초등학생의 성격특성과 의복행동과의 관계

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to provide supporting data for children's direction in clothing behavior through identifying the relation between the personality and clothing behavior of the elementary school students. The results from this study were as follows. First, correlation analysis between personality and clothing behaviour (stability, consideration, and activity) showed that they are significantly correlated at 1% level. The 1) interest and 2) management among the clothing behavior turned out to be significantly correlated with 1) stability and 2) control, consideration, and sociality respectively. Also confirmity (a clothing behavior) was found to be related to consideration, while psychological dependance is to stability and control Second, multiple regression analysis revealed that stability and control influenced the whole clothing behavior. That was, emotionally stable, progressive, and self-ruling children tend to express themselves through clothing and to be interested in clothing as well. Third, further multiple regression analysis showed that interest was affected by stability, which means that emotionally stable and quiet students were more interested in choice and use of clothing than the other student group. And management was significantly affected by consideration. Fourth, confirmity in the clothing behavior was also affected by consideration in the personality. And psychological dependance in the clothing behavior is attributable to stability and control in the personality. To sum up, children's clothing behaviour was significantly affected by their personality traits in some way or another.