The effectiveness of a training program to develop the awareness and skills of the students towards rationalizing the consumption of clothing and renew and recycle their clothes

Background: Everyone in the world is the consumer, starting from the early stages of life where consumption begins, and with the progress of the age he begins to take responsibility for his own consumption first and then the responsibility grow to bear the full responsibility for the family and this is what actually happens with college girls and the importance of the role played by her, since she have a great responsibility in the field of family clothes consumption, where clothes consumption for herself and her family later depending on her awareness and information, the formation of habits and good consumer trends for her family through the development of awareness and the formation of the proper consumption pattern, what is no doubt that so important economically and psychologically in the family's life. objective of the study: mainly the development of the awareness and skills of the non-specialist students through training program towards the rationalization of clothes consumption (purchase - use - care) of clothing, and how to renew and recycle old clothes to make maximum use of them. Sample and Methods: The study has been applied to the initial sample, which consisted of (100) non-specialist students in home economics were selected randomly from different economic, educational and social levels, and then the tools to study was applied again on the experimental research sample which consisted of 26 female students from the main sample based on their low level of awareness and skills and their willingness to participate in the training program based on the rationalization of clothes consumption and how to renew and recycle old clothes and questionnaires was applied on the pretest and posttest. The researchers used descriptive analysis and experimental method, and they used statistical manner of T-test, single variation analysis and variable comparisons.  Results:There are statistically significant differences at the level (0.01 ) between the mean scores of the awareness and skills of non-specialists students in clothes rationalization consumption (purchase - use - care) clothes and renew and recycle old clothes depending on the area of housing for the favor of urban. There are a statistically significant variation at the level (0.01 ) between the mean scores of the awareness and skills of non-specialists students in clothes rationalization consumption (purchase - use - care) clothes and renew and recycle old clothes depending on the size of the family for the favor of small family size. There are a statistically significant variation at the level (0.01 ) between the mean scores of the awareness and skills of non-specialists students in clothes rationalization consumption (purchase - use - care) clothes and renew and recycle old clothes depending on the monthly income of the family for the favor of the family of high-income. There are a statistically significant correlation between the awareness and skills of non-specialists students in clothes rationalization consumption (purchase - use - care) clothes  and questionnaire of awareness and skills of the non-specialists students towards renewing and recycling old clothes) at the level of significance (0.01). There are a statistically significant difference between the awareness and skills of non-specialists students in clothes rationalization consumption (purchase - use - care) clothes  in the favor of posttest. The researchers recommended to carry on many training courses for girls get to married for teaching them the correct scientific manners for rationalizing the consumption of clothing and renew and recycle their clothes