Relationship between perceived clothing comfort and exam performance

Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 308-320

  Bell, Rick ^a   Cardello, Armand V ^a   Schutz, Howard G ^b  

^a Natick Soldier Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Clothing; Cognitive performance; Comfort; Exam

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247661829     PISSN: 1077727X     EISSN: 15523934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077727X04274115     Document Type: Article

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