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Influence of Youth-Pursuing on Appearance Concern and Appearance Management Behavior -Focus on Middle-Aged Women-

젊음추구가 외모관심과 외모관리행동에 미치는 영향 -중년여성을 중심으로-

  • Jun, Ji-Hyun (Dept. of Clothing & Textiles, Chungnam National University)
  • Received : 2014.05.23
  • Accepted : 2014.07.11
  • Published : 2014.10.31
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Abstract

The interest and importance of appearance can be expanded by changes in social awareness about appearance, the extension of life expectancy, and the development of science, technology and technology and medicine. Especially, down-aging syndrome through a variety of mediums, amplifies consumer's interest in youth-pursing. This study discusses the relationship of youth-pursuing, appearance concern and appearance management behavior focused on the middle-aged. Data were collected from 300 females aged 40-65 in the areas of Seoul, Daejeon and Chungbuk areas. The data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, factor analysis, regression analysis, using the SPSS-WIN 20.0 program. Youth-pursuing formed social, psychological, and appearance factors. Each of these three dimensions influenced the appearance concern; consequently, appearance had the highest influence. Only appearance influenced appearance management behavior in the regression analysis of youth-pursuing and appearance management behavior. Appearance concern affected significantly appearance in the management behavior of the dimension regression analysis results for the appearance concern and appearance management behavior.

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