Daily Clothing Selection: Interrelationships Among Motivating Factors

Abstract

The purpose of this investigation was to test the interrelationships among motivating factors that influence an individual's daily selection of clothes. The dimensions. These motivating factors were also classified into exogenous factors (weather, social activity, practicality, and physical self) and endogenous factors (mood, clothing orientation, and personality dimensions).The final survey, consisting of three major sections, was administered to 105 female students in a midwestern university. Multiple regression analysis, analysis of variance, and Spearman's correlation were used for the statistical analyses.The results of the statistical analyses indicated that there was a varying degree of correlation between the five temporal clothing functions and the clothing orientation factors. The multiple regression results of the five temporal clothing functions and the four sub-scales of the POI indicated that the coefficients of the "spontaneity" sub-scale were significant for the weather and social activity functions, but not significant for the other temporal clothing functions. Three other sub-scales of the POI showed no bearing on any of the five temporal clothing functions. The multiple regression analysis to test the relationships between exogenous and endogenous factors indicated that mood function (representative of endogenous factors) was significantly influenced (affected) by the weather and physical self functions. The findings in general concur with the presupposition that motivation for clothing selection was multidimensional in its characteristics and the factors were all interdependent.

Identifying the Causal Relationships of Appearance Management through an Analysis of One's Own Clothing and Wearing Experiences over a 10-day Period

“…Consistent with Kwon (1987), the weather (sunny) significantly enhanced positive mood from baseline. Clothing was chosen as a reflection of mood and the weather.…”

“…Furthermore, high clothing interest can also be interpreted as those people who buy clothing frequently, and so have more new items of clothing in their wardrobe. Kwon (1987) stated that a person's personality and one's attitude towards clothing will affect the daily selection and behaviour related to clothing. Consistent with previous studies (Aiken, 1963;Darden, 1975;Davis et al, 2001), and more recently, Johnson et al (2007), only neuroticism, extraversion and openness are moderate predictors for appearance emphasis, using the Five Factor Model of personality (Costa & McCrae, 1985).…”

“…Selecting clothes to wear on a daily basis, involves situational factors (Kwon, 1987), e.g. weather conditions, social and/or physical activities, one's baseline mood, one's perception of their physical self, and extensiveness and/or availability of wardrobe items.…”

Big and Tall Men as Apparel Shoppers: Consumer Characteristics and Shopping Behavior

“…According to Kwan (1987), the physical body function, related to an individual's self-evaluation of his/her physical characteristics, is particularly applicable to individuals who have weight problems or body irregularities. Although there is no clear definition concerning the category of big and tall men, this can be done in two ways: First, the measurement information of these four categories, as discussed earlier, can be presented for the subjects to describe themselves; second, without measurement information the perception of physical self can be used to describe themselves.…”

Effects of Situational and Individual Influences on the Selection of Daily Clothing

“…The previous report by Kwon (1987) classified the motivating factors which affect daily clothing selection into exogenous (weather, social activity, practicality, and physical self) and endogenous factors (mood, clothing orientation, and personality dimensions) to test the interrelationships among the factors. However, the study was limited to hypothesizing the existence of exogenous and endogenous dimensions of clothing functions and it did not test the actual existence of these two dimensions.…”