A Study on High School Students' Awareness of Gender Equality and Clothing Attitude

고등학생의 양성평등의식과 의복태도와의 관련 연구

  • Lee, Eun-Hee (Dept. of Home Economics Education, Wonkwang University)
  • 이은희 (원광대학교 사범대학 가정교육과)
  • Published : 2005.12.31

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the awareness of gender equality and clothing attitude of high school students. The survey was conducted on 600(male 297, female 303) high school students located in Choongnam and Jeollabukdo province. The statistical analysis was done with SPSS 11.0 for Windows Program to calculate percentile, mean and standard deviation. Also, the significance of the data was verified by Factor analysis, t-test, one-way ANOVA, Duncan' multiple range test. The results of this research were as follows: The results of analysing the factors to the response attitude toward appearance emerged four factors (sexual attractiveness, fashion pursuit, self-expression, aesthetic, and modesty). Gender had significant effects on the awareness of gender equality and clothing attitude of high school students. Gender equality awareness of high school students had an effects on clothing attitude. A group with high awareness score of gender equality showed high score in clothing attitude, fashion pursuit, self-expression, and aesthetic. A group with low awareness of gender equality, however, showed high in clothing attitude, sexual attractiveness and modesty.

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