As excessive concern over appearance and individualism run rampant in a modern society, negative phenomena such as lookism are happening in social situations. Based on these situations, there have been studies on the influence of appearance satisfacti...
As excessive concern over appearance and individualism run rampant in a modern society, negative phenomena such as lookism are happening in social situations. Based on these situations, there have been studies on the influence of appearance satisfaction on adolescent's self-esteem, and old and middleaged. However, analysis of people in their 20s, who begin their career and those in their 30s, who are standing at the crossroads between social activities and marriage and childcare is rather uncommon. This study aimed to identify the role of appearance satisfaction in psychological well-being and happiness in view of characteristics of each age group.
This study carried out an empirical analysis of the effects of appearance satisfaction of women in their 20s and 30s on psychological well-being and happiness in the sense of mental aspects. The purpose of this study is to specifically analyze the positive effects of appearance satisfaction of women in their 20s and 30s on psychological well-being and happiness in the sense of psychological and mental aspects.
Study subjects were women in their 20s and 30s and questionnaire survey was conducted in order to investigate the effects of their appearance satisfaction on psychological well-being and happiness. Questionnaires were distributed to 300 subjects including college students and workers and the questionnaires were statistically managed and analyzed using SPSS Windows version 18.0. In summary, the results of the study are as follows.
First, the result of verification of appearance satisfaction of women in their 20s and 30s on psychological well-being showed that appearance satisfaction has a statistically positive effect on psychological well-being.(P<0.01)
Second, the result of verification of appearance satisfaction of women in their 20s and 30s on happiness showed that appearance satisfaction has a statistically positive effect on happiness.(P<0.01)
Third, the result of verification of psychological well-being of women in their 20s and 30s on happiness showed that psychological well-being has a statistically positive effect on happiness.(P<0.01)
Based on the results above, appearance satisfaction of women in their 20s and 30s have an important role in the positive effects on psychological well-being and happiness in the sense of psychological and metal aspects.
That is, the higher appearance satisfaction women in their 20s and 30s have, the more psychological well-being and happiness they get. When they get more psychological well-being, they become positive themselves, recognized as positive with their appearance by other people and finally they lead a confident life and become more active. In conclusion, they do not feel anxiety or inadequacy and this has a positive effect on happiness when they satisfied their desires.