Appearance Satisfaction and Hair and Skin Care Interest according to BMI in the Male University Students|RISS 상세보기

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BMI (Body Mass Index) has been associated with body image dissatisfaction in males. In men, bodysatisfaction is related with psychological adjustment, self-esteem, depression, and interpersonal confidence,especially in the modern society. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of subjective self-idealdiscrepancy of body shape on body image and hair and skin care behavior in Korean male university students.
Korean male university students (n=112, aged 20-28 years) completed questionnaires regarding body imagesatisfaction, smoking and drinking behavior, hair and skin care behaviors, and subjective self-ideal bodyshape. The body image satisfaction was measured with BCS (Body Cathexis Scale). Statistical analyses wereperformed using PASW Statistics, version 18 (SPSS Inc.). The returned 112 questionnaires were visuallyexamined to ensure that most of the questions had been completed. Incomplete questionnaires were excludedfor evaluation, 84 questionnaires in total were analyzed. In terms of BMI, 3 subjects (3.6%) were underweight,56 (66.7%) were normal, 15 (17.9%) were overweight, and 10 (11.9%) were obese. Subjects checked theirsubjective self-ideal body shape from body shape images, the subjective actual body shape images werenumber 1-2 (13, 15.5%), number 3-4 (37,44.0%), number 5-6 (25,29.7%), or number 7-9 (9,10.8%) and idealbody shape images were number 2 (5,6.0%), number 3-4 (58,69.0%), or number 5-6 (21,25.0%). Underweightmales (mean=158.67) were more satisfied with their body image than obese males (mean=135.60). Thediscrepancy of body shape between subjective self-ideal body shape images and BCS showed a significantdifference (p=.013). When actual body shape is far off from ideal body image, subjects are more dissatisfiedwith their body image. Skin care interest according to BMI showed significant differences (p=.047), indicatingthe underweight subjects are more interested in skin care than obese males. In cosmetic use, 100% ofunderweight males used cleansing products whereas 53% of overweight and 40% of obese males usedcleansing products (p=.023). We found significant results confirming association among subjective self-idealdiscrepancy of body shape and body satisfaction in male university students. Underweight males were moreinterested in hair and skin care, and used more cosmetics than obese males.

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