Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal Award Recipients
Presentations at the AAFCS Annual Conference (June, 2019)

2018 Best Paper - Apparel and Textiles

Title: Effects of Self-Discrepancy and Self-Schema on Young Women’s Body Image and Self-Esteem after Media Image Exposure 
Authors:  Ui-Jeen Yu and Jaehee Jung


2018 Best Paper - Professional Issues

Title:  Training Younger Volunteers to Promote Technology Use Among Older Adults 
Authors:  Leacey Brown and Jane Strommen

2018 Best Paper - FCS Education

Title: The Influence of Coping Strategies on College Students Grade Point Averages 
Authors:  Phillip Zepp, Derek Potter, Camila Haselwood, Sonya Britt-Lutter




2018 Best Paper: Family Studies/Human Dev.

Title: Life Quality of University Students from Immigrant Families in the United States 
Authors:  Farin Bakhtiari, Aprile D. Benner, and Scott W. Plunkett


2018 Outstanding Paper and Best Paper in Personal Finance/Consumer Economics

Title: Exploring Financial Burdens of Student Loan Holders in the US
Authors: Jae Min Lee, Kyoung Tae (KT) Kim, and Eunice Jihyun Hong


2018 Best Paper - Housing and Interior Design

Title: Electricity Consumption by Age of Single-Person Households in Korea 
Author:  Min-Jeong Kim



2018 Best Paper - Foods and Nutrition

Title: Continued Barriers Affecting Hispanic Families’ Dietary Patterns 
Authors:  Elizabeth Villegas, Sarai Coba-Rodriguez, and Angela Wiley




2018 Emerging Scholar

Emerging Scholar:  Annette Besnilian
Title: A Taste of Health: Evaluation of a School-Based, Healthy Lifestyles Program for Parents in Latino Communities
Issue: Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal, 46(3), pages 205-208