Research Paper : The Influence of Stress and Body Image Scalp-Hair Management Behavior of Adolescents

Kim, Yu Ri; Jeon, Hyun Jin

Journal of the Korean Society of Cosmetology 2014;20(4):598-606.
Published online August 31, 2014.

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Research Paper : The Influence of Stress and Body Image Scalp-Hair Management Behavior of Adolescents

Yu Ri Kim, Hyun Jin Jeon

Abstract

The purpose of this study has been set as verifying whether stress and body image that are identified as effective variables of adolescent scalp-hair management behavior. The data have been gathered using questionnaire from September 2, 2013 to September 14, 2013targeting 500 adolescents living in Gwang-ju. After distributing 500 questionnaires, 474 copies have been collected and 463 copies excluding 11 questionnaires with incomplete response among the collected questionnaires have been used for the final analysis. SPSS for windows 20.0 Statistics Package has been used for the analysis of data while frequency analysis, descriptive statistics analysis, factor analysis, reliability analysis, regression analysis. The results of this study are summarized as follows. First, the stress has been classified into 4 factors called friend stress, family stress, appearance stress and learning stress. Stress has been shown as having significant positive(+) effect (p<.001) on the entire scalp-hair management behavior. Second, the body image has been classified into 2 factors called weight concern and appearance concern. Stress has been shown as having significant positive (+) effect (p<.001) on the entire body image. Third, the body image has been shown as having significant positive (+) effect (p<.001) on the scalp-hair management behavior.

Key Words: Adolescent, Body image, Stress, Scalp-hair management behavior