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Dress as Related to the Effectiveness and the Assessment of the Effectiveness of a Performer and the Relation of the Authoritarian Personality to the Evaluation of the Performer
(The University of Alabama, 1961) Thompson, Kathleen
In recent years more and more attention has been given to the social and psychological aspects of clothing. However, most of the studies deal almost entirely with the effects of clothing on the individual or how the individual feels that clothing affects him or her. Almost no research has been done relative to the dynamics of clothing behavior in the processes of communication between people. In general, studies indicate that being well-dressed influences one’s feelings of self-confidence, happiness, and efficiency. That being well-dressed affects the way the individual feels is shown in a study by Ryan (1953, P» 14-). She reported that college girls feel more ’’relaxed, comfort able, contented, and confident" when well-dressed. Dearborn (1918, p. 66) stated that in his deliberate opinion "...self-confidence for the great mass of men and women is to some extent obviously dependent on being well-dressed...self-confidence actually is part of the energy and efficiency of the individual." Ditty (1955, p. 96) found that all thirty-nine teachers participating in a study felt that part of a beginning teacher’s success in the classroom depended upon the type of clothing she wore.