Triple Mediating Effect of Appearance Satisfaction, Body Image and Hope in the Relationship between Appearance Management Behavior and Happiness

Eun Ju Jang,Byung Soo Chang

doi:10.13189/ujph.2021.090511

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to verify the triple mediating effect of appearance satisfaction, body image, and hope in the relationship between appearance management behavior and happiness in 234 adults working in highway rest areas nationwide. Data analysis was performed using SPSS PC+ 25.0 and SPSS PROCESS macro3.5, and triple mediating effect analysis was performed using frequency analysis, reliability analysis, correlation analysis, and bootstrap analysis: This study was conducted to verify the triple mediating effect of appearance satisfaction, body image and hope in the relationship between appearance management behavior and happiness. The conclusions of the study are as follows. First, in the correlation analysis between the major variables, there were mostly significant positive correlations between appearance management behavior, appearance satisfaction, body image, hope, and happiness, but there was no correlation between body image and happiness or appearance satisfaction and happiness. Second, appearance management behavior had a significant positive effect on appearance satisfaction, appearance satisfaction had a significant positive effect on body image, body image had a significant positive effect on hope, and hope had a significant positive effect on happiness. Thus, appearance satisfaction, body image, and hope had a triple mediating effect in the relationship between appearance management behavior and happiness. As described above, few studies have dealt with this precise issue, and the discussion of these relationships needs to be expanded. Our results imply that improving one's appearance through various behaviors in order to appear more beautiful to others leads to changes in appearance and increased satisfaction with appearance. Thus, appearance management behavior not only changes one's appearance, but also results in positive psychological changes. In the end, such changes may promote happiness. The results of this study can be used as a new model for happiness improvement through appearance management behavior in office workers.

Highlights

Every person has a desire to be beautiful
There was a significant positive correlation between appearance management behavior, appearance satisfaction, body image, hope, and happiness, but there was no correlation between body image and happiness or appearance satisfaction and happiness
Descriptive statistics analysis showed that the average scores of hope (M = 3.3607), body image (M = 3.0975), and appearance management behavior (M = 3.0559) exceeded the median value, whereas the average scores of appearance satisfaction (M = 2.9644) and happiness (M = 3.9971) did not exceed the median value

Summary

Introduction

Every person has a desire to be beautiful. Management of one’s outward appearance is achieved through certain behaviors, Triple Mediating Effect of Appearance Satisfaction, Body Image and. Making the appearance beautiful is an element of self-expression and individual competitiveness. The effort to make a good appearance becomes an opportunity to perceive and develop oneself anew, and provides information that can imprint oneself on others. Effort on appearance, that is, appearance management, is a process in which each individual performs self-expression while playing his/her role through mutual relationships with other people. Ali is a way of expression, and appearance management behavior is required to break free from the mental complex about one's physical flaws and appearance [3]

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