Types of perception on the body shape of the middle aged men

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to provide basic data for the development of a prototype of a garment that allows middle aged men to look idealized by examining the type of perception of middle aged men based on their subjective evaluation and their characteristics. This study used the Q methodology, which is a subjective research method that finds correlations among middle aged men across subjective attributes. The types of perception of body shape of middle aged men were analyzed as three types: leaning forward shape with bird legs, developed upper body shape with thick legs, protruding abdomen obesity body shape. The leaning forward shape with bird legs was recognized as the lowest in the BMI index, and the shoulder and chest were sagging, legs were thinner than the body and leaned forward. And that the hip were protruding and had a flat rectangular shape. Developed upper body shape with thick legs was the second overweight type of BMI index. It was recognized that the ankle and calf thighs were thick and the upper abdomen protruded upper body development body. Protruding abdomen obesity body shape was the most obese type with BMI index. In this type, the height was the smallest, and the upper abdomen came out and the abdomen protruded, and the abdomen was more exuded than the chest, and the neck was thick and the hips were recognized as the big body. The middle aged men's recognitive body shape was classified as a similar to actual body shape. However, in the recognition type, the frontal and side body types were mixed and classified. It is necessary to study the ergonomic pattern considering the features of each body type. This suggests that psychological effects can be obtained that allow the body shape that changes with age to be accepted more positively.

Fig. 1. Distribution chart for Q sorting

Fig. 2. Part differences by types

Fig. 3. Body Shape by types

Table 1. Q Statement selected as a sample

Table 2. Q Factor loading and variance

Table 3. Correlation of 3 types

Table 4. Factor loading by type of P sample

Table 5. Demographic variables of P sample

Table 6. Standard scores by type of 3factors(Z-score)

Table 7. Characteristic of Type 1

Table 8. Characteristic of Type 2

Table 9. Characteristic of Type 3

Table 10. Perception types of Middle age men