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The COVID-19 pandemic caused nutrition faculty in higher education to face unprecedented challenges balancing rigorous academic standards with providing grace for outside circumstances. An online, observational cross-sectional survey determined how nutrition faculty explored approaches to balancing these concepts and gauged perceived impacts on students' educational experience. Faculty defined rigor and grace as engaging students with challenging standards while also using a flexible, human-first approach. However, they received little guidance on how to maintain rigorous course standards. As educators navigate a post-pandemic world, an institutional response is needed to empower instructors to balance rigor and grace in ways that maximize student outcomes.

This study examines the evolving dynamics of children's clothing consumption, highlighting Generation Alpha's growing influence on family purchasing decisions. Despite rising expenditure, children's apparel remains under-researched, often overlooking children's consumer agency. Using the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB), an online survey of 292 parents/guardians (June 2021) tested proposed hypotheses via conditional regression analysis. Results largely supported TPB, though subjective norms did not directly predict purchase intention; instead, attitudes and behavioral control mediated this relationship. Findings also revealed children's significant participation in clothing decisions, marking a shift. Implications extend to theory, children's fashion brands, and industry practices.

This study examines how financial knowledge and personal financial involvement relate to financial information search behaviors and the mediating roles of financial self-efficacy, information-gathering capacity, and risk tolerance. Using survey data from U.S. adults and mediation analysis, the results show that both financial knowledge and personal involvement are positively associated with relying on knowledge and experience, trusting experts, and collecting additional information when making financial decisions. Information-gathering capacity and risk tolerance significantly mediate these relationships, while financial self-efficacy plays a limited role. This study offers implications for policy, practice, and education.

The purpose of this research was to understand students' experiences engaging in cross-disciplinary object-based learning activities. A cross-disciplinary approach was employed to help students draw connections between clothing and residential housing styles to fill gaps in research within cross-disciplinary contexts involving two family and consumer sciences disciplines. The study involved six residential design/housing and thirteen fashion students. Data were collected and analyzed using a transcendental phenomenological approach. Students successfully drew connections in design between late Victorian clothing and homes and appreciated the sharing and exchanging of specialized knowledge and exposure to new perspectives, while noting hindrances to cross-disciplinary collaboration.

This study investigates the predictors of individuals' reliance on social media for financial decision-making within the context of Türkiye's high-inflation environment and the associated surge in retail investor participation. Data were collected via an online survey utilizing the OECD's financial literacy toolkit. The results indicate that gender, family structure, high-risk asset preferences, and financial literacy predict social media usage for financial information. Specifically, males, individuals who invest in stocks or cryptocurrencies, and those with higher financial literacy demonstrate a greater propensity to access financial information on social media; conversely, households with children exhibit lower reliance on social media information.

Across industries, deaf Americans face employment challenges, in part due to attitudes and perceptions of hearing managers. Barriers to gainful employment can negatively impact financial and social outcomes for individuals and their families. This study uses an experimental design to explore perceptions of deaf candidates accompanied by ASL interpreters. MTurk allowed for a national sample of 109 respondents, and findings indicate differences in confidence, competence, and personability within certain industries. Additionally, being familiar with individuals with disabilities impacts perceptions of competence and personability. There is a consistent need for training and exposure to deaf individuals to enhance incorporation in the workforce.

Parents of young children often experience greater levels of stress due to the demands of childrearing, creating a well-being penalty. While leisure helps alleviate stress, little research explores its impact on parental stress and parent–child relationships. This study examines the relations among parenting stress, parent–child relationships, and leisure attitudes. Data from 310 parents were analyzed using regression models. Results show that increased parenting stress leads to more conflict and less closeness, but positive attitudes toward leisure buffer these effects. Promoting leisure's benefits for both parents and parent–child relationships can enhance positive attitudes and reduce guilt around parents' individual leisure activities.

This study examines the effects of work–family conflict (WFC) and family–work conflict (FWC) on hedonic (HDN) and materialistic consumption (MTR), considering gender as a moderator. The research data were obtained from 489 employees in Turkey. These data were primarily analyzed using confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling. Secondly, moderation analyses were applied. Results showed that WFC significantly affected all subdimensions of HDN and MTR, whereas FWC only affected the idea shopping subdimension of HDN. In addition, WFC's impact was stronger among females. Based on these findings, it can be stated that role conflict effects on consumption vary by gender.

The study examined the relationship between financial education and financial capability through a subgroup analysis of self-employed and paid-employed workers. Using the 2021 National Financial Capability Study, regression analysis with seemingly unrelated estimation shows that self-employed workers had lower levels of financial capability than paid-employed workers while financial education had a greater positive role on the financial capability of the self-employed workers than paid-employed workers. The findings suggest the importance of financial education as a positive factor in the financial capability of the self-employed worker. Tailoring educational programs to the unique needs of self-employed workers can enhance their effectiveness in financial capability.

The 2024 annual report of graduate programs in Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) at U.S. universities and colleges was initiated in August 2025. A list of 506 contacts was used for initial distribution. Direct emails were also sent to institutions that participated in the 2024 report. In total, 25 institutions submitted reports, with 23 of those reporting dissertation and thesis data. Data from the reporting institutions show that 1,155 graduate degrees were awarded in 2024. These institutions produced 179 dissertations, 120 master's theses, and 856 non-thesis master's degrees. This report presents details on the dissertations and theses, organized by degree level across 14 subject-matter categories.