The purpose of this study is to analyze image according to face and hair style and to examine difference in image perception according to a perceiver's gender and age. Also, the aim was to examine whether there is difference between perceiver's face a...
The purpose of this study is to analyze image according to face and hair style and to examine difference in image perception according to a perceiver's gender and age. Also, the aim was to examine whether there is difference between perceiver's face and hair style and between preferred face & hair style, and to closely examine difference in image perception according to demographic characteristics.
A research method was used the experimental research method. The experimental design of stimulus was totally 28 pieces with 4 kinds for image perception of a face and 24 kinds for image perception of hair style. 24 kinds of hair-style stimulus included 4×3×2(face×hair length×hair wave appearance). Hair style was used 3 kinds of length in long, medium, and short and was used 2 textures in straight and wave. Photo size in stimulus was 8cm×9cm. Measurement tool was used semantic differential scale, which was composed of 7-point polarized adjective. Questionnaire included the item of semantic differential scale, which surveys the contents of image assessment along with hair style stimulus.
Research subjects were totally 512 people with 264 women and 248 men from their 20s to 40s, and were allowed to be distributed uniformly the 20s, 30s, and 40s. The period of data collection was from August 25, 2010 to September 9.
The results through this study are as follows.
First, as a result of factor analysis on item of image assessment on face and hair style, 3 factors were elicited, thereby having been classified into positive image, colorful image, and natural image factors.
Second, as a result of image perception according to perceiver's gender and age, the quadrangle and rectangle were perceived to be high in positive image. Rectangle was perceived to be high in colorful image. Natural image was perceived to be high in oval and to be low in quadrangle.
Third, as a result of analyzing difference in image perception according to face and hair length on straight hair style, and to perceiver's gender and age, the oval and rectangle were perceived to be high in colorful image given the straight hair style. Also, the oval and round form were perceived to be positive image given the short straight and the medium straight hair style. Rectangle was evaluated to be more positive than other face given the medium straight hair style. Natural image, which is original in oval, could be changed into positive image when producing short straight hair style. Also, when presenting short straight hair style to a face of quadrangle, men in their 40s were shown to evaluate positive image most highly.
Fourth, as a result of examining difference in image perception according to face and hair length on wave hair style, and to gender and age, the colorful image and natural image were perceived to be high in oval, round, and quadrangle style. As a whole, the long wave hair style was perceived most colorfully. Next, when round, quadrangle, and rectangle presented medium wave hair style, they were evaluated to be colorful. Oval was evaluated to be colorful given the short wave hair style. Also, men in their 20s and 30s perceived the long wave hair style as more positive image than men in their 40s. Women perceived it as colorful image.
Fifth, as a result of examining difference in image perception according to face, gender, age, and appearance of wave targeting the long hair length, when the oval, round, and rectangle presented long hair length, the natural image was perceived highly. Also, men in their 20s and 40s perceived long straight hair style as colorful image. Women in their 20s perceived long wave hair style as colorful image.
Sixthly, as a result of examining difference in image perception according to face, gender, age, and appearance of wave targeting the medium hair length, when the oval, round, and rectangle presented medium hair length, they were evaluated to be positive image. In the interaction between face and wave, it was perceived to be colorful image when rectangle presented medium straight hair style.
Seventh, as a result of examining difference in image perception according to face, gender, age, and appearance of wave targeting the short hair length, they were perceived to be most positive image when the round, quadrangle, and rectangle presented short hair length. The color image was indicated to be perceived highly when oval presented short straight hair style and when round style presented short wave hair style. Natural image was indicated to be high when all the faces presented short wave hair style. Especially, when a round form presented short wave hair style, it was perceived highly.
Eighth, as a result of analyzing relationship between perceiver's face and hair style and between the preferred face and hair style, the significant difference wasn't shown. Most of respondents were indicated to prefer oval face and long wave hair style regardless of own face and hair style.
Ninth, as a result of analyzing difference in preference for face and hair style according to perceiver's variable, the significant difference was indicated only in relationship between gender and preferred face and between age and preferred hair style. However, in a face as a whole, the preference for oval was the highest. In hair style, the preference for long wave hair style was indicated to be high.
In light of the above results, the image of a face may be varied according to a change in hair style. Just a change in hair style was indicated to possibly produce the desired image. Therefore, it can be said to be necessarily considered on hair length and wave appearance along with a face given producing hair style.