Building a Runway to Subjective Happiness: The Role of Fashion Modeling Classes in Promoting Seniors’ Mental Well-Being

Abstract

This study focuses on senior citizens who are participating in fashion modeling classes. Modeling classes are one of the most prominent educational leisure activities that has recently garnered the attention of the elderly population. The effect of flow experience in modeling classes on perceived happiness in life was considered. Since the activities related to modeling classes are related to fashion and appearance, the mediating roles of -confidence in fashion and appearance satisfaction were included as hypotheses. Survey data of 168 women aged 50 years or older were analyzed using the PROCESS macro for SPSS and SmartPLS. Flow experience was found to have a positive effect on subjective happiness, confidence in fashion, and appearance satisfaction. However, confidence in fashion had a significant impact on appearance satisfaction but not on subjective happiness. Appearance satisfaction also had a significant effect on subjective happiness. Appearance satisfaction had a significant mediation effect from flow experience to subjective happiness, but -confidence in fashion did not have significant influence in the process. However, the serial multiple mediation effect through confidence in fashion and appearance satisfaction was detected to be significant from flow experience to subjective happiness. The results are expected to help establish the direction of leisure education programs for seniors and bring progress to the research agenda on the impact of fashion confidence appearance satisfaction on senior citizens.

Effects of Active Senior's Appearance Management Behavior on Quality of Life by Mediating Self-esteem

“…이들 액티브 시니어의 외모관리는 삶의 질과 연관이 깊은 변수이자 전반적인 라이프 스타일을 풍요롭게 하는 주요 변수 중의 하나임이 밝혀졌다 (Jeon, 2019). 또한 외모관리행동은 외모관리태도에 유의한 영 향을 받는 것으로 타나났는데, 특히 외모관리행동 중에서도 체 형관리 요인, 미용성형 요인, 메이크업 요인, 스타일링 요인의 순으로 크게 영향을 미치는 것으로 보고되었다 (Jung et al, 2022;Seon et al, 2021). 남•녀 노소 누구나 외모를 관리하는 행 동은 자신감을 가지고 아름다운 삶을 살고자 하는 인간적인 욕 구를 충족하기에 중요한 요소이므로 나이를 먹어감에 따라 자 칫 소홀해지고 나이와는 무관한 행위라고 여기겠지만 노인들 의 삶의 질을 결정하는데 있어서 외모관리 행동은 매우 중요한 부분을 차지함을 알 수 있다 (Lee et al, 2019).…”