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Clothing and Textiles

A typical project is an assessment of the effects of specific factors related to clothing and textiles on the subjective quality of life of different populations. Publications supporting this program of studies generated by OQOLM:

• Ericksen, Mary K. and M. Joseph Sirgy. (1992). "Employed Females' Clothing Preference, Self-Image Congruence, and Career Anchorage." Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 22(5), 408-422.
• Eriksen, Mary Kay and M. Joseph Sirgy (1989). "Achievement Motivation and Clothing Behavior of Working Women: A Self-Image Congruence Analysis." Journal of Social Behavior and Personality, 4(4), 307-326.
• Ericksen, Mary Kay and M. Joseph Sirgy. (1985). "Achievement Motivation and Consumption of Clothing Styles of White Collar Working Women." Psychology of Fashion, VOL. 2, edited by Michael Solomon, New York: D. C. Heath & Co, pp. 357-370.