• Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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• v.39 no.1
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• pp.169-178
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• 2001

In this study, we examined relationship among social class, conspicious consumption, dimensions of clothing price, and clothing buying behavior. The data were obtained by 290 female college students using questionnaire. The questionnaire were consist of four parts, dimensions of clothing price, conspicious consumption, clothing buying behavior, demographic factors. And the data were analysed with frequency, $x^2$-test, factor analysis, cluster analysis, ANOVA and Duncan test. The results were as follows. First, there was significant differences in social class and their attitude on dimensions of clothing price. Upper class consumers evaluate clothing price as Quality and dignity, on the other hand, lower class consumers perceived it as tendency for discount. Second, clothing selective standards was founded significantly different in social class. Clothing symbolic factor was more important to the upper class then lower class. Third, upper class consumers had a tendency of purchasing more clothes than lower class, and spend more money on clothing. Fourth, there was significant differences in conspicious consumption group and their attitude on dimensions of clothing price. Fifth, when conspicious consumption tendency is higher, importance of clothing price is highly perceived by college student. Sixth, Amount of clothing purchase and clothing expenditure were significantly different in conspicious consumption group. Consumers tend to buy more clothes and spend more money on clothes when they had high tendency in conspicious consumption.

• Proceedings of the KHEEA Conference
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• 2002.08a
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• pp.5-19
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• 2002

재한국, 1995년제일차출대국가제정적가정과교육과정. 지후, 한국적가정과교육과정경마료7차적수정여개혁과정. 재차과정중, 가정과정불단지추극출신, 기과목명칭재변화, 필수자선 등 선과성질야재변화, 과치함축, 여기술과정합. 이차, 가정과변위남녀생공수적과목, 저취순응료사회발전적수요. 종한국적교육과정래간, 1년급도10년급시국민공용기본교육계단, 11년급도12년급시자선교육계단. 거차, 가정과교육과정적접배위여하 : 소학(5~6학년)위실과, 중학화고중(7~10학년)위"기술.가정", 고중(11~12학년)위"가전과학". 장종2003년개시실시적가정과과시안배위여하 : 소학각2과시, 7~12학년시각2.3.3.3과시, 11~12학년위6개등차. 최근, 청소년문제, 교육환경, 상시인성, 가정파양, 소비과잉, 학대아동, 등사회문제도근가정생활유착밀절적연계, 인차, 재반지교육중, 가정교육응수중시. 단시, 실제상병불시여차. 작위교육주체적교사화부모도몰유인식도저개실정. 인차, 가정학자여교사유심요주근지거연구가정교육. 우기시, 유필요근중국, 일본, 등저사아주국가호상교류화합작적과정중거탐색가정교육적안정발전. 하면파미래가정학육발전적방향건의여하 : 1) "가정" 과시이가정과위연구대상적가정학적독립적연구요영역. 가정경적연구감상시 "가정", 타이가정생활질량적제고위기연구목적. 인차, 재가정교육중, 과목적명칭명명위 "기술. 가정", "가정일반". "가사" 시부합리적. 이응위 "가정" 2) 가정교육웅사중시성각색적변환, 직업적인직변고적각도출발, 사소학도고중분개위필수화선수과, 유남녀생공수. 3) 가정과과시재축점축단. 도시유우교육과정적축단이인기적피면불료적현상. 단시고 여가정과시실천, 실험성과목응보장기최저적과시, 최기마필수유지현재적과시. 4) 향래, 한국적가정교육과정기이가정과위기본철학배경화리념, 우급시파국가교육과정적배경화이념, 가정학적발전동태반영재교육과정중, 즉강조즘요교. 단시, 경력료반복적변혁지후, 최근, 각중시즘양거배양학생적십 요 양적능력여가치. 인차, 가정교육파교육목라방재즘루거제고가정생활적질량, 즘루거호조화가정생활화직업생활, 즘양거개발합리지해결화실천가정생활적가치관. 5) 최근, 가정교육파교육방향화목라방재거배양학생작위독립적개인, 작위가족적성원, 작위사회성원래주인생도로적능력. 인차, 가정교육이인적생활위중심. 우거섭급학생재성장과정중소우도적문제,재거포괄재가정화사회생활중소우도적문제. 즉거배양해결가정생활중소우도적소유적 문종적종합능력. 6) 가정과재교학방법화교학평개상, 응채용실험, 실습, 관찰 등방식, 응반체험성, 실천성경험. 위차, 응필편기험적실험, 실습설비. 7) 확정교육과정편제적치후, 응제고일반교육학자적참여율, 가정교육학자응적극참여 제정교청정책적유관교육적각종위원회. 재제정정책적과정중각진소능, 적극제출건고성적의황. 8) 한, 중, 일 삼국권원층립가정교육과정도작사, 위삼국교육과정적량호발전주공헌.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Costume
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• v.66 no.7
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• pp.1-16
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• 2016

The purpose of this study was to examine the characteristics of conspicuous kids fashion and its intrinsic meaning as the popular trends of luxury product consumption expand into the area of kids' fashion. For methodologies, literature study was conducted along with empirical study. The literature study was based on various literatures and preceding studies, including books. The empirical materials used the internet photos, overseas kids fashion magazines, and free newspapers available on the basis of membership targeting the upper class. Conspicuous kids fashion refers to imported luxury kids brands, which signify higher status of the wearer due to the high prices and high quality. These brands were thrust into limelight amid the Wanna-Be Phenomenon, which resulted from the emergence of kids' fashion icons. Imported luxury brands launched the products in the form of brand line extensions. It promoted exhibition of vicarious consumption to show off the wealth and social prestige of parents. It came into prominence due to emotional consumption among kitty moms. Moreover, this study examined the intrinsic meaning of conspicuous kids fashion. The results showed components of conspicuous kids fashion, which was classified into the emphasis on outward appearance, consumption for vicarious satisfaction, inheritance of cultural capital, and network configuration.

• Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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• v.42 no.2
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• pp.33-46
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• 2004

This study investigated the plan to activate consumption behavior through research using a questionnaire investigating the consumption behavior of imported famous brand products and conducted a case study in order to supplement the qualitative sense. This research was conducted on women consumers in their 20s and 30s. 483 questionnaires were used for statistical analysis. The interview research was conducted with 10 consumers in the case study. Following are the study results: 1. Women consumers showed the highest level of conspicuous consumption behavior in the consumption behavior of imported famous brand products. 2.The educational level of consumers and friends showed the greatest statistically significant effect on conspicuous consumption behavior. Both the perception on the openness of imports and the frequency of travel abroad had significant effect on function-pursuit consumption behavior, while age and marital status had the greatest effect on aesthetic-pursuit consumption behavior.

• Journal of Families and Better Life
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• v.17 no.1
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• pp.15-32
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• 1999

The objectives of this study are to examine the propensity of conspicuous consumption of adolescent consumers to investigate the effects of demographic variables socio-psychologival variables materialism on the conspicuous consumption of adolescent consumers. The survey of this research was conducted by means of self-administered questionnaire with 483 adolescent consumers attending middle school located in Inchon. Major findings are the following: (1) The propensity for conspicuous consumption of adolescent consumers averages 47.98 points. This score is beyound the middle slightly. (2) According to the results for examining the relative influences of variables affecting conspicuous consumption of adolescent consumers the relative importance stars school education the degree of taking in advertisement attitude of their parents self-esteem materialism gender and educational level of their father. Explanatory power of these variables totalled 70.5%.

• Asia-Pacific Journal of Business
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• v.12 no.3
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• pp.271-280
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• 2021

Purpose - This research aims to investigate the influence of social exclusion on conspicuous consumption. Specifically this research suggested that the influence of social exclusion on conspicuous consumption would be different depending on consumers' psychological characteristics such as internal attribution tendency and self-esteem. Design/methodology/approach - The experiment was conducted to verify hypotheses. 110 sample data were collected from the experiment and SPSS PROCESS Macro was used for data analysis. Findings - The result revealed that the interaction effect of social exclusion and internal attribution was significant. Specifically, social exclusion had on positive impact on conspicuous consumption for consumers with high level of internal attribution tendency. In addition, conspicuous consumption was pronounced for consumers having both high level of internal attribution and low level of self-esteem. Research implications or Originality - The result is expected to expand the research scope on social exclusion and conspicuous consumption, and provide practical implications for marketers.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.10 no.11
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• pp.295-306
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• 2012

This study analyzed empirically difference of purchase intention about price raising of luxury brand according to consumer characteristics such as consumption value, prior knowledge. and perceived risk. Fist, groups according to consumption value showed obvious differences. Group of pursuing uniqueness and ostentation value and group of pursuing quality and pleasure value showed positive purchase intention but group of pursuing social recognition value showed negative purchase intention. Second, groups according to perceived risk. didn't show difference and groups according to prior knowledge showed obvious difference. group of high prior knowledge showed positive purchase intention but group of low prior knowledge showed negative purchase intention. Third, analyzed result about interaction effect of consumer characteristics, Classified group of pursuing uniqueness and ostentation value, expressing high prior knowledge and Classified group of pursuing quality and pleasure value, expressing high perceived risk only showed positive purchase intention, The results of this study present implication to domestic companies aiming luxury brand that performing differently strategy of product and price according to target characteristics is more effective way in differentiating oneself from existing luxury brands and expanding market.

• Journal of Family Resource Management and Policy Review
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• v.5 no.1
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• pp.111-122
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• 2001

The propose of this study is to recognize the present consuming trends of adolescents and to verify the most influential variables affecting on the conspicuous consumption of adolescents. The samples were selected from the first and second grade level among male and female high school students in Seoul and Inchon area. The 384 subjects were analyzed by the SPSS/WIN program. The major findings of this study is as follows. First, the general tendency for conspicuous consumption of adolescents showed a lower level of scores than the average. Second, The conspicuous consumption of adolescents showed a significant differences, according to the socio-demographic variables, the psychological variables, the educational level of the adolescents, and the environmental variables. Third, the most influential variables affecting on the conspicuous consumption of adolescents are the variables, such as friends, mass media, sex, mother’s educational level, and material-oriented tendency. The total explonation of these variables was 54.7%.

• Journal of Korean Home Economics Education Association
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• v.9 no.2
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• pp.161-174
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• 1997

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of self-concept, reference group, consumer education, and materialism on the propensity for conspicuous consumption of adolescents. The data used in this study were collected through questionnaires on 604 adolescents living in Cheju City. The data were analyzed by using SPSS PC(sup)+ program. The propensity for conspicuous consumption of adolescents differed significantly according to their age and allowance, and sex. The propensity for conspicuous consumption of the middle school students was higher than that of the high school students. The propensity for conspicuous consumption of boys was higher than of girl’s. The propensity for conspicuous consumption of the adolscents was influenced by materialism and the reference group. According to the results of the multiple regression analysis, the most influential factor was materialism and reference group. In clothing materialism was the most influential factor and the reference group was the second influential factor. But In shoes, bag, and school supplies the reference group was the most influential factor and materialism was the second influential factor.

• The Research Journal of the Costume Culture
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• v.20 no.6
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• pp.811-825
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• 2012

The purpose of this study was to identify imported apparel selection behavior according to Mongol women's conspicuous consumption orientation. A self-administered questionnaire was used for data collection. First, factors of conspicuous consumption orientation were high price and luxury brand, fashion style, altruism, prestige, and brand. Mongol women were segmented into the price and prestige pursuit group, the fashion and brand pursuit group, the altruism pursuit group, and the conspicuous consumption retard group. Second, factors of motivating the selection of imported apparel were value, symbolism, and aesthetics, and Mongol women considered the aesthetics of imported apparel important. Married Mongol women in their 30's chose imported apparel because of its symbolism. More married women selected imported apparel because of its value and more educated women selected imported apparel because of its aesthetics. Women with higher apparel expenditure selected imported apparel because of its value and symbolism. Quality, diversity, and the fit of imported apparel were the selection criteria for Mongol women and they were satisfied with the quality, diversity, and fit of the imported apparel. Brand awareness was very important when selecting imported apparel but the women's satisfaction level was significantly low. Third, more women in their 30's, unmarried, or with a lower educational level were found in the price and the prestige pursuit group, and the price and prestige pursuit group and the altruism pursuit group selected imported apparel for its aesthetics. More unmarried women in their 30's with a higher educational level were found in the fashion and brand pursuit group and selected imported apparel for its value, symbolism, and aesthetics. More unmarried women in their 20's with a higher educational level were found in the altruism pursuit group, but unmarried women in their 20's with a lower educational level were found in the conspicuous consumption retard group.