College Students' Conspicuous Consumption, Wearing Attitude and Purchasing Behavior of Jeans

대학생의 과시소비성향과 청바지 착용태도 및 구매행동

  • Park, Eun-Hee (Dept. of Fashion Design, Daegu University) ;
  • Ku, Yang-Suk (Dept. of Clothing & Textiles, Kyungbook National University)
  • 박은희 (대구대학교 패션디자인학과) ;
  • 구양숙 (경북대학교 의류학과)
  • Received : 2013.09.23
  • Accepted : 2013.11.29
  • Published : 2014.02.28

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine the influence of conspicuous consumption on wearing attitude of jeans and analyze the difference of purchasing behavior in jeans by gender. Questionnaires were administered to 386 college students living in Deagu and Busan province. Frequency, factor analysis, reliability analysis, regression analysis, t-test, and $X^2$-test were used for data analysis. Conspicuous consumption were categorized into 5 factors such as famous brand preference, brand conspicuous, fashion pursuit, symbol of social position, and imported goods pursuit. Wearing attitude of jeans was categorized into fashion information leadership, fashion innovation, and pursuit of economic. The result of this study showed brand conspicuous, fashion pursuit, symbol of social position, and imported goods pursuit had significant effect of fashion information leadership and brand conspicuous, fashion pursuit, and imported goods pursuit had significant effect of fashion innovation. Brand conspicuous, and symbol of social position had significant effect of pursuit of economic. The indicates that men showed high brand conspicuous of conspicuous consumption and fashion innovation of wearing attitude of jeans. Gender of college students showed significant differences in purchasing place, purchasing price.

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