The Desire for Aesthetics in Children



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Submitted Feb 15, 2022
Published Mar 18, 2022
10.24018/ejsocial.2022.2.2.224

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The purpose of this study is to understand school children’s aesthetic desires. A total of 93 students in standard XI, ranging in age from 15 to 17, participated in the study. The researcher used the tool developed by Lundy et al. (2010). It is entitled as “How important is beauty to you? The Development of the desire for aesthetic scale”. The research study is primarily quantitative. The results from the overall picture showed that the boys expressed a strong desire for aesthetics compared to girls. It can be concluded that the boys differ significantly in their preferences and perceptions of beauty from their counterparts.

Keywords: Aesthetics, Art, Beauty, Desire, Perception

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