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Household Equipment Research: Past Accomplishments, Challenges for the Future
Author(s) -
Lovingood Rebecca P.,
Lytton Ruth H.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
home economics research journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.372
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1552-3934
pISSN - 0046-7774
DOI - 10.1177/1077727x8401200304
Subject(s) - conceptualization , visibility , product (mathematics) , perspective (graphical) , marketing , public relations , business , engineering , political science , computer science , geography , geometry , mathematics , artificial intelligence , meteorology
Household equipment research has been conducted continuously, but at a rel atively low level, in a number of colleges and universities throughout the 75 year history of the American Home Economics Association. Researchers have re sponded to needs of families for information regarding new appliances or in novative features on appliances. Energy and consumer protection have been frequent topics in recent years. Titles of many studies prior to 1950 reflected concerns of engineers engaged in product development; those since 1950 are more reflective of the concerns of marketers. If household equipment research is to continue, researchers in the field must cooperatively address the interrelated problems of conceptualization, visibility, funding, and a “reactive” perspective.