We live in a world today where it doesn’t come as a surprise to hear about another girl being roofied at a college party, nor is it shocking to find out about how your friend was sexually harassed by an older man at work. Women are taught how to avoid...
En mayo de este año, la Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública dedicó un número especial a promover el proceso más reciente de reforma de salud en Ecuador como un caso exitoso en la región. En el artículo editorial, la directora de la Organización Panamericana de la Salud (OPS), Carissa Etienne,...
The present study was a part of a larger research project
investigating the relationships between perceived clothing
deprivation and selected social-psychological, socio-economic,
and social participation variables among high school students.
The purpose of the present study was to investigate the
effects of clothing values and selected demographic
characteristics on perceived...
The objectives of the study were: to investigate career women's satisfaction with current career dress; to determine willingness of career women to trade styling options, time, and money for more sizing choices in career dress; to determine the effect of satisfaction on willingness to trade styling options, time, and money;...
The present study examined the influence of country-of- origin on the apparel purchase decision. One-hundred and eighty-one adult female sweater purchasers were surveyed directly following the purchase of a sweater for personal use in the Portland, Oregon, metropolitan area. The sample consisted of 138 department store shoppers and 43 discount...
The purpose of this study was to develop a methodology
to compare the color choice recommendations for each personal
color analysis category identified by the authors of selected
publications. The procedure used included: (1) identification
of publications with color analysis systems directed toward female
clientele; (2) comparison of number and...
The 109-year-old Porter house in Shedd, Oregon is one of few
remaining, well-preserved examples of Rural Gothic architecture in the
Willamette Valley. This study attempts to record its history: the
economic circumstances which led the pioneering David Putnam Porter
family to build this relatively large house, the family background,
and...
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...
Hmong are immigrants from Southeast Asia who have been
granted refugee status in the United States. Following the
collapse of Laos in 1975, thousands of Hmong fled in fear of
reprisal from the Pathet Lao for having aided the U.S. military
effort there.
Traditional cultural patterns have been in a...
The primary purpose of the study was to examine
how furniture arrangements in the lounges of institutions
for the elderly affect the social interaction
among the residents. Based on the furniture arrangements
that encourage social interaction, recommendations were
made for the placement of furniture in the lounges of
institutions for...