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  • Internal and external trigger cues of impulse buying online

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    Burnett, Sandy E.
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    Online shopping is one of the fastest growing forms of shopping with sales reaching $141.4 billion in 2004 (Shop.org, 2005). With the tremendous growth of online retailing, and the prevalence of impulse buying today, this study's purpose was to investigate the internal and external factors of impulse buying in an...
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  • Non-industrial textile production as optimal experience : applicability of the Flow Theory to clothing and textiles subject matter

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    Blood, Janet
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    The purpose of this research study was to test a psychological theory of motivation called the Flow Theory by Csikszentmihalyi as it relates to non-industrial textile production activities. In using the Flow Theory, researchers attempt to explain why individuals continue participation with a specific activity; namely that the activity induces...
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    The purpose of this research study was to test a psychological theory of motivation called the Flow

  • Emotional effect of curvilinear vs. rectilinear forms of furniture in interior settings

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    Dazkir, Sibel Seda
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    This study focused on people’s emotional responses to curvilinear and rectilinear lines in interior environments. Emotional reactions towards simulated interior settings were tested by having subjects complete an online survey. The survey tested respondents’ emotional reactions triggered by different forms of furniture. The survey included questions about six simulated interior...
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    environment), the person (psychological, social attributes, conceptions, meaning, educational background

  • Consumer perceptions of apparel products in Internet shopping

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    Kim, Mi-Jung
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    The purpose of the present study was to determine consumer perceptions of apparel products in Internet shopping. According to the existing literature, four categories of perceptions play primary roles for apparel shopping consumer decisions: apparel appearance, apparel comfort, fabric characteristics, and apparel fit. The present study aimed to observe how...
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    purchase decision. Perceived risks also can be attributed to several factors: psychological risk, social

  • The effects of window display setting and background music on consumers' mental imagery, arousal response, attitude, and approach-avoidance behaviors

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    Ti, Chihmin
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    Window displays are an important means by which retailers communicate with both current and potential consumers. The present study investigated how the use of context setting (with or without) in a window display and background music (with or without) influence consumers' mental imagery, arousal response, attitude toward the display, and...
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    psychological reactions such as attitudes and behavioral reactions. According to Mehrabian and Russell (1974

  • The effects of retail store lighting and shelf height on consumer' feeling of safety and behavior

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    Mouhoubi, Farida
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    This study aims to identify the effect of different lighting conditions and shelf height in a retail store environment on emotional states, feeling of safety and behavioral intentions. Lighting and store fixture height are two retail store components that can affect consumers’ emotional states and therefore their shopping experience. This...
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    environmental cues on psychological states of customers. A well-lighted and open space, for example

  • Developing effective presentation strategies for online retailers

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    Yoo, Jungmin
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    The purpose of the study was to investigate practical guidelines based on empirical evidence for effective website design, including both home page and product pages. This research consists of two consecutive empirical studies. Study 1 was one factor (home page design: image- vs. text-oriented home page) between-subjects design with two...
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    ” (Kotler, 1973-1974, p. 50) Attitude: “a person‟s evaluation of any psychological object (Ajzen

  • The Impact of the Correlated Color Temperature of Fluorescent Lighting and its Influence on Student On-Task Behavior in an Elementary School Classroom

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    Pulay, Alana S.
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    The aim of the study was to determine whether a higher correlated color temperature of the fluorescent lighting in an elementary school classroom influenced student on-task behavior as compared to fluorescent lighting with a lower correlated color temperature. A conceptual theoretical framework on interior lighting and human behavior was developed...
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    Pathways of Light Relative to Psychological Functioning ......26 2.4 School System Layers with the

  • Post-occupancy evaluation of the Linn-Benton Housing Authority lobby and reception office

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    Binder, Susan K.
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    The research evaluated the remodeled lobby and reception office of the Linn- Benton Housing Authority, Albany, Oregon. Programming goals identified five needs: protect client privacy, provide for orderly queuing at the reception counter, decrease contact time between clients and staff, and improve reception office for attention focused tasks and for...
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    manipulation of some aspect of the environment. An early environment and behavior study at Western Electric

  • Online product presentation and perceived trustworthiness : the moderating role of gender

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    Marshall, Kerianne
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    E-commerce is growing each year, reaching 130.1 billion in 2008 (Internetretailer.com, 2009b). Retailers have turned their attention to the online channel to discover ways to stay competitive. Yet there is still limited research on online apparel retailing, especially in online product presentation. Thus, the purpose of this study was to...
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    negative aspect of a slow economy is that many consumers were searching for deals on the web and moving

  • Emotional responses to a sustainable interior environment and a non-sustainable interior environment

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    Northup, Reade B.
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    This study focused on users' emotional responses to a sustainable and a non-sustainable interior environment. Emotional reactions toward interior environments were tested by having subjects complete a survey. The survey tested users' emotional reactions with a mixed methods approach by including both qualitative and quantitative questions. The scope of this...
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    Russell’s (2001) study, Yik and Russell stated that the possible faulty aspect of the circumplex (due to

  • Consumer clothing inventory management

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    Cluver, Brigitte Gaal
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    The primary objective of the present research, which investigated consumer behavior regarding the storage of clothing items no longer worn, was to develop a model that describes and explains the process of consumer clothing inventory management. Data were collected via in-depth interviews of twenty-two adult female and male informants. Guided...
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    psychological and behavioral steps towards disposing of, yet still retained possession. Data collected were

  • Appearance management, dress, and personality

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    Johnson, Tricia Widner
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    The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships among appearance management, dress, and personality. Eight hypotheses were developed that proposed relationships among five personality factors, three appearance management variables, and style of dress. Respondents were 277 undergraduate student subjects enrolled at Oregon State University. Subjects completed two questionnaires:...
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  • The design, meaning, and use of the Turkish salon

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    Dazkir, Sibel Seda
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    This exploratory study was focused on the design, meaning and use of the Turkish salon (the sitting room for guests). The findings provided an understanding of the different aspects of people's experiences of their salons. Socially and personally constructed meanings were examined to gain a deeper understanding of the respondents'...
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    shaped by the dynamic relationship between many individual, psychological, social, socio-cultural

  • Why cosplay? Motivations behind participation and use of social media among cosplayers who maintain Facebook Artist Pages

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    Kane, Laura E.
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    The purpose of this study was to explore motivations behind participation in cosplay and the use of social media among cosplayers who maintain Facebook Artist Pages. Further focus was placed on investigating the role of Facebook Artist Pages in building fame. To explore such motivations, two theories were referenced: Deci...
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    Participating in cosplay and the fulfillment of basic psychological human needs…………………………………… 160 5.3

  • Fashioning queer bodies : intersections of dress, identity, and anxiety in the queer women's community

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    Reddy-Best, Kelly
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    The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship of dress and queer women and how their sexual identity influences their appearance management behaviors. I answered the following research questions: (1) How is gender identity constructed and negotiated in different spaces for queer? (2) Does sexual identity influence dress...
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    , Catholic, female, black) to psychological (jocks, workaholic -definition. They found that individuals

  • Clothing evaluative criteria : a comparison between hedonic shoppers and utilitarian shoppers

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    Yeh, Chun-Lan
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    According to Engel, Blackwell, and Miniard (1993), evaluative criteria is defined as "the standards and specifications used by consumers to compare different products and brands" (p.51). Many studies have investigated factors that might influence the importance of clothing evaluative criteria used by consumers in the decision making process. However, few...
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    , and various psychological, sociological, and economic influences. In previous consumer behavior

  • Preschooler's perceptions of a patio garden

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    Upington, Deborah A.
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    This study sought to fill a void in research literature supporting Attention Restoration Theory (ART) and the beneficial effects of exposure to natural, green spaces. The literature predominantly discusses studies with adult and older child participants, finding that exposure to natural environments often produces an attention-restoring effect. ART has been...
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    natural environment has on human behavior, addressing neural and psychological processes as well as

  • Constructing identities : analyzing dress, appearance, and mental illness in Wilkie Collins' The Woman in White

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    Haas, Rachael E.
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    The purpose of this study was to determine how the popular writer Wilkie Collins used dress and appearance to bring to light concerns about mental illness in his 1859-60 sensation novel The Woman in White. The method of narrative analysis was used to complete this study. Data sheets were developed...
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    . Stone (1995) also highlights the aspect of nonverbal communication, defining appearance as “the phase

  • Aging in place : a contemporary social phenomenon

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    Lee, Megan
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    Most aging individuals prefer to remain in a self-determined home environment, and generally aging adults want to remain in the same home or same community. The benefits of remaining in a self-determined private home environment while aging have been established. Because individuals present a diversity of needs, it takes interdisciplinary...
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    housing choice, housing choice serves as a primary and focal aspect of aging and place. The private home

  • Indian apparel consumption : a cross-cultural comparison of first generation Indian and the second-generation Indian American females

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    Kaur, Jatinder
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    The increased ethnic diversity of the U.S. population, including an increase of Indian immigrants, calls for an investigation of the Indian apparel consumption differences among first generation Indians and second generation Indian American females within the United States market. This study examined the Indian apparel consumption behavior of two levels...
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    models of consumer behavior formally outline the economic, socio-cultural and psychological influences