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Children in their early 10s tend to be very conscious about their own images and how they look to others in the face of puberty. This study was conductedwith fifth and six graders to investigate the effect of urges to change their hairstyle on attempts for hairstyles and to provide basic information needed to provide effective hair styling services to early teens. The subjects were recruited from male and female fifth and six graders at the M Elementary School located in Gyeonggi-do. Data were collected from October 20 to October 31, 2014 via a questionnaire. A total of 200 questionnairrs were distributed, and 173 completed questionnaires were analyzed in this study, excluding 27 questionnaires due to insufficient answers. Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS 21.0. The results of this study are as follows: in the questions asking subjects' preference for hairstyles, subjects' satisfaction level on their hairstyle, particularly their current hair style, was the highest. Thus, they changed their hair style in favor of fresh look. This means that subjects had greater desire to follow trendy hairstyles when they tried harder to be fashionable and to change their mood and reduce stress. The results of the study showed that subjects tended to put more value on their physical appearance when they had stronger desire to keep their hairstyle neat and clean.