APPEARANCE SATISFACTION AND SELF-ESTEEM ACCORDING TO SELF-COORDINATION OF COLLEGE STUDENTS

Pil-Hwan Kim and Kyoung-Nam Kim*

ABSTRACT

Aesthetic beauty has become an integral part of our social life. There is a need to build a new self image for a good human relationship and self-coordination helps to create a positive image. This study is a descriptive research study to investigate the difference of self - esteem and physical satisfaction according to self-coordination of nursing college students. The participants of this study were 159 students of C university nursing students in C city. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS WIN 20.0 program. The subjects interested in appearance management were skin and makeup 32.7%, weight and body management 30.9%, reason for self-satisfaction was 85.5%, and information was provided through internet 73.5% Respectively. There was statistically significant difference in satisfaction of appearance according to self-coordination(t=-27.5, p<.001). There was statistically significant difference in self-esteem according to self-coordination(t=-5.2, p<.001). Based on the results of this study, the development and operation of the coaching program for the self - coordination method will contribute to enhance the physical satisfaction and self-esteem of the subjects.

Keywords: Nursing student, Appearance management, Satisfaction, Self-esteem.