The Effect of Golf Majors’ Awareness on Harmfulness of UV and Skin & Health Care Behavior on Self-esteem

Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine how skin & health care behavior of golf majors affect their self-esteem through understanding the effect of UV on skin. Methods: A survey targeting 400 golf majors of Seoul and Chungcheongbuk-do was conducted to evaluate awareness of sunscreen and the effect of skin & health care behavior on self-esteem according to each athlete group. 344 surveys were analyzed and 56 improper responses were excluded. Results: The results are as follows. First, the study participants were classified into three groups including students majoring in golf, amateur players, and professional players, to investigate general characteristics and skin & health care behavior. Significant differences were presented in each group in almost all features related with skin & health care behavior. Second, concerning hazard awareness of UV and awareness of sunscreen, distinct features were found out in each group: awareness on harmfulness of UV and skin problems such as pigmentation·freckle·age spot (p<.05); blackening phenomena·skin cancer·xeroderma (p<.01); and sunburn·red spot·blister·spot·burn (p<.001). Finally, questionnaires on skin & health care behavior were decomposed into self-management behaviors of skin, cosmetics selection & use, and lifestyle to examine the relationship between skin & health care behavior and self-esteem in each group. Conclusion: As a result, cosmetics selection & use, and lifestyle showed positive relationship with self-esteem in golf students group (p<.05). Moreover, lifestyle showed positive relationship with self-esteem in professional players group (p<.05). Therefore, it can be concluded that skin care behavior in daily lives has positive relationship with self-esteem.