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KMID : 0379720140280020359
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Journal of Korean Community Health Nursing Academic Society
2014 Volume.28 No. 2 p.359 ~ p.371
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Experiences in Appearance Management With Esthetic Treatment of Female College Students
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Kim Jeong-Soo
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Abstract
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Purpose: This study was conducted in order to describe the process of appearance management with esthetic treatment and for development of a substantive theory that explains lifestyle in female college students.
Methods: The participants were seven students who had undergone a surgical procedure with LASEK, cosmetic, and wearing orthodontic brackets. Data were collected through face-to-face interviews and analyzed using grounded theory in Strauss and Corbin (1998).
Results: The core category, ’discovering factors of social opportunities’ incorporated the relationship between and among all categories and explained the process. Theses processes were categorized acording to four stages: ’facing appearance stress’, ’screening medical information’, ’applying esthetic treatment’, and ’restoring self-confidence’.
Conclusion: The findings of this study indicate an understanding and profound insight on the issue of psycho-social health promotion in young female.
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KEYWORD
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Health promotion, Young adult, Female, Qualitative research
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