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This qualitative study investigated how young Black women experience career and education planning (CEP). Eight women from West Texas completed a career exploration and decision-making learning experiences scale and participated in semi-structured interviews. Findings from the data provided a contextualized understanding of CEP, indicating that career exploration and decision-making learning experiences, work-based learning, and social agents positively influence CEP. These findings provide an awareness of CEP experiences that can inform how family and consumer sciences educators and practitioners support CEP in a way that helps individuals from marginalized communities circumvent career-related disadvantages encountered during the transition from adolescence into adulthood.

This study investigated the personal and situational factors that influence consumers' sustainable clothing disposal behavior using the theory of interpersonal behavior. Data were collected via an online survey of 293 U.S. participants and analyzed using regression techniques. The results supported five of the six hypotheses, indicating that both attitudes toward environmentally friendly clothing and positive affect toward sustainable disposal behavior are significant predictors of disposal intentions. However, perceived social pressure was not found to have a significant impact. Furthermore, perceived convenience, sustainable disposal intentions, and established recycling habits were identified as key predictors of actual sustainable clothing disposal behavior.

Limited evidence of determinants of exercise (EX)/physical activity (PA) behavior change exists in the context of Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) implementation. Participants (n = 50, 57.3 ± 12.9 yo, BMI = 35.1 ± 6.2) were assessed for weight status, self-reported EX/PA behavior, and perceived benefits and barriers at baseline and completion of an Extension-delivered DPP. EX/PA behavior improved in response to the intervention, albeit statistically insignificant (p > 0.05). Perceived benefits of EX/PA were (1) enhanced physical performance and (2) reduction in risk of disease, whereas the exertion for EX/PA behaviors was the greatest barrier (all p < 0.05).

Completion of family and consumer sciences graduate degrees and research has been collected annually and published in the Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal since 1992. Data collection for 2023 began in September 2024 when 528 emails were sent to contacts at 163 U.S. universities and colleges inviting FCS programs to report graduate program degree completions and research production through submission of titles for theses and dissertations. The 46 responding institutions reported 1550 graduate degrees conferred collectively with 241 master's theses, 282 dissertations, and 1027 non-thesis master's degrees completed. This report presents information submitted by these institutions on 232 theses and 256 dissertations organized by 17 subject-matters categories and degree level.

Family and consumer sciences research from graduate theses and dissertations and the resulting degrees have been reported annually in the Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal since 1992. Requests for the 2023 data began in September 2024 when 528 email invitations were sent to contacts at 163 US universities and colleges with family and consumer sciences programs. Forty-six institutions responded with data and reported that 1550 graduate degrees were conferred collectively, with 1027 non-thesis master's degrees, 241 master's theses, and 282 dissertations completed. This review reports graduate degree completion and highlights topical trends of the theses and dissertations completed by reporting programs.

This study examines weekly shopping trips of young families using a multi-perspective approach that considers psychological personality traits, situational influences, and socio-demographic factors to explain food purchases. Over a period of 4 weeks, the data of 60 shoppers and their families as well as 217 purchases were recorded using questionnaires and receipts. Analysis showed that personality traits and socio-demographic data are good predictors of food purchases. The study provides insights into the complexity of shopping behavior, shows the need for multi-perspective approaches, and enables the derivation of strategies to optimize healthy shopping behavior for young families.

The goal of the study is to describe variables contributing to body image concerns among breast cancer survivors to foster positive body image. Participants for this qualitative study were recruited through convenience sampling (N = 10). The participants' ages ranged from 48 to 80, with an average of 64 years old. Data were analyzed using reflexive thematic analysis. Four themes concerned with body image were age at diagnosis, intimate partnership, preparedness for physical changes, and mental fluidity. Results from this study were used to develop strategies that can be adopted to improve the body image of cancer patients and survivors.