Relationships between Leisure Activities and Self-esteem in Cosmetologists

미용사의 여가활동과 자아존중감의 관계

This study attempted to investigate correlations between leisure activities and self-esteem against cosmetologists in Seoul and Gangwon-do, and the results found the followings: self-assertiveness and positive self-esteem revealed a statistically significant difference with leisure activities at a .05 significance level (p>.05). When asked if they engage in leisure activities, ‘I participate in leisure activities’ was higher than ‘I do not participate in leisure activities’ in both self-assertiveness and positive self-esteem. However, self-respect revealed no statistically significant difference at a .05 significance level (p>.05). Furthermore, both cognitive and social leisure activities showed a statistically significant difference at a .05 significance level (p>.05) depending on average monthly income. According to post-hoc testing, the ‘KRW 3 million - less than KRW 4 million’ group was the highest in terms of cognitive leisure activities. In social leisure activities, however, no statistical difference was observed by average monthly income. Discriminant validity was satisfied, confirming that correlations among factors were .8 or less through Pearson s product-moment correlation coefficient. Both cognitive and social leisure activities had a positive influence on self-respect, self-assertiveness and positive self-esteem at a significance level.