The psychological construct of self-monitoring was used to determine differences among 17 male and 138 female subjects' perceptions of Traditional, Contemporary, and Country styles of furniture. It was predicted and found that high self-monitors were more aware of image and fashion differences among the furniture styles than low self-monitors.
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