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Addressing the Clothing Needs of Ability-Diverse Populations : = Promoting Availability and Adoption of Inclusive Apparel Products.

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Title/Author:	Addressing the Clothing Needs of Ability-Diverse Populations :/
Reminder of title:	Promoting Availability and Adoption of Inclusive Apparel Products.
Author:	Cho, Sunhyung.
Description:	1 online resource (205 pages)
Notes:	Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 85-03, Section: B.
Contained By:	Dissertations Abstracts International85-03B.
Subject:	Home economics. -
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ISBN:	9798380160735

Addressing the Clothing Needs of Ability-Diverse Populations : = Promoting Availability and Adoption of Inclusive Apparel Products.
Cho, Sunhyung.

Addressing the Clothing Needs of Ability-Diverse Populations :Promoting Availability and Adoption of Inclusive Apparel Products. - 1 online resource (205 pages)

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 85-03, Section: B.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Iowa State University, 2023.

Includes bibliographical references

Most apparel available in the marketplace is not designed to meet the clothing needs of people living with disabilities (PLWD), thus excluding them as customers (Clarkson et al., 2003). Inclusive design is an approach to enhancing the accessibility of products intended for a general consumer market by reflecting the needs of PLWD (Keates et al., 2000). By adopting inclusive design principles, companies can create products that are more versatile and appealing to a wider range of customers. Therefore, inclusive design can be an effective path to the commercialization of clothing that meets the needs of PLWD (Carroll & Gross, 2010; Lamb, 2001) as well as people with difficulty using apparel such as older consumers.The overarching goal of this study was to promote the availability and adoption of inclusively designed apparel products. Based on a theoretical application of inclusive design principles to meet the clothing needs of ability-diverse consumers, including PLWD, an Inclusive Apparel Design (IAD) framework was developed to provide a comprehensive theoretical foundation for creating integrated and practical guidelines to design inclusive apparel products. Based on an extensive review of literature, analysis of best industry practices, and the proposed framework, Inclusive Design Guidelines for Pants, Skirts and Other Bottoms were developed to provide a clear roadmap for fashion designers creating clothing for people with difficulty using apparel. The guidelines are indented to promote garments that are accessible to people with as a wide range of physical capabilities as possible. An experimental research design was used to examine the influences of: (a) inclusively designed apparel and (b) terminology to describe inclusively designed apparel on consumer attitude and intention to purchase these products. A 2 samples (participants with difficulty vs. without difficulty) x 2 designs (conventional jeans vs. inclusively designed jeans) x 4 terms to describe jeans (adaptive, accessible, inclusive, and no label/control) between-subject experimental design was used. Participants were randomly assigned to view one of the eight treatment conditions, following by a survey to measure attitude and purchase intention. Participants also rated the most effective inclusive design features to make apparel products usable by ability-diverse consumers and provided open-ended feedback about inclusively designed apparel. A sample of 567 usable responses from US female MTurk workers was obtained for data analyses. The total sample consisted of Sample 1 (n = 257, participants with difficulty performing daily activities) and Sample 2 (n = 310, participants without difficulty). Data analyses were conducted in three phases, including: (a) preliminary analysis, (b) hypotheses testing, and (c) content analysis. Preliminary analysis included descriptive statistics, and reliability analysis. Hypotheses were tested with regression, two-way ANOVA, and t-test. Open-ended feedback from participants was content analyzed to identify major themes related to participants' perceptions of inclusively designed apparel.Regression analysis confirmed a positive relationship between attitudes toward purchase and purchase intentions of jeans. ANOVA results revealed that participants with difficulty, including PLWD, had the same attitude and purchase intention of jean, regardless of whether they were inclusively designed or conventional. Participants with difficulty had a greater preference for inclusively designed apparel than participants without difficulty. In contrast, participants without difficulty had higher attitude and purchase intention of conventional jeans in comparison with inclusively designed jeans. Consumers preferred the terms "adaptive" or "accessible" over the term "inclusive." In particular, participants with difficulty had higher attitude and purchase intention of jeans labeled "adaptive" in comparison with jeans labeled "inclusive." Participants without difficulty had the same attitude and purchase intention regardless of how the jeans were labeled.Analysis of open-ended questions indicates that Velcro closure and magnetic snaps were rated as the most effective design features for making jeans easy to use by all consumers, regardless of different range of capabilities. The research findings provide insights into how ability-diverse consumers perceive inclusively designed apparel. Therefore, companies can make informed decisions when developing and introducing new apparel products with extended usability.

Electronic reproduction.
Ann Arbor, Mich. :
ProQuest,
2024

Mode of access: World Wide Web

ISBN: 9798380160735Subjects--Topical Terms:

568501
Home economics.
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Adaptive apparelIndex Terms--Genre/Form:

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Electronic books.

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