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Body awareness as related to clothing interest of college men and women

Creator:: Paeth, Linda Kirk
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to explore relationships between clothing interest and body awareness, between clothing interest and selected demographic variables for college men and women, and between body awareness and selected demographic variables for college men and women. To assess these relationships two measures were used. Body awareness,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: members: Dr. Dale Simmons, Dr. Ardis Koester, and Dr. Sylvia Lee. The writer wishes to express thanks to

Innovativeness in clothing and textiles as related to adoption leadership, venturesomeness, perceived sewing competence, and selected demographic factors

Creator:: Lauritsen, Chrisanne Clark
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . (Ryan and Gross, 1943, p. 17) 7 Another way of illustrating the diffusion process is with an S

The relationship of time orientation to selected clothing variables measured among tenth and twelfth grade high school girls

Creator:: Dersch, Fay Avis
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: decisions. a. Independent judgment--the s own opinion. b. Parents -mother and father. c. Peers--girl

Clothng behavior of adolescents in an economically disadvantaged rural community

Creator:: Snyder, Janet Lovseth
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: for computation of I. S. C. develop- ment by Warner (1960). 23 2 Social class distribution. 31 3

Perception of clothing clues by five-, nine-, and thirteen-year-olds

Creator:: Butzer, Peggy A.
Abstract:: The significance of dress in a first encounter situation has been demonstrated empirically: clothing serves as a vehicle for communicating information from one person to another. Thus, it is influential in affecting the formation of first impressions. This study was undertaken to explore the elements of dress that are most...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: intensive study. As Ryan (1966, p. 195) pointed out, though, it is often assumed that what is significant

Consumers of used clothing

Creator:: Richardson, Susan Ogawa
Abstract:: The study was undertaken to investigate characteristics of consumers of used clothing and the outlets in which used clothing is sold. The investigation of consumer characteristics involved demographic factors such as sex, age, educational level, employment status, family composition, income level, user of clothing purchased, use of clothing, reasons for...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: (1957:136), "the large expenditure on clothing for women in the 50's was due to and increase in

Success in a clothing construction course and self esteem in a women's penal institution

Creator:: Hall, Terry Lynn
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: (Ryan, 1966, p. 2). Theories concerning this relationship have been studied and tested by social

Innovators and non-innovators in furniture purchase compared on their creativity, change orientation, and social participation

Creator:: O'Toole, Kathy Sue
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Innovator s members of a community who are first to accept a new product or idea. For the purpose of this

Perception of clothing clues : its relation to liking for the clothing by the viewer and similarity to the clothing worn by the viewer

Creator:: Shields, Edith A.
Abstract:: Perception between people is part of the process of nonverbal communication. Person perception including body, facial expression, facial features, and clothing is part of the process that results in the formation of impressions of persons by each other. The purpose of this study was to investigate clothing perception and develop...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: of the costume that are most noted in making these evaluations. As Ryan (1966, p. 28) asked: "What

Perceived attractiveness and perceived support of the feminist movement

Creator:: Laughlin, Mildred Ruth
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: (Ryan, 1966, p. 2). A survey of litera- ture on the related concepts of personal traits, popularity

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Body awareness as related to clothing interest of college men and women

Innovativeness in clothing and textiles as related to adoption leadership, venturesomeness, perceived sewing competence, and selected demographic factors

The relationship of time orientation to selected clothing variables measured among tenth and twelfth grade high school girls

Clothng behavior of adolescents in an economically disadvantaged rural community

Perception of clothing clues by five-, nine-, and thirteen-year-olds

Consumers of used clothing

Success in a clothing construction course and self esteem in a women's penal institution

Innovators and non-innovators in furniture purchase compared on their creativity, change orientation, and social participation

Perception of clothing clues : its relation to liking for the clothing by the viewer and similarity to the clothing worn by the viewer

Perceived attractiveness and perceived support of the feminist movement

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