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This investigation is a study of adjustment and home management practices of two groups of homemakers, those with and without the economics education in high school. The two groups were compared for (1) home management practices, (2) adjustment of homemaker and husband, and (3) homemaking adequacy as reflected in certain practices. Subjects used were 31 young married homemakers living in Richmond, Virginia, all graduates of Richmond High Schools in 1949-50, none of whom attended college. Subjects were divided into two groups; Group I , 18 homemakers who studied home economics in high school; Group II, includes 13 homemakers without home economics training. The data, collected during 1958 through the interview method, include (1) interests, problems and attitudes of homemakers , (2) personality inventories, and (3) husband’s opinion of wife as a homemaker. The two groups were similar in age, number of children, leisure time, social activities and home relations. Household activities and husbands opinion of his wife as a homemaker of subjects in Group I were rated superior to those in Group Il. Group I subjects felt that a wider range of subject matter in their high school home economics courses would have been beneficial. Group I subjects considered 13 of 42 problem items used to be problems significantly more often than subjects in Group II. In 10 of 25 possible interest items listed, Group I homemakers expressed a significantly high interest. Significantly better scores were received by Group I subjects than by Group II subjects on the Johnson Temperament Analysis for four traits, and by Group II on two traits. Husbands temperament scores were similar to their wives. / Master of Science

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The purpose of this study was to investigate adolescent knowledge of physical, mental, social, and emotional development of babies and young children. The study was concerned with the effects of the following factors on adolescent knowledge of child development; geographic location, family size, ordinal position, and years of homemaking classes in school. Questionnaires were administered to 200 homemaking students in high schools in Parker and Tarrant counties. The only factor significant at the .05 level in affecting.adolescent knowledge was geographic location. Students from rural high schools obtained higher overall child development knowledge scores than students from urban high schools. Further research to compare the knowledge of students not enrolled in homemaking classes to the knowledge of students enrolled in homemaking classes is recommended.

There is no abstract available for this thesis. / Department of Home Economics

The purpose of this study is to describe the effect of sociometric grouping on adolescents' concept of themselves in relation to society.

This investigation is to determine the extent of male participation in home economics courses in public schools. Related questionnaires were completed by participants and results tabulated. It was determined that the student's own interest, and their perception of how homemaking will help later are influencing factors for enrollment in homemaking classes. Food preparation, getting along with others, grooming, clothing selection and construction and using new equipment properly are areas of interest to male students. The belief that homemaking is for girls, and the lack of interest in the content and activities of homemaking classes account for the low male participation. Community understanding, friendly attitudes of counselors, a well equipped department, and practical homemaking courses could attract more male participation.

This study was limited to 50 former homemaking students who are now young married homemakers living in or near Radford, Virginia. The former students were enrolled in vocational homemaking at Radford High School sometime during the years 1951-1955. The interview method was used to gather the data. The purposes of the study were: 1. To determine what problems these young homemakers had encountered in the various areas of homemaking; 2. To determine the sources of aid they had used to help them in solving problems; 3. To determine if their high school homemaking had helped them in solving problems; and 4. To determine what this study indicates are the aspects of homemaking that should be stressed. / Master of Science

It is the purpose of this study to contribute to the information essential to sound guidance by determining whether the aptitudes of college students in Home Economics, as measured by the Differential Aptitude Test, are reflected in the actual achievement grades of these students.