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Borr, M. L. (2025). The 10 most viewed FCSRJ articles on Wiley Online Library during 2024. Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal, 54, e70027. http://doi.org/10.1002/fcsr.70027.

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This study examines gender differences across five measures of financial capability and identifies factors that widen or narrow the gap using a decomposition technique. Utilizing data from the 2021 National Financial Capability Study, the results indicated that females had lower levels of financial capability than males on four out of five measures, with the exception of perceived financial capability. Decomposition analyses reveal several key contributing factors to explain these gender differences in financial capability, including age, income, education, financial anxiety, risk tolerance, and financial education. This study provides important insights for financial educators, researchers, and policymakers.

Opening new food stores in food deserts has the potential to improve diet quality and food security; however, nonprofit markets as a food store are scarcely examined. In this pretest/posttest study, 72 participants completed an online survey to report fruit and vegetable intake and food security status 30 days before and 30 days after shopping at a nonprofit market. While food security status did not change from baseline to follow-up, the frequency of shopping at the market was associated with an increase in fruit intake at the 30-day follow-up.

Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal (FCSRJ) stands out as one of the most important journals in the field of family and consumer sciences. This study employs various bibliometric analysis techniques to examine FCSRJ's performance over a period of three decades using Biblioshiny software. Apart from this, 14 central themes on which the journal has published in different phases are underscored. This study gives six emerging new themes for future researchers to explore and provides comprehensive information about the significant contribution of the journal to society in the family and consumer sciences field.

Generational shifts in consumer shopping behavior have garnered increasing interest, particularly due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on different age cohorts. This study examines changes in the shopping behavior of Slovak consumers in 2020, 2021, and 2024 using representative research data, focusing on all generational cohorts (except Generation Alpha). The analysis reveals differences and similarities in fast-moving consumer goods shopping behavior among generations during the Covid-19 pandemic. Findings highlight generational trends in store choice, purchase frequency, and panic buying. Our findings deepen the understanding of how generational differences shape consumer responses to crises like the Covid-19 pandemic.

The shift from externally focused materialism to internally focused mindful consumption reflects the emerging phenomenon of consumer decoupling behavior among adult Americans. We explored spirituality and empathy as decoupling agents in driving decoupling behaviors indicated by mindful consumption and subjective well-being. A qualtrics survey was administered to U.S. consumers (n = 305) and structural equation modeling was employed to test the hypotheses. Spirituality activated empathetic emotions, promoting mindful consumption. Mindful consumption enhanced subjective well-being while mediating between empathetic emotions and subjective well-being. Theoretical, societal, and organizational implications pertaining to consumer decoupling are suggested.

Western consumers are hesitant to adopt insect consumption due to food neophobia and disgust. Existing strategies like familiarity and education have shown mixed results. This research investigates how restaurant menu descriptions can influence consumers' willingness to try insect-based food by targeting specific social identities. An experimental design assigned 242 participants to a group representing a social identity norm (foodie, nutrition enthusiast, or environmentally concerned) or a control group. Participants read a menu description. The nutrition enthusiast norm was most effective in increasing willingness to try the menu item. Findings suggest promoting entomophagy as nutritious can effectively increase consumer willingness.