Abstract
The outbreak of COVID-19 has caused significant alterations in the lives of Japanese university students. These changes include the shift to online lectures and imposing limitations on extracurricular activities. This study investigates whether there are variations in how male and female Japanese university students perceive their appearance during the pandemic. The author surveyed 428 Japanese university students. The author analyzed the data to assess whether there were changes in their self-perceptions of appearance during the pandemic. Our findings indicate that there are significant differences between genders regarding facial and body image perceptions at a 5% level of significance (p < .05, p = .00, .01). The reasons for these gender-based differences can be attributed to the use of web conferencing tools and the wearing of masks, which have impacted the students' self-consciousness about their appearance.
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