The study investigates relations among Norwegian-American
ethnicity, ownership of ethnic articles, and selected other factors.
Articles include clothing, textiles, and certain household objects.
Hypotheses were drawn predicting relations between ethnic
article ownership and ethnicity as expressed by ethnic practices and
attitudes, and between ethnic article ownership and generation in
America...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship
between the weaving performance and the visual perception abilities
of primary school children. The sample population consisted of 50
first-graders, 26 boys and 24 girls.
A measure was developed to test weaving performance; the
children participated in a weaving lesson...
Factors associated with the clothing selection practices of
Oregon horse show exhibitors were studied by means of a mailed
questionnaire. Purposes of the study were to determine the extent
to which exhibitors believe that apparel enters into a judge's evaluation
of competitors, to determine the extent to which trainers provide...
The purpose of the study was to investigate the relationships
among satisfaction with clothing, satisfaction with physical appearance,
concern over weight, self-esteem, and participation in leisure-time
activities among a sample of full-time homemakers.
To test these relationships, five measures were used. Satisfaction
with clothing was measured by comparing the actual...
The study was undertaken for the purpose of investigating the
relationship between clothing behavior and sex, Japanese and American
cultures, feminine or masculine personality types, and sex-role
concepts. The aspects of clothing behavior included in the study are
interest, tolerance, acceptance, and innovation of uni-sex clothing
items, and the femininity-masculinity...
This thesis is a study of the clothing behavior of disadvantaged
adolescents in a rural community as it relates to the factors of social class, security level, peer acceptance and self-selection of clothing.
This study was selected because very little research in clothing
behavior has been done in disadvantaged rural...
A study of student performance in relation to concentrated color
in the environment was conducted in an elementary school near
Portland, Oregon. Third grade classrooms served as laboratories,
with the total third grade student population of 83 students serving as
subjects.
The project covered a four week period of time....
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship
between innovativeness in clothing and textiles and; self rating of
innovativeness, adoption leadership, venturesomeness, perceived
sewing competence, age, education, social status characteristics,
social participation, sources of information, and continuation of
learning.
The sample consisted of 67 women who sew who...
The study determines and compares the characteristics of
innovators (defined as purchasers of wood furniture of similar
line, curve, mass, function, and cost).
Null hypotheses were written predicting that there would be
no difference between innovation in purchase of furniture and age,
creativity, social participation, socio-economic level, exposure
to mass...
The creating of pattern in woven fabrics by placing design on the
warps and/or wefts before they are woven is ancient. Primary
examples of these textiles are ikat, which is a resist dyeing technique,
and chine, in which design is painted or in some way printed on the
tensioned warp...
The purpose of the study was to investigate relationships among
time orientation, clothing influentials, importance of selected garment
characteristics, sources of clothing information, and clothing values.
The measures developed for the study were a clothing influential
measure, a garment characteristic measure, and a source of clothing
information measure.
Two measures...
The purpose of this study was to determine consumer perception
and acceptance of color change in textile fabrics, and the relation of
acceptance to age, sex, and socio-economic level. Eighteen null
hypotheses were drawn to investigate if relationships existed between:
(1) the degree of color change perceived and found acceptable...
This study investigated the relationships between motivation for
sewing and: amount of sewing, perceived depersonalization of the job,
and creativity among employed women. Sewing for creativity and
sewing for economic reasons were the two motivations investigated.
Previous studies indicated that sewing for economic reasons was the
prevalent motivation for sewing....
The purpose of this study was to examine self-perceived
success as experienced in a learning environment, and its association
with self esteem. The relationships between pretreatment-self
esteem, posttreatment-self esteem, and perceived success experienced
in a five-week clothing construction course were investigated.
Measures of perceived sewing ability, perceived success,
and course...
The purpose of this study was twofold. One purpose
was to investigate the clothing worn by the adult members
of the Wasco and Warm Springs Indians. Six periods of time
were examined:
Period I - 1805-1811
Period II - 1870's-1880's
Period III - 1900-1905
Period IV - 1950's-192-0's
Period 7...
The Thomas Kay Woolen Mill once manufactured cloth with a
reputation renowned throughout the United States. This study is an
attempt to report the history of the mill. Data are categorized by:
the Kay family; production including plant, machinery, raw materials
used, goods manufactured; management including the effects of
national...
Relatively little, if any, research has been done in the area of attitudes of inmates toward the clothing, and clothing policies of correctional institutions. The purpose of this study was to provide exploratory research in the area of inmate attitude toward correctional institution clothing. The variables investigated were: age, race,...
This study was designed to provide additional information to
determine: what difference variance in perceived attractiveness made
in perceived support of the feminist movement; what difference type
of garment worn made in perceived support of the feminist movement;
relationship between the judgments regarding perceived support of the
feminist movement and...