence, and fashion. Those who were older and married attached importance to modesty and comfort. The more educated respondents were more concerned about interest aesthetics, symbolism, psychological dependence, and fashion. 4. The fashion of clothing involvement showed positive relationship in fashion, interest, symbolism, and psychological dependence of clothing behavior, and negative relationship in modesty and comfort. The interest of clothing involvement showed positive relationship in aesthetics and interest, and negative relationship in modesty and comfort of clothing behavior. The pleasure of clothing involvement showed positive relationship in psychological dependence, management, interest, and pleasure of clothing behavior. The symbolism of clothing involvement showed positive relationship in symbolism, modesty, conformity, psychological dependence, and fashion of clothing behavior. The perceived buying risk of clothing involvement showed positive relationship in management, conformity, and comfort and negative relationship in symbolism and fashion of clothing behavior.

• Fashion & Textile Research Journal
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.210-218
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• 2013

This study examined the degree of appearance interest and clothing conformity, the impacts of appearance interest on clothing conformity, and the effects of appearance interest and demographic variables on clothing conformity. A questionnaire survey collected data from October $3^{rd}$ to $27^{th}$ 2011. A convenience sample was drawn from adults between the ages of 17 and 76 who lived in the Daegu and Gyeongbuk regions of South Korea. A total of 513 responses produced complete and usable questionnaires. Data were tested through factor analysis and regression analysis, using SPSS 20.0. The results of this study are as follows : First, three factors were extracted from clothing conformity (normative, informative, identifiable conformity). The appearance interest was relatively high and normative conformity was the highest level among three factors of clothing conformity. Second, appearance interest was significant predictors of clothing conformity. Third, demographic variables such as gender, marital status, age and education levels had significant effects on the relationship between appearance interest and clothing conformity.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles
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• v.21 no.6
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• pp.1072-1081
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• 1997

The objectives of this study were to investigate the differences in appearance interest (clothing interest and body adornment) and self-confidence according to demographic variables such as age, education, and allowance, to examine the causal relationships of clothing interest and body adornment on self-confidence of elderly women. Subjects for this study were samples of 215 elderly women (ages 60 to 70) in Seoul, Korea. The instrument was a questionnaire and the survey was done in face-to-face method. 1. There was a significant difference in body adornment according to age. After age was controlled, there were significant differences in appearance interest and self-confidence according to education. There were significant differences in appearance interest and self- confidence according to allowance. 2. Education and allowance had a direct effect on clothing interest. Allowance, age, and education had a direct effect on body adornment. Education had a direct effect on allowance. 3. Clothing interest and allowance had a direct effect, and education had an indirect effect on self-confidence. Body adornment and allowance had a direct effect on self-confidence, education and age had an indirect effect on self-confidence. The present findings provide that appearance interest such as, clothing interest and body adornment had a significant effect on self-confidence of elderly women. It appeared that the connection between body adornment and allowance was stronger than the connection between clothing interest and allowance. The causal relationship of clothing interest on self- confidence was stronger than the causal relationship of body adornment on self-confidence. The clothing interest was a variable that most affected on self-confidence of elderly women.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Costume
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• v.42
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• pp.231-242
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• 1999

The purpose of this study was to classified the dimension of clothing involvement and the clothing loyalty of 256 male and 271 female college students in Taegu area. data was analyzed by frequency percentage mean factor analysis reliability test validity test correlation and ANOVA by using SPSS/pc. The results of this study were as follows; 1. the dimension of clothing involvement was classified into four factors such as clothing interest dimension clothing symbolism dimension clothing economics dimension and clothing individuality dimension. 2. In the relationship between brand loyalty and four factors of clothing involvement there was positive appearance involvement there was positive appearance in clothing interest clothing symbolism and clothing individuality with brand loyalty but negative appearance in clothing economics. The correlation between clothing interest dimension and clothing symbolism dimension clothing interest dimension and clothing individuality dimension clothing symbolism dimension and clothing economics dimension clothing symbolism dimension and clothing individuality dimension was positive. And there was no relation between clothing economics dimension and clothing individuality dimension clothing economics dimension and clothing interest dimension. 3. According to individual character females than males the group aged 18 to 20 and 24 to 27 than the group aged 21 to 23 showed more active tendency to the clothing involvement dimension and also highertendency to brand loyalty. The students with a major in humanities science than the students with a major in natural science and more expending consumers on clothes showed more active tendency to the clothing symbolism dimension and higher tendency to brand loyalty. 4. On the whole the attitude of consumers on clothes was very high in the clothing interest dimension common in the clothing individuality dimension and very low in the clothing economics dimension.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Costume
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• v.55 no.3 s.93
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• pp.33-46
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• 2005

The purpose of this study is to examine the mediate effect of gender on the differences of consumers grouped by the level of fashion interest. Data was collected from 280 men and women of their twentieth and analyzed using crosstab analysis, ANOVA, scheff'e test, x$^{2}$ test, and regression. The results are as follows. First, high interest groups showed little difference in the clothing shopping orientation and showed significant differences in the clothing purchasing behaviors(visiting store, time spent for shopping, and monthly clothing expenditure) between men and women. Second, low interest groups showed a lot of differences in both the clothing shopping orientation and the clothing purchasing behaviors between men and women. Third, several dimensions of clothing shopping orientation were more influenced from fashion interest level rather than the gender of consumers, and other several dimensions, visiting store, and the time spent for shopping were more influenced from gender rather than fashion interest level. These results imply that the gender of consumer has mediate effect on the behaviors of consumers grouped by the level of fashion interest, and the consumers of same fashion interest level must be approached concerning the gender of consumers.