Functional Aspects of Food Consumption Activity and Family Life Cycle Stages
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2586957 |
|---|---|
| Authors | C Milton Coughenour (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1972 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 656 |
| Publication date | 1972-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Marriage and the Family (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-2445 • E-ISSN: 1741-3737 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/350317 |
| OpenAlex | W2332590046 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 4 |
Parsonian theory of the major functional dimensions of social processes-adaptive, goal-gratification, integrative, and pattern-maintenance-is adapted to the description of the process within the family of food purchasing, meal planning, and food consumption. Measures of the first three of these dimensions are developed and related to a classification of families by life cycle stage. Data were obtained from a sample of over 4,000 homemakers in seven southern states. The analysis supports the hypothesis that adaptive, integrative, and goal-gratification activity and functioning is associated with family life cycle stages, and the implications of the findings for the identification of the stage at which the food consumption process becomes a primary developmental role task for the homemaker are discussed
Biology · Consumption (sociology · Developmental psychology · Economics · Food consumption · Gratification · Identification (biology · Operations management · Purchasing · Sample (material · Sociology · Ecology · Organic Food and Agriculture · Psychology · Social Psychology
The life cycle concept as a tool for travel research
Exchange of Conjugal Power in the Control of Family Food Consumption
The influence of head of household structure on the dietary quality of food available for consumption inside U.S. households 1977–1978
Variability in food consumption patterns of adults in the U.S. population
Food choices among newly married couples
Parent involvement with children's health promotion
Public Perceptions about Food Safety in the United States and Japan1
| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,14 |
| Citation span | 1977 - 2003 (27) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |