Dual-earner families are often faced with a problem of overload from the conflicting demands of family and work. Alternative work scheduling is believed to be a solution to this problem. The purpose of the study was to investigate the effects of the compressed work week on role strain, family management, and family interaction time for dual-earner and single parent families. Control variables in the study were age, education, length of time employed, number and ages of children, marital status, and spouse's education and occupation. The sample of 219 nurses was selected from two hospitals--one using a 3-day 12-hour schedule, and the other using standard 8-hour shifts. Nurses who worked full-time and had children under 18 living at home completed the questionnaires. Instruments used were the Job-Family Role Strain Scale and the Job-Family Management Scale (Bohen & Viveros-Long, 1981). / Stepwise multiple regression analysis was used to test the hypotheses in the study. Work schedule was the main predictor of both role strain and family management: An employee on compressed work week scored lower on the management of role strain and lower on the measurement of difficulty managing family activities such as appointments, errands, shopping, school contacts, and health service needs than her counterpart on a regular schedule. Work schedule was also the most important predictor variable on time for children and time for self; however, child care arrangements and division of household labor were not influenced by work schedule. Time spent with spouse was affected negatively by the 3-day 12-hour week. / Employees on compressed work week expressed a high level of satisfaction with the schedule. The best aspect of the schedule was the additional days off, these days being used to spend time with their families and to organize their households. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 44-12, Section: B, page: 3735. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1983.

The purpose of the study was to investigate the housing related aspirations, expectations, alterations and/or additions, and satisfactions of Korean immigrant families as an attempt to explore family housing adjustment behavior to cultural change. / The framework of the study was based on the paradigm of family housing adjustment process prepared by the investigator. The interview schedule was adopted from the S-95 Regional Housing Project, Quality Housing Environments for Low-Income Families. It was modified by the researcher for Korean families. A random sample of 32 respondents was selected from the members of Full Gospel of First Korean Church of Washington in Virginia. / Data were explored first in the descriptive manner. Three hypotheses were examined. The .05 level of significance was used in the analyses of data as the basis for determining significant differences between groups categorized by selected independent variables such as number of children, length of residence, and type of residence. / The findings and the trend of the study support that Korean immigrants are satisfied with their housing in America. Based upon the results, the investigator recommends the following guidelines for planning Korean community and residences in America. (1) Korean immigrants whose children are grown-up would like to live in a Korean community. The findings seem to indicate a need for Korean residential communities in Washington, D.C. and its environs. (2) Kitchen structure should be redesigned for Korean immigrant families. (3) One "on-dol" (floor heating) room is desired in houses especially where elderly or working women reside. (4) "Dams" (fences) around the house are wanted by Koreans. (5) "L" or "U" shape of traditional Korean houses are preferred. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 43-06, Section: B, page: 1807. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1982.

Cooperative coworker preferences of 120 children from the first, third and fifth grades were studied. It was predicted that friendship, peer ability levels, and the value of rewards offered would affect coworker preference on a reinforced cooperative task. An analogue was created requiring the subjects to rate coworker preferences for friends and nonfriends with both high and low ability on a cooperative task. The subjects were randomly assigned to either a high or low reward condition. The rewards were offered contingent upon the completion of the proposed cooperative task. / The grade x sex x reward level x friendship x ability design was analyzed by an ANOVA with repeated measures on the friendship and ability measures. The data revealed significant main effects for friendship (p < .001) and ability (p < .001) with friends being rated as better potential partners than nonfriends and high ability peers as more desirable coworkers than low ability peers. A significant grade x reward level x friendship x ability level interaction (p < .05) indicated that older children were more likely to use ability over friendship as a criterion for coworker selection. This criterion also appears to be particularly salient in the older children when highly valued rewards are at stake. The results are discussed in relation to previous findings on the development of friendship concepts in children. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 44-06, Section: B, page: 1796. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1983.

Using kilowatthour consumption as the dependent variable, renter characteristics, building structure characteristics, and reported household energy consumption practices of 277 apartment residents were tested with the BMDP9R All Possible Subsets Regression program. All of the variables regressed together yielded an adjusted R('2) of .70. In the regression of all the variables, two renter characteristics, education of the head and number of people, had the largest contributions to R('2) followed by a building characteristic, floor level. / Building characteristics regressed together yielded an adjusted R('2) of .56. Number of bedrooms, floor covering, glass area in the north wall, floor area, floor level, number of exterior doors, number of stories per building, and central heating and cooling were found significant. Renter characteristics regressed together had an adjusted R('2) of .50. Rent, number of people, education of head, race of head, and age of oldest child were found significant. Items from the household energy consumption practices questionnaire regressed together had an adjusted R('2) of .28. Color television, room air conditioner, water heater turned on six hours or less a day, black and white television, covered windows to block air infiltration, clothes washer, using lights when at home during the day, and belief that other things cause the most electricity to be used in households were found significant. / Some of the apartment complex blueprints were not available in the Building Inspector's offices resulting in missing data for the study. Estimates from means of data collected were used in place of missing data. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 44-07, Section: B, page: 2127. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1983.

The purpose of this study was to determine and describe the effects of ozone, oxides of nitrogen, and simulated sunlight on the colorfastness of selected advanced generation nylon carpet face fibers. The specific objective was to investigate and compare the possible effects of the identified atmospheric contaminates on selected acid dyes used to color advanced generation nylon carpet yarn. / Antron III, Anso IV, and Ultron were the three advanced generation nylon carpet face fibers used in this study. They were dyed with selected acid dyes and exposed to one and three cycles of ozone, oxides of nitrogen and 60 to 80 measured hours of simulated sunlight (xenon). After exposure, a HunterLab Tristimulus Colorimeter was used to determine color changes. The color measurements were tabulated and analyzed using the two-way analysis of variance, Duncan's Multiple Range, and the Pseudo-F tests. / The data analysis revealed differences in color change among the acid dyes but no differences related directly to the advanced generation nylon face fibers or the atmospheric contaminants. Some of the acid dyes changed color significantly when exposed to the contaminants, but most maintained their color throughout all the tests. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 48-02, Section: B, page: 0406. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1987.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 31-10, Section: B, page: 6093. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1970.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 31-11, Section: B, page: 6725. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1970.

The study was undertaken to determine the impact of higher energy prices on households and the ways in which the energy crisis has affected households in Utah. The specific purposes of the study were to examine and compare energy conservation practices, weatherization features and electrical energy consumption with personal characteristics of the households and characteristics of the dwellings. / A stratified random sample of 2,055 residential customers of Utah Power and Light Company was drawn to provide an equivalent number of rural and urban respondents. A survey instrument was developed, tested in a pilot study, revised as needed and mailed to each household in the sample. Responses to the survey totaled 1,449 households (70.5%). / A relatively high majority of respondents were male heads of households, with a mean age of 46.6 years of age and a high level of education. The predominant habitat of the respondents was in rural areas and in small towns. / Chi-square statistical tests were used to test for significant relationships between conservation practices and weatherization features and personal and house characteristics. Findings indicated that conservation of electrical energy was usually practiced by male heads of households 30 years of age and younger and 65 year of age and older who had less than a high school education. These respondents owned older houses or mobile homes of medium size with coal or oil space heat and had electrically heated water. / Weatherization features were most often added by households with older male heads with less than a high school education. / A one-way analysis of variance and (LSD) procedure were used to determine statistically significant differences (p = .01) in household electrical energy consumption between groups categorized by personal and house characteristics (including appliance ownership and weatherization features). Findings revealed that higher electrical energy consumption was reported by heads of households who 31 to 64 years of age, had more than a high school education, and lived in households with incomes over $10,000 with two or more persons home in the daytime. Higher electrical energy consumption was indicated by households that lived in rural areas or in small towns, owned large dwellings built after 1974, had space and water heated electrically and owned several household appliances. / A forward stepwise regression procedure was run to develop a prediction equation for the first quarter (January through March, 1980) kilowatt-hour energy consumption using personal and house characteristics as predictors. Using all the independent variables in the equation, 63 percent of the variance was explained (R('2) = .6379). Since the variable, source of heat, accounted for such a large proportion (55.7%) of the kilowatt-hour variability separate regression equations were run through the forward stepwise multiple regression procedure for houses that were electrically heated and not electrically heated. / Using the regression equation, kilowatt-hour consumption predicted for the "All Electric" houses was 9,291.9 kilowatt-hours while the equation for the "Non Electric" houses revealed a predicted electrical energy consumption of 1,653 kilowatt-hours. / Findings from this study indicate that households that installed at least one weatherization feature consumed more kilowatt-hours of energy than other households. Households that had electrically heated houses used significantly higher kilowatt-hours of energy than households in nonelectric houses. / The impact of higher energy prices on families may be indicated by the high response to the study. A relatively high majority of respondents who reported energy conservation practices were in households with low incomes, large families, and in rural areas with limited alternatives. Recommendations for future research based on the findings of this study are suggested. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 42-01, Section: B, page: 0159. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1981.

Members of five national professional organizations in the field of housing were surveyed to (a) describe specific characteristics of housing positions and housing professionals, (b) to determine job duties and competencies which respondents perceived to be important for success in selected cl / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 42-01, Section: B, page: 0161. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1980.

Research focused upon the availability of ready-to-wear clothing for elderly arthritic women. The purpose was to determine if the clothing design features recommended by the sample of elderly women were present in garments illustrated in two mass merchandisers' catalogs between 1971 and 1981. / Data were obtained through (a) an interview with a sample of thirty elderly arthritic women in Tallahassee, Florida and (b) selected fall and spring catalogs available through two major mass merchandisers. Only outerwear garments in the Misses and Women's sections of the catalogs were used. / Chi-square tests showed significant differences in the number of garments illustrated in each mass merchandisers' catalog, the number of garments in each size range, and the number of garments available from one year to the next. There were significant differences between the degree of stiffness noted in the joints and the waistline and jacket and sweater features preferred. There were no differences between the type of arthritis and the clothing design preferences. / Arthritic women, regardless of type of arthritis, preferred simple, classic styles such as A-line dresses and skirts, flared pants and cardigan sweaters. Spearman rank correlation coefficient indicated a significant relationship between jacket styles preferred by the sample and the styles available in the catalogs. Although there was a relationship between the other clothing design features available and those preferred, no significance was shown at the .05 level. / Choice of clothing design features were influenced to some extent, by the presence of arthritis, availability and changes accompanying aging. Availability of clothing features were influenced by season of the year, mass merchandiser, size ranges and fashion. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 42-11, Section: B, page: 4376. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1981.