초록
In the past, generally only woman have interest in appearance management, but nowadays man also have interest in beauty and appearance. The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of vanity scale on the appearance management behavior and fashion orientation in male consumers. The data was collected from men in their age of 20-59, who lived in Seoul and Gyeonggi-do. A total of 300 responses were analyzed. Factor analysis, frequency analysis, ANOVA and regression were used for analysis. The results of this study are as follows. First, vanity scale divided into four factors 1) a concern for physical appearance 2) a positive view of physical appearance 3) a concern for achievement and 4) a positive view of achievement. Generally concern factors are higher than positive views, and physical appearance factors are higher than achievement factors. Second, four lower vanity scale factors are related with each other. Third, various vanity scale influenced to appearance management behavior and fashion orientation. Especially positive view of achievement have more influencing power to appearance management behavior and fashion orientation. Among various demographic variables, income have more influencing power to the vanity scale.