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Materialism, Fashion Clothing Involvement, Proximity of Clothing to Self, and US Sorority Member Selection Based On Clothing and Appearance

의복과 외모를 근거로 한 미국여대생 클럽회원 선택결정과 물질주의성향, 패션의복관여도, 의복의 자아근접성에 관한 연구

  • Published : 2008.12.31

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the importance of personal attributes as they related to developing first impressions and managing group acceptance in the context of sorority recruitment process. Specifically, we examined how certain personal characteristics of a sorority member were related to her use of a potential member's clothing and appearance as non-verbal cues during the member selection process. The characteristics identified through the literature review were materialism, fashion clothing involvement, and proximity of clothing to self. A questionnaire was distributed to members of two sorority houses at a southeastern university in the United States. A total of 140 US sorority members participated in the study. The results showed that a member's satisfaction with her chapter, her level of participation, and her length of membership in the chapter had no relation with her tendency to base her member selection on clothing and appearance. However, members' use of clothing and appearance as guiding their member selection decisions was related to other individual characteristics selected for the study(materialism, fashion clothing involvement, and proximity of clothing to self). Fashion clothing involvement and proximity of clothing to self(clothing for acceptance) were most significantly related to clothing-based member selection. Partial correlations were also produced to examine the mediating role of clothing-based impression formation.

본 연구는 미국여대생 클럽의 신입회원 선택시 정규회원들의 개인특성이 어떻게 지원자들에 대한 첫인상형성과 선택결정에 관련되는지를 조사하는데 있다. 문헌조사를 통해서 여대생 클럽회원의 첫인상형성과 선택결정 에 관련될 것으로 기대되는 개인특성 변수로는 물질주의성향, 패션의복관여도와 의복의 자아 근접성이 선정되었다. 이외에 회원들의 클럽소속기간, 클럽활동 참여수준, 그리고 클럽만족도가 부가변수로 조사되었다. 연구대상은 미국여대생 클럽에 소속된 회원 140명이었고 설문지를 이용해 자료를 수집하였다. 자료는 요인분석, 상관관계, 부분상관관계와 ANOVA를 이용해 분석하였다. 의복의 자아근접성은 요인분석결과 의복의 개인성격 반영성향과 타인의식과 사회수용을 위한 의복사용성향의 두 요인으로 나눠졌다. 지원자의 의복과 외모를 근거로 선택평가를 하는 경향은 회원들의 클럽소속기간, 클럽활동 참여수준, 그리고 클럽만족도와는 유의한 상관이 나타나지 않았다. 그러나 지원자들의 의복과 외모를 근거로 한 선택경향은 참여자들의 개인특성과 유의한 상관관계를 보였다. 물질주의성향과 패션의복관여도가 높을수록 참여자들은 회원지원자들의 선택여부를 그들의 의복과 외모에 따라서 결정을 하는 경향이 있었다. 또한 회원지원자들의 의복과 외모를 기준으로 한 선택경향은 참여자들의 의복의 자아근접성이 높을수록 두드러지게 나타났다. 즉, 의복이 본인의 개인성격을 반영한다고 믿는 참여자들과 타인의식과 사회수용을 위해서 의복을 선택하는 경향이 있는 참여자들은 클럽회원 지원자들의 선택여부를 그들의 의복과 외모에 따라서 결정을 하는 경향이 높은 것으로 판정되었다. 일반적으로 타인의 의복과 외모를 근거로 첫인상을 형성하는 경향이 높은 참여자들은 클럽의 신입회원 선택시에도 지원자들의 의복과 외모를 중요시하는 것으로 나타났다. 부분상관관계를 통해 다른 변수의 역할도 조사하였다.

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