The purposes of this study were to investigate the relationship between the clothing behavior and the family value among different sex, age and socioeconomic status and to explore the differences of sex, age and socioeconomic status about the clothing...
The purposes of this study were to investigate the relationship between the clothing behavior and the family value among different sex, age and socioeconomic status and to explore the differences of sex, age and socioeconomic status about the clothing behavior. The questionnaire was designed to collect data for clothing behaviors, family values and the socioeconomic status. The data were obtained from 554 females and males, middle school, high school and college students, upper, middle and lower classes.
The findings of this study were s follows:
1. (1) A significant positive relationship was found between conventional family values and dressing for self in both sexes, and between conventional family values and dressing for others in male students.
(2) In case of early adolescence, there was significant negative relationship between the materialistic family values and dressing for self. In case of puberty there was significant negative relationship between conventional family values and dressing for others.
(3) There was significant positive relationship between dressing for self and dressing for others.
2. (1) Females were more positive on attitudes toward dressing for self and others than were males.
(2) There older age group were more positive on attitudes toward dressing for others, and there were significant differences between puberty and early adolescence, puberty and late adolescence.
(3) Upper class was more positive on attitudes toward dressing for self than other classes. The higher were the socioeconomic status, the more were positive on attitudes toward dressing for others.
3. Significant interaction between sex and age was found about clothing attitudes.