A Study on Determining the Criteria that Parents Consider When Buying Children's Room Furniture

Year 2019, Volume: 6 Issue: 4, 81 - 91, 25.12.2019

N. Mine Çelebi Yazıcıoğlu Kemal Yildirim , N. Pelin Kılıç

Abstract

In this study, it was aimed to determine the effects of flexibility and interchangeability characteristics on furniture preferences by the criteria that the participants take into consideration when buying children's room furniture. The general information of the participants and their evaluations on children's room furniture were determined with the help of a detailed questionnaire. A total of 103 parents who participated in the playground of a shopping center in Ankara with their children participated in the survey and the results were evaluated with SPSS program. As a result, it is seen that the participants emphasize ease of use, durability, price suitability and material quality when buying furniture in children's rooms respectively. In addition, it was determined that storeability, partitionability and collectability characteristics were effective in the furniture preferences of the participants.

Keywords

Children's Room, Furniture Design, Flexibility, Changeability, Innovation

Thanks

Many thanks to the parents who voluntarily completed the survey questionnaire. Part of this article was previously presented at the 29th International Conference for Research for Furniture Industry.

References

• 1. Dudek, M., “Kindergarten architecture: Space for the imagination”. London: E & FN SPON, (1996).
• 2. Aleksić, J., “Healthy Architecture for Children”. Places and Technologies 2015, Keeping Up With Technologies to Make Healthy Places, Nova Gorica, Slovenia, 18.–19.6.2015.
• 3. Adawiyah bte Jalaludin, N. “Assessment on Space and Furniture’s Ergonomics for Children in Kindergarten”. Thesis, International Islamic University Malaysia, Malaysia, (2016).Online.http://www.academ_a.edu/975699/ASSESSMENT_ON_SPACE_AND_FURNITURE_S_ERGONOMICS_FOR_CHILDREN_IN_KINDERGARTEN (2019.
• 4. Rui Olds, A., “Child Care Design Guide”. New York, Ny; Mc Graw-Hill, (1987).
• 5. Arpacı F., Obuz K., “Tüketicilerin Mobilyaya İlişkin Tercihleri”. Akademik Bakış Dergisi, 36 (Mayıs – Haziran), (2013).
• 6. Yılmaz, Ö., “1980 Sonrasında İstanbul’da kent merkezi dışında oluşan konut alanlarının gelişim sürecinin incelenmesi”. Yüksek Lisans Tezi. İstanbul: Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi Fen Bil. Ens. (2005).
• 7. Amerigo M., Aragones J.I., “A Theoretical and methodological approach the study of residential satisfaction”, Journal of Environmental Psychology, 17, 47-57, (1997).
• 8. Yıldırım, K., Hacıbaloğlu, M., “Konut Mutfakları ile ilgili Ergonomik Bir Araştırma”. G.Ü. Fen Bil. Ens. Dergisi, Cilt:13, No:3, 549-566, (2000).
• 9. Işık, Z., Yıldırım, K., “Dekorasyonda İnce Yapı: Temel Ders Kitabı”. Zirve Ofset Basın Yayın Matbaacılık San. Tic. Ltd. Şti., Ankara, 64, (2002).
• 10. Kurtoglu, A., Koç. H., “Mobilya Endüstrisinde Standardizasyon ve Kalite”. Mobilya-Dekorasyon Dergisi, Mayıs-Haziran, s. 12, s. 8-19, (1996).
• 11. Eriç, M., Ersoy, H., Yener, E., “Günümüz Konutunda Rasyonel Donatım”. Teknografik Matbaası, İstanbul, 6-8, (1986).
• 12. Bilgin, N., “Çeşitli Sosyo-kültürel Gruplarda Eşya Sistemleri ve İnsan Eşya İlişkileri”. Teknografik Matbaası, İzmir, 47, 122, (1986).
• 13. Salvador, C., “Contributions of Ergonomics to an Affective Sustainability in Children’s Furniture”. Procedia Manufacturing 3: 6483 – 6489, (2015).
• 15. Ruth, L.C., “Design Standards for Children's Environments”. McGraw-Hill, 860 Taylor Station Rd., Blacklick, OH 43004-0545, (2000).
• 14. Wan, C.M., Jiao Chen, J., Toppinen, A., “Consumers' Environmental Perceptions of Children's Furniture in China”. Forest Products Journal, Vol. 65, No. 7-8, 395-405, (2015).
• 16. Toivonen, R. M., “Product quality and value from consumer perspective—An application to wooden products”. Journal of Forest Economics, 18(2), 157-173, (2012).
• 17. Yıldırım, K., Başkaya, A., Hidayetoğlu, M.L., “Farklı sosyo ekonomik düzeye sahip blok-konut kullanıcılarının sabit iç donatım elemanlarından memnuniyeti”. Politeknik Dergisi, 8 (2): 189-197, (2005).
• 18. Akyüz, İ., “Mobilya Satın Almada Tüketici Davranışlarını Etkileyen Psikolojik, Sosyo-Psikolojik ve Sosyo Kültürel Faktörlerin İncelenmesi”. Doktora Tezi, Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü Orman Endüstri Mühendisliği Anabilim Dalı, (2006).
• 19. Işık, Z., “Geleneksel ve Günümüz Konutlarının İç Mekan Analizi”. G. Ü. Fen Bil. Enst., Doktora Tezi, Ankara, 1-10, (1992).
• 20. Yıldırım, K., “Orta nitelikli konutlarda ebeveyn yatak odası planlaması için optimum çözümler, eylemlere yönelik kullanıcı gereksinimleri ve iç donatım elemanları”. Yük. Lisans Tezi, G.Ü. Fen Bil. Enst., Ankara, 145-149, (1995).
• 21. Yıldırım, K., “Konut mutfaklarının mekan ve donatı organizasyonunda ergonomik yaklaşım”. G.Ü. Fen. Bil. Enst., Doktora Tezi, Ankara, 242-248, (1999).
• 22. Cronbach L. J., “Coefficient alpha and the internal structure of tests”. Psychometrika, 16 (3): 297-334, (1951).
• 23. Kaplan, R. M., Saccuzzo, D. P., “Psychological Testing: Principles, Applications, and Issues”. Boston, MA: Cengage Learning, (2009).
• 24. Panayides, P., “Coefficient alpha: Interpret with caution”. Europe’s Journal of Psychology, 9 (4), 687-696, (2013).