Examined the selection, care, and purchase of clothing by adolescents to determine the extent these practices are performed independently or influenced by others. Developed Clothing Practice Profiles for subjects (N=541) in three age groups. Results revealed increasing frequency of independent activity in all three clothing practice areas as age…

Surveyed high school students (N=184) to establish relationships between use of and attitudes toward used clothing and attitudes toward the ecology and economy. Results showed that as use increased, attitudes and economic and ecological concerns also became more positive, although 50 percent of the students disliked wearing used clothing. (JAC)

Authors gathered evidence that visual assessment of another individual precedes decisions to associate with that individual. Girls in this study made appraisals of the dress of fictional girls and then made subsequent judgments about whether or not they would be willing to have these girls as friends and whether their group would accept the girl…

Studied evaluative dimensions of how recruiters and future employees (students) view the importance of appearance. Examined differences of focus (students versus recruiters), sex, and occupational area. Respondents recognized appearance as an influence on an individual's effectiveness. Generally, extreme styles were deemed unacceptabe. (Author/RC)

Research evaluates the part that clothing plays in the interaction of peer groups. Attention was focused on examining the relationship between opinions about clothing and movement from social isolation to social acceptance. (Author/RK)

Attempts to discover if there was a significant relationship between the clothing behavior of two different groups of college males (identified as conservative dressers and hippie dressers) and their social-political beliefs. (Author/RK)

Purpose of this study was to seek some index which would be useful in identifying those members of the current youth cohort who are most likely to have adopted a new set of attitudes and values, so that social scientists might have a useful tool for further study. (Author/CB)