D04. Psychological Effects of Nail Color
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Introduction: Nail polish is a cosmetic used to apply color for beautifying fingernails and toenails. Nail polish may be provided benefits as color therapy for balancing psychological problems.
Objective: The objective of this study was to find the benefit of colors from nail polish application based on the theory of color therapy.
Methods: The participants were 200 female students at Mae Fah Luang University. They were divided into 2 groups; blinded and unblinded by their perception of color therapy. The participants applied their nails with different colors based on their emotions and determined the color effects after 1 week of application by answering the questionnaires.
Results: The results found that the main problems of participants were depression (13.00%), rough (12.50%), complicated (11.50%), and lack of confidence (10.50%), respectively. The score of the emotion of each participant was determined before and after nail polish application and found a significant decrease (p<0.05) in the emotion problem after the experiment. State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) and Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) were used to measure anxiety levels and found a significant decrease (p<0.05) in both scores after nail polish application. The positive psychological effects of nail color were found in both groups without any bias in the results. In addition, most of the participants were satisfied with their nail colors and half of them felt a change in their emotions after nail polish application.
Conclusion: Nail color applications help to improve the emotion and decrease the anxiety levels of participants.
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