The Research Journal of the Costume Culture (복식문화연구)

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Self-efficacy and Body Satisfaction according to College Students' Appearance Management Attitudes Typology

대학생의 외모관리태도 유형에 따른 자기효능감과 신체만족

  • Park, Eun-Hee (Dept. of Home Economics, Kyungbook National University) ;
  • Cho, Hyun-Ju (Dept. of Home Economics, Kyungbook National University)
  • Received : 2012.04.30
  • Accepted : 2012.08.01
  • Published : 2012.08.31
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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to classify appearance management attitudes into groups and analyze the difference of self-efficacy and body satisfaction by the groups. Questionnaires were administered to 255 college students living in Deagu Metropolitan City and Kyungbook province. The data collected were analyzed by using frequency, factor analysis, cluster analysis, correlation analysis, ANOVA, Duncan-test, t-test, and ${\chi}^2$-test. The findings were as follows. Appearance management attitudes of college students were classified into three groups such as group health body, low body interest group, emphasizes collective body. The appearance management attitudes showed significant correlation with the sub-variables of self-efficacy and body satisfaction. Male students showed no significant difference in self-efficacy by the groups while female students showed a significant one in task performance which was a sub-variable of self-efficacy. Both of the male and female students showed a significance of difference in the gap between actual and ideal weight which was a sub-variable of body satisfaction by the groups. Gender of college students showed distinction between the sub-variables of self-efficacy factors such as task performance, and anxiety and body satisfaction such as BMI, the difference between current height and ideal height, the difference between current weight and ideal weight.

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