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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

Wardrobe expenditures of women employed full-time in five occupational categories

Creator:: Van Slyke, Ruth E.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to examine and compare annual work wardrobe expenditures, work wardrobe expenditure influences, and selected demographic characteristics of women employed full-time in five occupational categories: professional and technical, managerial and administrative, sales, clerical, and other. The survey questionnaire included an itemized list of 37 wardrobe...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Effect of consumers' and salespersons' age on perceptions of salespeople

Creator:: Cho, Shi Jean
Abstract:: Physical appearance is one of the most important cues that an individual uses in forming an impression of another person. Researchers have found that perceptions of age are negatively related to perceptions of physical attractiveness. Because salespeople are influential in affecting a store's sales, especially for nondurable goods (Undell, 1972),...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Attitude-behavior fit in preschool peer relations : configurations of sociometry and social participation

Creator:: Shankar, Ila
Abstract:: The study of preschool children's peer relations has primarily employed sociometric interviews and observations of children's social participation during free-play situations as methods of assessment. These assessments of peer relations have traditionally demonstrated lack of fit between attitude (as measured by sociometry) and behavior (observation of social participation). Often, sociometric...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Korean and U.S. college women's fashion information seeking

Creator:: Kwon, Kyoung-nan
Abstract:: The adoption process is an information seeking and information-processing activity (Rogers, 1983,p. 21). Fashion information which consumers receive from various sources directly affects their decision to adopt or reject a style (Sproles, 1979, p. 173). Research has shown that consumers vary in their use of fashion information sources during the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

The effects of wealth components on consumption expenditures of retired elderly households

Creator:: Lee, Hee-Sook
Abstract:: The relationships between types of wealth components and consumption expenditures were investigated as a means of better understanding retired elderly household well-being. Specifically, the concept of mental account was used to identify the characteristics of different types of wealth components, and four mental accounts were identified: flow of investment, current...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Depression risk : an examination of rural low income mothers

Creator:: Guyer, Amy M.
Abstract:: This study used a multi-method approach to explore factors associated with high and low depression in a sample of rural mothers living in poverty. From a sample of 117 women with very high or very low CES-D depression scores, 40 cases were randomly selected for in-depth qualitative analysis. Qualitative comments...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Ethnic and ego identity among Korean-American adolescents

Creator:: Yuh, Jongil (Lee)
Abstract:: This study explored the relationship between ethnic and ego identities taking into consideration age at arrival in the U.S., gender of adolescent, family functioning, and parental performance of ethnic behaviors/activities. In addition, this study described the general nature of ethnic and ego identity development among Korean- American adolescents. One hundred...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

A cross-cultural comparison of parenting styles and adolescent competencies in Asian Americans and European Americans

Creator:: Wang, Helen Yanqing
Abstract:: Guided by Ogbu's cultural-ecological model of human development, this comparative study offers a comprehensive and explicit way of conceptualizing and measuring parenting within the cultural context. Multiple hypotheses are generated for the cross-cultural comparison of parenting styles in Asian Americans and European Americans. The study uses the National Longitudinal Study...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

An assessment of risk factors for gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and provider practices for post-GDM care

Creator:: Hunsberger, Monica L.
Abstract:: The number of women diagnosed with diabetes, including gestational diabetes, will continue to increase in the face of epidemic rates of obesity. The concurrent rise in obesity and diabetes makes it important to determine the risk factors for gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and the nature and extent of care offered...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

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

Wardrobe expenditures of women employed full-time in five occupational categories

Effect of consumers' and salespersons' age on perceptions of salespeople

Attitude-behavior fit in preschool peer relations : configurations of sociometry and social participation

Korean and U.S. college women's fashion information seeking

The effects of wealth components on consumption expenditures of retired elderly households

Depression risk : an examination of rural low income mothers

Ethnic and ego identity among Korean-American adolescents

A cross-cultural comparison of parenting styles and adolescent competencies in Asian Americans and European Americans

An assessment of risk factors for gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and provider practices for post-GDM care

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