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Bedroom Design And Decoration: A Context For Investigating Developmental Theory In Adolescence, Denise E. Taylor
Bedroom Design And Decoration: A Context For Investigating Developmental Theory In Adolescence, Denise E. Taylor
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
Most developmental theories propose reasons for behavior and changes in behavior due to influences from genetic and environmental factors. A behavioral change that occurs during development, from infancy to adulthood, is the increasing number of choices that are made. The purpose of this study was to investigate developmental theory as it relates to adolescent choice (influences, interactions, activity, preference, and acceptance) in the environment most readily controlled by adolescents, their bedrooms.
Two hundred thirty-four eighth- and ninth-grade students responded to the Adolescent Development and Environments Research Survey. The survey assessed gender, grade, pubertal status, negative/positive passive and active genotype-environment …