• 복식문화연구
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• 제26권6호
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• pp.982-993
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• 2018

Consumers' interests in the environment have been growing; hence, their consciousness about the environment has changed and affected their clothing shopping behavior. Prior study indicated attitude-behavior inconsistency in eco-friendly consumer behavior. It was because consumers' consciousness or attitude was often measured at an abstract level, not at a product specific level. This study investigated eco-friendly clothing knowledge, eco-friendly clothing consciousness, and ecological clothing consumption behavior. The effects of consumers' level of clothing involvement and subjective norms in this process were also investigated. For the empirical research, a questionnaire was developed, and responses from 480 women in their 20s to 50s were statistically analyzed. Results indicated that interest and fashion consciousness dimensions of clothing involvement had a significant influence on eco-friendly clothing knowledge, which thereby significantly influenced the three factors of eco-friendly clothing consciousness: social responsibility, health orientation, and clothing resource-saving consciousness. Such factors had different roles in the clothing consumption process. Social responsibility had a significant influence on the entire process of clothing consumption: shopping, purchasing, using, and disposing behaviors. Health orientation consciousness had a significant influence on shopping and purchasing behaviors, whereas resource-saving consciousness had a significant impact only on shopping behavior. Subjective norms were significantly correlated with all aspects of the clothing consumption process. Influence on disposing behavior was relatively weaker than other aspects of clothing consumption behavior.

• 한국의류학회지
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• 제48권3호
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• pp.433-450
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• 2024

Through the recent pandemic, this study examined the theory of awe, which explains that external crises affect people's value systems and consequential behaviors. During the pandemic, some consumers expressed a growing interest in equity, while others pursued the consumption of materialistic items, such as luxurious fashion goods. According to the theory of awe, both of these phenomena could be coping responses to the crisis. Based on this, we attempted to understand the psychological processes behind the pandemic's effect on these two different consumers value systems thereby influencing sustainable consumption intentions: one through the new ecological paradigm (NEP) that emphasizes consumers' increased consciousness, and the other through materialism that emphasizes consumers' self-centered side. The results obtained from a survey of 382 U.S. consumers revealed that the degree of pandemic experience increased consumers' NEP and materialism, which also increased their economic and ethical CSR expectations. These CSR expectations then enhanced consumers' sustainable consumption intentions. As sustainable consumption and CSR are important agendas for the fashion industry, this study will provide useful insights for researchers and practitioners in the fashion field.

• 한국융합학회논문지
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• 제12권7호
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• pp.159-167
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• 2021

자원 고갈, 생태 파괴 등 날로 심각해지는 환경문제와 지속가능한 패션에 대한 소비자들의 관심은 패션 산업 사슬을 녹색 에너지 절약 방향으로 발전하게 하였다. 본 연구는 특정 집단의 지속가능한 패션 소비에 대한 태도와 심리를 탐구하고 재생 방직품 또는 재제조 의류 원단에 대한 그들의 구체적 인식과 태도를 탐구하는데 취지를 두었다. 본문은 구제 의류의 특성이 소비자에 미치는 영향에 대해 알아보았다. 관련 문헌자료를 찾아본 기초에서 소비자에 영향을 주는 일련의 결정적 요소와 재생품의 표현 가치, 사회적 가치 등 특징을 확정했다. 이 이론적 배경에 근거해 온라인 설문조사를 설계했으며 총 226개의 유효 응답을 받았다. 조사 결과에 따르면 사회적 가치와 환경보호에 대한 중시가 소비자의 결정에 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 이상 연구 결과는 전체 녹색 환경보호와 생태 의류 회수 산업 체계의 연구에 도움이 되며 의류 산업의 지속가능한 발전을 추진한다.

• 패션비즈니스
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.10-22
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• 2019

Eco-design is an environmental key point since consumers' consumption behaviors have huge impacts on the environment. The objective of this study was to investigate the various responses between Chinese and Korean consumers and to look into the effects that consumers' environmental awareness have on eco-design clothing product purchase, usage and disposal. The study comprised of literature review and empirical research conducted through on line survey (www .sojump.com) from 5-20th Jan 2019. 200 Chinese respondents and 200 Korean respondents were collected and structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to test the research hypotheses. The results suggested that consumers' environmental awareness positively influenced their three ecological dimensions about consumption. In addition, the positive relationship was also influenced by respondents' nationality. These results suggest that consumers' environmental awareness is an important responsibilities and could become more important retail mix for clothing marketers. Findings would also enable environmental organizations to understand eco behavior and to design appropriate strategic decisions to appeal eco-summers. Other findings and implications were also discussed.