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Qualitative Approach to Maintaining the Effect of Fashion Therapy

패션테라피 효과 유지에 대한 질적 접근

  • Lee, Sae Eun (Dept. of Fashion, Seoul Digital University) ;
  • Lee, Yuri (Dept. of Textiles, Merchandising and Fashion Design, Seoul National University/Research Institute of Human Ecology, Seoul National University)
  • 이새은 (서울디지털대학교 패션학과) ;
  • 이유리 (서울대학교 의류학과/서울대학교 생활과학연구소)
  • Received : 2018.11.30
  • Accepted : 2019.05.21
  • Published : 2019.06.30
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Abstract

Previous studies on the effect of fashion therapy have been conducted with psychiatric patients; however, this study explores the effects in fashion therapy for women with non-pathological problems. Previous studies did show if the effect of fashion therapy could be maintained continuously; therefore, we intend to examine the existence of the long-term effects of fashion therapy in an empirical manner and provide implications for social and public interest. This study used a qualitative approach to investigate the effects of fashion therapy with the following results. Low self-esteem, negative emotions, and rigid thinking symptoms appeared by numerous stress factors, and various changes were made through fashion therapy. Emotional changes such as positive emotions and feeling of achievement, and psychological changes including self-concept formation, change of sight and self-esteem improvement appeared. Sociological and behavioral changes were also identified. We found the maintained and long term effects of fashion therapy; therefore, study provides academic implications to reconsider the social value of fashion.

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