1Research Scholar, Dept. of Physical Education, Jeonju National University, Jeonju City, Jeonllabukdo, 55100, Republic of Korea
2Professor, Dept. of Physical Education, Seowon University, Cheongju City, Chungbuk, 28674, Republic of Korea
*Corresponding Author: Soo-JinSeo Professor, Dept. of Physical Education, Seowon University, Cheongju City, Chungbuk, 28674, Republic of Korea Phone: +82-010-9035-9954, E-mail: ssj7525@empas.com
Online published on 27 February, 2018.
The goal of this research is to investigate the effects of the cosmetic surgery attitude and body image of the college students majoring in dance on the perceived dance performance.
To achieve the goal of the research, a survey was conducted targeting at 407 students majoring in dance in the 6 of the 4-year universities located in Seoul City and Gyeonggi-do.
First, female students had higher cosmetic surgery attitude than male students; students majoring in Korean dance and ballet had higher cosmetic surgery attitude than those majoring in modern dance; students with fewer experiences had higher cosmetic surgery sympathy and risk acceptance attitude; students with more experiences had higher dance performance accomplishment. Second, students with higher cosmetic surgery sympathy and risk acceptance attitude had lower dance performance concentration and dance performance confidence; students with higher cosmetic surgery value attitude had higher dance performance concentration and dance performance confidence; students with higher cosmetic surgery secretive attitude had higher dance performance confidence.
By analyzing the attitude towards cosmetic surgeryof dance majors. Dance majors will be able to express their attitudes toward the right appearance, and provide academic knowledge of dance performance.
College students, majoring in dance, Cosmetic surgery attitude, Dance performance ability
