The aim of this research was to examine wether the uniform alteration behaviors of female high school students has a relation with the body image distortion, and to obtain a objective data standing on the examination, helpful for guiding life related ...
The aim of this research was to examine wether the uniform alteration behaviors of female high school students has a relation with the body image distortion, and to obtain a objective data standing on the examination, helpful for guiding life related to uniform at school.
To achieve such aim, the questionnaire was carried out for 676 female
high school students at first and second year of 6 academic, special high schools in Gwangju city. The questionnaire data was analyzed by descriptive statistics, analysis of variance, one way ANOVA and Pearson's product-moment correlations analysis using the SPSS WIN 12.0(Kr).
Through the above analyses, Following conclusions were taken out.
First, the body image distortion of the female high school students who were the subjects of this research was very serious condition. The group that know their body type objectively was only 47.1%, and the groups of slimness distortion(21.6%), fatness distortion(31.3%) were exceeded majority. Besides, unlike expectation, among the body image distortion groups, the rate of slimness distortion group as well as fatness distortion group was quite high, that the female high school students appeared generally not recognize their body types correctly.
Second, the female high school students' satisfaction in their bodies was, as a whole, below the average. And the satisfaction in their bodies showed significant difference by each body distortion group, and they distort their bodies the fatter, the lower their satisfaction in their bodies declined. Especially, as the ordre of wight, the fleshy inside of the thigh, the circumference of hips, the circumference of waist showed the big difference by group while they distort their breast the bigger, the more their satisfaction in their bodies raised. This phenomenon means that the pursuit of healthy body issued lately by fitness fever has effect on female high school students' satisfaction in their bodies.
Third, most subject groups showed positive reaction on the uniform alteration behaviors, and the case of real experience of it was so much as 85.0%. The type of uniform alteration shows the tendency of altering their uniform cling to their bodies reducing it contour separately. In a purpose & satisfaction of uniform alteration, the answer related with body type factor was high, which reflect their awareness of body type wanting to look tall and skinny. But they pay less attention on the social expressional function such as feeling of belonging, rise of person’s status etc that uniform hold.
Fourth, the test results of the relation between the body image distortion phenomenon and uniform alteration behavior appeared that both phenomenon interrelate significaly with each other, The thinner they distort their bodies, the more uniform alteration occurred. And among the factors of satisfaction in their bodied, arms and trunk fatness show significant interrelation, and so it was shown that the higher satisfaction in their waist circumference, abdomen, weight, arms, silhouette, the more tendency of altering these contour of their uniforms was shown. Such uniform alteration behaviors of female high school students were frequently happened as a part of displaying themselves to emboss the body part they satisfied with the more when they think themselves slim. So, it seems to be necessary to reflect the guidance to building up body objectively and uniform wear fit to their body types.