노년기 여성의 생활만족도 및 외모만족도에 따른 의복만족도와 의복디자인 선호도에 대한 연구 = The Life Satisfaction, Apperance Satisfaction, Clothing Satisfaction, and Clothing Design Perferance of Women Aged 55years and Older in Seoul

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The elderly population of Korea has been significantly increasing due to advances in public health, medical care, and quality of life. Social and economic influence of the elderly population has been also increasing. As elderly people become more interested in their appearance and clothing than before, clothing plays an important role in the elderly women's everyday life.
The objectives of the research are to explore the life satisfaction, appearance satisfaction clothing satisfaction, and clothing design preferance of 416 women aged 55 years and older who were residents of Seoul. Data were gathered through survey using a self-administered questionnaire from November, 1994 to January, 1995 in 8 senior schools and 3 senior centers which were scattered in Seoul. Descriptive statistics, t-test, and factor analysis were used in analysing the data.
The results of this study indicate that life satisfaction have a positive relationship with clothing satisfaction. The respondents were divided into two groups by life satisfaction. The higher life satisfaction group prefered skirts and formal wear to the lower. But, two groups did not show any significant differences in terms of the color preference, motif preference, and fabric preference.
The result of factor analysis divided appearance satisfaction into body satisfaction and face satisfaction. Body satisfaction had a positive relationship with clothing satisfaction. And the group of lower physical satisfaction showed lower satisfaction in apparel fitness. Also the face satisfaction had a positive relationship with clothing satisfaction.
The group of higher physical satisfaction prefered skirts and formal wear compared to that of lower physical satisfaction. The color preference and motif preference between two group showed no significant difference. And the group of higher physical satisfaction prefered fabric that enhances the clothing style.
Also, the group of higher face satisfaction prefered fabric that enhances the clothing style. However, there was no significant difference in the color preference and motif preference between two groups.
The findings of this study may contribute to knowledge about clothing satisfaction and preference of elderly women in Seoul since there have been few studies, and be useful to apparel manufacturers as well as clothing researchers. Also, research subjects of this study could be extended to aged men and various regions.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• Abstract
• Ⅰ. 서론
• Ⅱ. 노년기 여성 의복에 대한 선행연구
• Ⅲ. 연구방법 및 절차
• Ⅳ. 결과 및 논의
• 1. 생활만족도와 의복만족도와의 관계
• 2. 생활만족도와 의복디자인 선호도와의 관계
• 3. 외모만족도와 의복만족도와의 관계
• 4. 외모만족도와 의복디자인 선호도와의 관계
• Ⅴ. 요약 및 결론
• 인용문헌