コジマ　ヤヨイ
  小島　弥生
   所属   国際コミュニケーション学部 心理社会学科
   職種   教授
言語種別 英語
発行・発表の年月 2014/06
形態種別 学術論文
査読 査読あり
標題 Gender differences in the cognition about the changeability of body
執筆形態 共著
掲載誌名 Sociology Study
掲載区分国外
巻・号・頁 4(6),pp.538-543
著者・共著者 Minako OHMURA, Yayoi KOJIMA, Yojiro NAKATA, Yoko SAWAMIYA
概要 This study examined gender differences in the cognition of the changeability of different parts of the boy. The body was divided into six parts: "eyes", "hair", "upper body", "lower body", "facial features" and "skin", and male and female cognition about the changeability of each body part was compared. The participants were 205 undergraduate students (145 female students and 60 male students) enrolled in a university in Japan. The female and male students showed a similarity in their cognition of "hair" as easily changeable and "facial features" as difficult to change. In addition, there were a difference between the male and female students in the cognition of the changeability of the "eyes", with the females perceiving a high level of changeability and men, a low changeability. This result suggests that female students believe in the effectiveness of makeup for covering cosmetic flaws of the eyes.