Women’s Perception of Skin Aging and Anti-skin-aging Care Behavior

Abstract

From a psychological perspective, skin aging has a significant influence on women. This study attempted to investigate factors concerning women’s perception of skin aging and anti-skin-aging care behavior. For this, a self-administered questionnaire survey was conducted on 228 women aged 30 or older residing in Busan and Gyeongsangnam-do from May to June, 2018. For data analysis, SAS (ver. 9.4) was used. The perception of skin aging was the highest in the age group of 30s with 3.90±0.37 out of 5 (p<0.001). It was also higher in ‘college graduate or higher’ with 3.89±0.38 points than ‘high school graduate or lower’ (p<0.001). When asked how often they drink, the perception of skin aging was higher in no drinking group with 3.94±0.04 points than drinking group (p=0.024). In terms of average monthly earnings, the anti-skin-aging care behavior was the highest in ‘KRW 3 million or higher’ with 3.35±0.56 points (p=0.049). In terms of anti-skin-aging care behavior by average monthly spending on skincare, ‘KRW 300,000 or higher’ was the highest with 3.45±0.46 points (p<0.001). In terms of anti-skin-aging care behavior by drinking, 'No (3.38±0.55)' was higher than 'Yes (3.12±0.55)' (p=0.004). In anti-skin-aging care behavior by regular exercise, ‘Yes ( 3.45±0.47)’ was higher than 'No (3.03±0.55)' with statistical significance (p<0.001). On multiple regression analysis, the perception of skin aging was positively associated with anti-skin-aging care behavior (p<0.001). Since the perception of skin aging has a positive influence on anti-skin-aging care behavior, it is needed to increase women’s perception of skin aging to improve their skincare behavior.