The major purpose of this exploratory study was to develop a profile of educators within the Home Economics' discipline who are receptive to technological innovation in respect to selected demographic characteristics, previous technological experiences, and computer attitudes. A self-administered questionnaire was designed by the researcher. Section one requested information pertaining to the educators' race, age, marital status, household income, degree preparation, and present employment status. Section two asked for information about the respondents' knowledge and experience with technical products and services, and section three was a 30-Item Computer Attitude Scale developed by Loyd and Gressard. / A convenience sample of 237 educators, members of AHEA attending the 76th annual meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania were administered the questionnaire. Data from 218 female educators were obtained and analyzed. A post hoc appraisal was conducted to determine how similar or dissimilar the sample was from the general 1979 AHEA membership survey population. / Descriptive statistics, including chi-square analysis, were used to reveal the overall characteristics of the sample. Pearson Product Moment Correlations identified the associations existing between innovation adopters and non-adopters and the users of home computers. / Results revealed no significant differences in age or educational attainment between the computer innovation adopters and non-adopters. Significant differences were found between the adopters who had incomes of $30,000 or more and the non-adopters whose incomes were less than \$30,000. There were also significant differences in marital status with more adopters than non-adopters married. A greater percentage of adopters than non-adopters used nine of the ten technical product/service items. Non-adopters were greater users of video games. There were no identifiable differences in the computer attitude of adopters or non-adopters; both groups had favorable attitudes toward the computer. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 49-08, Section: A, page: 2128. / Major Professor: Carol E. Avery. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1988.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 38-05, Section: A, page: 2613. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1977.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 37-07, Section: A, page: 4178. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1976.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 37-12, Section: A, page: 7580. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1976.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 38-12, Section: A, page: 7184. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1977.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 39-11, Section: A, page: 6590. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1978.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 39-03, Section: A, page: 1386. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1978.

The present research was based on a social learning theory framework. A domain-specific model was used to determine if there were relationships between self-efficacy, locus of control, and self-perceived risk-taking/task-persistence. / The following instruments were administered to third- and fifth-grade subjects: Nowicki-Strickland Locus of Control Scale (Nowicki & Strickland, 1973); Locus of Control Scale for Children's Perceptions of Social Interactions (Dahlquist & Ottinger, 1983); Intellectual Achievement Responsibility Questionnaire (Crandall, Katkovsky, & Crandall, 1965); Perceived Competence Scale for Children (Harter, 1979); Risk-Taking Scale for Children; and Task-Persistence Scale for Children. / A pilot study was conducted to establish the psychometric properties of the two newly developed instruments. Internal consistency was assessed by coefficient alpha and was acceptable for Risk-Taking but below acceptable levels for Task-Persistence. One-week test-retest scores for the two instruments were considered to be satisfactory. Based on the test-retest results, a decision was made to proceed with both risk-taking and task-persistence as the dependent variables. / A series of 2 x 2 factorial analyses of variance indicated that there were no significant interactions between grade and gender. However, main effects were found: fifth-grade males perceived themselves as more risk-taking and more task-persisting than their younger counterparts. / Some support for the hypotheses was found: specifically, a significant relationship between perceived competence and self-perceived risk-taking/task-persistence at grade five. Few correlations were found between self-perceived risk-taking/task-persistence and locus of control. Therefore, any possible relationship between beliefs about causality and self-perceived risk-taking/task-persistence was refuted. / Multiple regression analyses assessed the joint influence of the independent variables in the prediction of self-perceived risk-taking/task-persistence. However, this resulted in no improvement in prediction of the dependent variable. / Since this study provided only partial support for selected aspects of social learning theory, it is recommended that the topic be further explored. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 47-01, Section: A, page: 0105. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1985.

The purpose of this research was to explore resource management of unemployed women. Specifically, the study examined the relationship between earner status and changes in household consumption expenditures as they relate to interaction with the primary support network. Food and energy were the two categories selected for assessing changes in household consumption spending. The family was viewed from an ecosystems perspective in which the managerial subsystem functions as a regulator of resource exchange. / The sample was a subsample of a data set of families experiencing unemployment in Louisiana during 1985 and 1986. There were a total of 216 women who returned the Effects of Unemployment questionnaire. Three scales were selected for analysis: two subscales of the Consumption Cutbacks Scale and the Scope of Assistance Scale. / Analysis of the data revealed a positive relationship between seeking assistance and receiving assistance from the primary support network. Single-earner women were more likely to seek assistance than women who were not the sole earner. Sources of support were defined as parents, relatives other than parents, friends, and spouse's parents. Types of support were emotional, informational, and financial. Neither source nor type of assistance was related to the number of earners in the family. Reductions in expenditures for food and energy were more likely to occur in single-earner households than in multiple-earner families. Consistent with previous research, parents were the most common source of support. Emotional support was more often received than financial or informational support. / Future investigation of women's experiences with unemployment should be directed toward efforts to extend understanding of the resource network. Examination of types of assistance sought in conjunction with types received would provide a more complete picture of the interaction process. Further attention could be given to changes in household expenditures as a function of earner status. Theoretically, further elaboration of the management model is needed through study of the managerial subsystem and the personal subsystem functioning as complementary components of the family system. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 48-05, Section: A, page: 1133. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1987.

Thesis PlanB (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Stout, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references.