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Qualitative Description Of College Students' Dinner Groups, Brita Michelle Ball
Qualitative Description Of College Students' Dinner Groups, Brita Michelle Ball
Theses and Dissertations
Objective: The purpose of this study was to discover how college students conduct dinner groups and students' perceptions of the benefits and difficulties of participation.
Design: Qualitative study conducted with seven focus groups.
Setting: A university campus.
Participants: Thirty-six college students participating in dinner groups. Dinner groups were defined as a group of ≥3 people cooking for each other (or together) and eating together ≥4 times a week.
Analysis: The focus groups were recorded, transcribed, coded, and reconciled. NUDIST® NVivo software was used in identifying themes and subthemes.
Results: Dinner groups were composed of roommates and/or other students living nearby. …