Family & Consumer Sciences Research Journal最新文献

Since 1992, information on graduate student degrees and family and consumer sciences research has been collected annually. Data collection for 2022 began in July 2023 when 549 e-mail invitations were sent to contacts at 165 U.S. universities and colleges, inviting family and consumer sciences programs to report graduate program degree completions and research production through theses and dissertations. Twenty-three institutions responded with data and reported 740 graduate degrees conferred collectively, with 123 master's theses, 184 dissertations, and 433 non-thesis master's degrees completed. This review reports degree completion and highlights topical trends of the theses and dissertations completed by reporting programs.

This mixed-method study analyzed student perceptions of engagement, motivation, and job preparedness in online courses. Results indicate that interior design students felt more engaged than apparel students. In addition, apparel student motivation and sense of job preparedness were lower than those of interior design students. Engagement and motivation are critical factors affecting learning. Students felt overall they were more engaged in synchronous, rather than asynchronous, courses. It is important to consider the proper mode to ensure students feel prepared for their industries of choice.

Since 1992, completion of graduate student degrees and research in family and consumer sciences has been collected annually. Data collection for 2022 began in July 2023 when 549 e-mail invitations were sent to contacts at 165 U.S. universities and colleges inviting family and consumer sciences programs to report graduate program degree completions and research production through theses and dissertations. Twenty-three institutions responded with data. They reported 740 graduate degrees conferred collectively with 123 master's theses, 184 dissertations, and 433 non-thesis master's degrees completed. This report presents submitted information on theses and dissertations organized into 17 subject-matters categories and listed by degree level.

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, face masks gained significance alongside handwashing and physical distancing, as recommended by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (2020). Our study focused on consumers' willingness to purchase and wear specific masks, employing the protection motivation theory. We utilized the Functional, Expressive, and Aesthetic (FEA) framework to identify distinct mask types. The research revealed that the protection motivation theory effectively explains design-oriented mask-wearing practices identified by the FEA framework. The findings emphasize the importance of considering both protection and self-expression aspects while developing fashionable masks, targeting specific consumer groups through tailored advertising strategies.

This study examined associations between financial perceptions and financial behaviors among four marital/gender groups (e.g., married men, married women, single men, and single women). Descriptive results show significant differences in financial perceptions and financial behaviors across the groups. Specifically, single women reported significantly higher levels of perceived dissatisfaction and too much debt than the other three groups. Using OLS regression analysis, we found that compared to single women, married men, married women, and single men practiced higher levels of healthy financial behaviors. This study informs that financial education programs should be effective across marital and gender groups.

This study demonstrates a netnographic study to investigate airline service failure types and to test differences of linguistic patterns among complaint types on social media user comments. User comments in an airline's Facebook community were scraped and service failure types were systematically classified with the measurement developed by thematic coding and literature review. The results presented frequently occurring service failure categories in airline service operations. A T-Test was conducted to confirm the significant differences in linguistic characteristics between complaint comments and non-complaint comments. Word frequency analysis showed distinctive word themes between the two comment groups. Research and managerial implications were provided.