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The Effect of Appearance Satisfaction and University Adaptability on the Self-Esteem among University Students

대학생의 외모만족도와 대학생활적응능력이 자아존중감에 미치는 영향

  • Received : 2019.03.02
  • Accepted : 2019.03.28
  • Published : 2019.03.31
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Abstract

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.

본 연구는 대학생의 외모만족도와 대학생활적응능력이 자아존중감에 미치는 영향을 연구하여 대학생 스스로 지각하는 외모에 대한 만족도를 증가시킬 수 있는 자기인식에 관련한 상담 및 교육프로그램을 개발하는 자료로 활용되어 대학생의 원만한 학교생활적응에 긍정적인 영향을 미치기 위해 실시되었다. 연구의 대상자는 충청지역 대학생 228명으로, 본 연구를 위한 자료의 수집은 2018년 9월5일부터 9월 20일까지였다. 수집된 자료는 SPSS Statistics 23.0 통계프로그램을 이용하여 전산처리 하였다. 연구결과, 변수들 간의 상관관계를 보였고, 대학생의 자아존중감은 외모만족도, 대학생활 적응, 외모에 대한 자가 평가 및 외모로 인해 이득을 봤던 경험에 의해 영향을 받는 것이 확인되었으며, 그 중에서도 외모에 대한 자가 평가가 매우 만족일 때 가장 영향력이 컸다. 따라서 대학생의 자아 존중 감을 높이기 위해 외모만족도에 대한 자가 평가를 높이고 긍정적인 자기인식을 고려한 프로그램 개발 및 상담프로그램이 필요하다.

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Table 1. General Characteristics of the Subjects

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Table 2. The degree of Appearance satisfaction, Self-respect and University adaptability.

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Table 3. Difference of Appearance satisfaction, University adaptability and Self-Esteem by General Characteristics among University Students

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Table 4. Correlation on Matrix of Variables

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Table 5. Factors Influencing Perception on Self-Esteem among University Students

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