Abstract
Background: The dressing or fashion style of tertiary students has become an important issue of much concern in this contemporary era amidst technological advancement. This study examines polytechnic students perspective on the effect science and technology has on dress sense and fashion taste. Methods: The design was a cross-sectional non-experimental survey of 102 polytechnic students between the ages of 15 - 29 years with ample knowledge on dress sense. The sample consisted of 40 male (39.2%) and 62 female (60.8%) students who were enrolled by using a multistage cluster sampling technique according to departments and academic levels. Results: The study found that there was an association between science and technology influence and dress sense (53.7% approval vs. 46.7% disapproval), however this was not statistically significance [x2 = 0.21, p ≤ 0.005]. Again the relationship between the future influence of science and technology on the dress sense of students was examined using Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient since the two variables of interest were measured at continuous and categorical levels. The study identified a very weak negative correlation between the future influence of science and technology on dress sense and how better students dress will be than now [ρ = -0.2, n = 102, p < 0.05]. Conclusion: The study identifies that there is a very weak relationship between the influence of science and technology on the dress sense of students; however this relationship is not statistically significant.
Highlights
The dressing or fashion style of tertiary students has become an important issue of much concern in this contemporary era amidst technological advancement
The aim of this study was to explore the effect that the progression in science and technology is having on dress sense and the beauty concepts of Ghanaian polytechnic students
Adopting the descriptive cross sectional and two stage sampling technique, we found that there was no statistically significant differences in the outcomes of the effect of science and technology on the beauty concepts and dress sense on the basis of gender
Summary
The dressing or fashion style of tertiary students has become an important issue of much concern in this contemporary era amidst technological advancement. This study examines polytechnic students perspective on the effect science and technology has on dress sense and fashion taste. Results: The study found that there was an association between science and technology influence and dress sense (53.7% approval vs 46.7% disapproval), this was not statistically significance [x2 = 0.21, p ≤ 0.005]. The relationship between the future influence of science and technology on the dress sense of students was examined using Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient since the two variables of interest were measured at continuous and categorical levels. Conclusion: The study identifies that there is a very weak relationship between the influence of science and technology on the dress sense of students; this relationship is not statistically significant. Meanings are made to persons who wear particular dress
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