Identify dynamics in Frédéric Beigbeder’s novels: A synergetic analysis

the purpose of this study is to determine the influence of cultural, social, personal and psychological factors on consumer decision to buy consumer goods products on mini market in Medan City. The results of research conducted known that cultural factors affect the buying decision. Social factors affect the buying decision. Personal factors affect buying decisions While psychological factors have no effect on buying decisions. Looking at the partial test, it is known that the influence of social factors is stronger in influencing buying decision than other factors. In the F test known that cultural, social, personal and psychological factors affect the buying decision. While the ability of cultural, social, personal and psychological factors able to explain the buying decision of 0.598 or 59.8%. The remaining 40.2% is explained by other factors not included in this research model. As a basis that can be stated, among others, should pay more attention to social and personal cultural variables because the three are variables that affect the decision to buy.

Laps(epõlv) 19. sajandi teise poole Eestis omaelulooliste tekstide näitel. Child(hood) in 19th Century Estonia: a Study of Autobiographical Texts

Cultural and social factors significantly influence the care provided to persons with dementia. This scoping review aimed to map emerging evidence on the influence of cultural and social factors on care delivery among Africa American caregivers of persons with dementia, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using a systematic scoping review approach, we identified 21 studies on cultural and social factors influencing care delivery. The search included EMBASE, CINAHL, the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, JBI Evidence Synthesis, and Epistemonicos. A narrative synthesis of the data revealed that cultural and social factors greatly influence African American caregivers of persons with dementia and COVID-19 in care delivery, who perceive caregiving as a responsibility and not just a job. These caregivers are additionally guided by their racial identity and faith beliefs, integrating family values and culture into caregiving. African American caregivers showed compassion and resilient care selfperceptions. Supporting compassionate care delivery by African American caregivers requires an understanding of the social and cultural factors which drive their commitment to quality care for older adults with dementia in a pandemic environment.

Immunization status of children and the influence of social factors: A hospital based study in western Uttar Pradesh

This study aims to analyze the influence of cultural and social factors on the purchasing decision of Samsung brand smartphones on IAIN Fattahul Muluk Papua Students. This type of research uses quantitative research. The population in this study were students of IAIN Fattahul Muluk Papua. The number of samples obtained was 280 students, consisting of 68 students of the Faculty of Islamic Economics and Business, 64 students of the Faculty of Syariah, and 148 students of the Faculty of Tarbiyah. Data were collected using a questionnaire, while data analysis techniques used is Multiple Linear Regression. This research shows that cultural factors have a positive and significant influence on the purchasing decisions of Samsung brand smartphones, while social factors have a positive but insignificant effect on the purchasing decisions of Samsung brand smartphones. Furthermore, the influence of cultural factors and social factors simultaneously have a positive and significant effect on purchasing decisions Samsung smartphone brand.

Dialogo con Psiche (1909–10) has received little consideration from scholars of Sibilla Aleramo; yet, this is a work of paramount importance for understanding Aleramo’s approach to knowledge and hence gaining a deeper insight into her subsequent autobiographical novels. For Aleramo, knowledge cannot be separated from the knowledge of the Self that she calls soul. Love is the key that opens the door to that wisdom. This essay explores the triangulation between knowledge, love, and soul in Dialogo con Psiche, which is the foundation of Aleramo’s personal experience as represented in her autobiographical works; in so doing, the essay also clarifies the writer’s strong relationship with Platonism, a relationship to which scholars of Aleramo might want to pay renewed attention.

Eva Zeller is best known for her two autobiographical works, Solange ich denken kann (1981), which centers on the author's troubled relationship with her domineering father, and Nein und Amen (1985), which focuses on a love relationship doomed by the war. Both relationships are portrayed against the backdrop of ever-encroaching Nazi policies. Zeller investigates not only the difficulties of adolescence, here intensified by the additional stress of National Socialism and a world war, but also the possible connections between patriarchal values and attitudes, sexism, and the rise of fascist and totalitarian states.

ABSTRACTThis study aims to determine the influence of cultural factors on consumer behavior to shop online, the influence of social factors on consumer behavior to shop online, the effect of personal factors on consumer behavior to shop online. To determine the effect of psychological factors factors on consumer behavior to shop online. To know the influence of cultural factors on consumer decisions to shop online, the influence of social factors on consumer decisions to shop online, the influence of personal factors on consumer decisions to shop online, the influence of psychological factors on consumer decisions to shop online, and the influence of consumer behavior factor to consumer decision to shop online. The data were collected using questionnaires involving a sample of 114 people. Data analysis technique using SEM using AMOS application. The results showed the better the culture factor then the more supportive of consumer behavior with regression coefficient of 0.786. The better the social factors then the more supportive of consumer behavior with regression coefficient of 0.994. The better the personal factor then the more supportive of consumer behavior with regression coefficient of 0,518. The better the psychological factors then the more supportive of consumer behavior with regression coefficient of 0.214. The better the cultural factor the faster the consumer takes the decision with a regression coefficient of 0.648. The better the social factor the faster the consumer takes the decision with a regression coefficient of 0.404. The better the personal factor the faster the consumer takes the decision with a regression coefficient of 0.395. The better the psychological factor the faster the consumer takes the decision with a regression coefficient of 0.008. The better the consumer behavior the faster the consumer takes the decision with a regression coefficient of 0.190.

The purpose of the study is to identify the author’s artistic features and the processes of formation of new visual concepts in the design of performances of the Russian theatrical concern at the turn of the 19th-20th centuries in the set design works of A. Benois, L. Bakst, N. Roerich and K. Korovin, based on the analysis of rare sketches from the State Russian Museum. The article examines the key aesthetic and artistic trends that became decisive in the design of theatrical scenery during this period, as well as analyzes the influence of social, cultural and historical factors on the development of stage design. The issues such as the interaction of various art schools, the influence of European trends on Russian theatrical scenography and the development of stylistic trends in the design of performances are also considered. The research is based on the study of sketches that had not previously been shown to the general public and were not included in scientific publications, which characterizes them as a unique artistic material. The scientific novelty of the research lies in the systematization and analysis of sketches in a closed collection to identify innovative visual solutions in the context of socio-cultural changes and public attitudes of the specified period. The result of the study suggests the identification of individual artistic features in the theatrical work of each of the declared masters, which will allow us to talk about the Russian theater as a complex multifaceted system in which visual concepts are an integral part of an individual artistic solution.

Introduction: Our current obsession with the lives of others “Biography—that is to say, our creative and non-fictional output devoted to recording and interpreting real lives—has enjoyed an extraordinary renaissance in recent years,” writes Nigel Hamilton in Biography: A Brief History (1). Ian Donaldson agrees that biography is back in fashion: “Once neglected within the academy and relegated to the dustier recesses of public bookstores, biography has made a notable return over recent years, emerging, somewhat surprisingly, as a new cultural phenomenon, and a new academic adventure” (23). For over a decade now, commentators having been making similar observations about our obsession with the intimacies of individual people’s lives. In a lecture in 1994, Justin Kaplan asserted the West was “a culture of biography” (qtd. in Salwak 1) and more recent research findings by John Feather and Hazel Woodbridge affirm that “the undiminished human curiosity about other peoples lives is clearly reflected in the popularity of autobiographies and biographies” (218). At least in relation to television, this assertion seems valid. In Australia, as in the USA and the UK, reality and other biographically based television shows have taken over from drama in both the numbers of shows produced and the viewers these shows attract, and these forms are also popular in Canada (see, for instance, Morreale on The Osbournes). In 2007, the program Biography celebrated its twentieth anniversary season to become one of the longest running documentary series on American television; so successful that in 1999 it was spun off into its own eponymous channel (Rak; Dempsey). Premiered in May 1996, Australian Story—which aims to utilise a “personal approach” to biographical storytelling—has won a significant viewership, critical acclaim and professional recognition (ABC). It can also be posited that the real home movies viewers submit to such programs as Australia’s Favourite Home Videos, and “chat” or “confessional” television are further reflections of a general mania for biographical detail (see Douglas), no matter how fragmented, sensationalized, or even inane and cruel. A recent example of the latter, the USA-produced The Moment of Truth, has contestants answering personal questions under polygraph examination and then again in front of an audience including close relatives and friends—the more “truthful” their answers (and often, the more humiliated and/or distressed contestants are willing to be), the more money they can win. Away from television, but offering further evidence of this interest are the growing readerships for personally oriented weblogs and networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook (Grossman), individual profiles and interviews in periodical publications, and the recently widely revived newspaper obituary column (Starck). Adult and community education organisations run short courses on researching and writing auto/biographical forms and, across Western countries, the family history/genealogy sections of many local, state, and national libraries have been upgraded to meet the increasing demand for these services. Academically, journals and e-mail discussion lists have been established on the topics of biography and autobiography, and North American, British, and Australian universities offer undergraduate and postgraduate courses in life writing. The commonly aired wisdom is that published life writing in its many text-based forms (biography, autobiography, memoir, diaries, and collections of personal letters) is enjoying unprecedented popularity. It is our purpose to examine this proposition. Methodological problems There are a number of problems involved in investigating genre popularity, growth, and decline in publishing. Firstly, it is not easy to gain access to detailed statistics, which are usually only available within the industry. Secondly, it is difficult to ascertain how publishing statistics are gathered and what they report (Eliot). There is the question of whether bestselling booklists reflect actual book sales or are manipulated marketing tools (Miller), although the move from surveys of booksellers to electronic reporting at point of sale in new publishing lists such as BookScan will hopefully obviate this problem. Thirdly, some publishing lists categorise by subject and form, some by subject only, and some do not categorise at all. This means that in any analysis of these statistics, a decision has to be made whether to use the publishing list’s system or impose a different mode. If the publishing list is taken at face value, the question arises of whether to use categorisation by form or by subject. Fourthly, there is the bedeviling issue of terminology. Traditionally, there reigned a simple dualism in the terminology applied to forms of telling the true story of an actual life: biography and autobiography. Publishing lists that categorise their books, such as BookScan, have retained it. But with postmodern recognition of the presence of the biographer in a biography and of the presence of other subjects in an autobiography, the dichotomy proves false. There is the further problem of how to categorise memoirs, diaries, and letters. In the academic arena, the term “life writing” has emerged to describe the field as a whole. Within the genre of life writing, there are, however, still recognised sub-genres. Academic definitions vary, but generally a biography is understood to be a scholarly study of a subject who is not the writer; an autobiography is the story of a entire life written by its subject; while a memoir is a segment or particular focus of that life told, again, by its own subject. These terms are, however, often used interchangeably even by significant institutions such the USA Library of Congress, which utilises the term “biography” for all. Different commentators also use differing definitions. Hamilton uses the term “biography” to include all forms of life writing. Donaldson discusses how the term has been co-opted to include biographies of place such as Peter Ackroyd’s London: The Biography (2000) and of things such as Lizzie Collingham’s Curry: A Biography (2005). This reflects, of course, a writing/publishing world in which non-fiction stories of places, creatures, and even foodstuffs are called biographies, presumably in the belief that this will make them more saleable. The situation is further complicated by the emergence of hybrid publishing forms such as, for instance, the “memoir-with-recipes” or “food memoir” (Brien, Rutherford and Williamson). Are such books to be classified as autobiography or put in the “cookery/food & drink” category? We mention in passing the further confusion caused by novels with a subtitle of The Biography such as Virginia Woolf’s Orlando. The fifth methodological problem that needs to be mentioned is the increasing globalisation of the publishing industry, which raises questions about the validity of the majority of studies available (including those cited herein) which are nationally based. Whether book sales reflect what is actually read (and by whom), raises of course another set of questions altogether. Methodology In our exploration, we were fundamentally concerned with two questions. Is life writing as popular as claimed? And, if it is, is this a new phenomenon? To answer these questions, we examined a range of available sources. We began with the non-fiction bestseller lists in Publishers Weekly (a respected American trade magazine aimed at publishers, librarians, booksellers, and literary agents that claims to be international in scope) from their inception in 1912 to the present time. We hoped that this data could provide a longitudinal perspective. The term bestseller was coined by Publishers Weekly when it began publishing its lists in 1912; although the first list of popular American books actually appeared in The Bookman (New York) in 1895, based itself on lists appearing in London’s The Bookman since 1891 (Bassett and Walter 206). The Publishers Weekly lists are the best source of longitudinal information as the currently widely cited New York Times listings did not appear till 1942, with the Wall Street Journal a late entry into the field in 1994. We then examined a number of sources of more recent statistics. We looked at the bestseller lists from the USA-based Amazon.com online bookseller; recent research on bestsellers in Britain; and lists from Nielsen BookScan Australia, which claims to tally some 85% or more of books sold in Australia, wherever they are published. In addition to the reservations expressed above, caveats must be aired in relation to these sources. While Publishers Weekly claims to be an international publication, it largely reflects the North American publishing scene and especially that of the USA. Although available internationally, Amazon.com also has its own national sites—such as Amazon.co.uk—not considered here. It also caters to a “specific computer-literate, credit-able clientele” (Gutjahr: 219) and has an unashamedly commercial focus, within which all the information generated must be considered. In our analysis of the material studied, we will use “life writing” as a genre term. When it comes to analysis of the lists, we have broken down the genre of life writing into biography and autobiography, incorporating memoir, letters, and diaries under autobiography. This is consistent with the use of the terminology in BookScan. Although we have broken down the genre in this way, it is the overall picture with regard to life writing that is our concern. It is beyond the scope of this paper to offer a detailed analysis of whether, within life writing, further distinctions should be drawn. Publishers Weekly: 1912 to 2006 1912 saw the first list of the 10 bestselling non-fiction titles in Publishers Weekly. It featured two life writing texts, being headed by an autobiography, The Prom

The goal of the study was to examine the Leaders’ and women’s perception of the influence of culture and social factors on forced marriages of adolescent girls well-being and propose detailed strategies to reduce the number of girls married before the age of 18 so that they can achieve the highest level of professional development possible in Kenya's Kajiado West sub-county. The study specifically sought to assess the influence of culture and social factors in forced marriages on the well-being of adolescent girl. This study will benefit the Government in purposes on legislation policies in cultural and social factors in forced marriages on the well-being of the adolescent girl, secondly assists stakeholders and investors in decision-making in the well-being of the adolescent girl, and finally assists local administrators, scholars, and academicians as a source of reference in cultural and social factors in forced marriages on well-being of the adolescent girl. The study adopted a descriptive cross-sectional research design. The target population was all women who were married below the age of 18 who had challenges on their well-being. The target population comprised of 686,992 adolescent people in Kajiado County. The sample size was 434 obtained by purposive sampling from the target population. Out of the sample size of 399, the responses received were 305 while from 35 administrators 23 responses were received translating into 328 which is 76% response rate. Data collection instrument was questionnaires. The data was analyzed using inferential statistics. Regression was used to test whether culture and social factors in forced marriages have influence on the well-being of an adolescent girl. It was established that the leader's and women’s perception of influence of forced marriage was a significant positive predictor of the well-being of an adolescent girl. The findings are expected to be of value to the community, parents and leaders and form a basis to deal with forced marriages for the well-being of adolescent. Keywords: Leaders & Women’s Perception, Cultural & Social Factors, Forced Marriage & Well-Being of Adolescent Girl.

Despair of Self: Strategies of Seeing and Becoming in Linn Ullmann's<i>De urolige</i>

This study investigates the shift in consumer purchasing patterns from traditional markets to modern meat outlets in Majene Regency, a region located in a province with a low Human Development Index (HDI) but designated as an educational center in West Sulawesi, Indonesia. In recent years, Majene has seen an influx of expatriatess with higher education, knowledge, and income, likely influencing local purchasing behaviors. This research examines the factors contributing to the observed shift in meat purchasing patterns, focusing on cultural, social, personal, and psychological factors that affect purchasing decisions. Data were collected from 100 respondents, all homemakers, over one month from June to July 2024. Homemakers were chosen due to their primary role in household purchasing and decision-making regarding market selection and meat processing. Structural Equation Modeling with Partial Least Squares (SEM PLS) analysis was conducted using WarpPLS 7.0 software to determine the influence of cultural (X1), social (X2), personal (X3), and psychological (X4) factors on purchasing decisions (Y). The results indicate that psychological factors exert the highest level of significance on purchasing decisions, with a coefficient of 0.557, followed by cultural factors (0.165), social factors (0.050), and personal factors (-0.082). The prominence of psychological factors may be attributed to the profile of respondents, many of whom are lecturers and private sector employees from outside Majene. This demographic shift and perceptions of higher quality and safety at modern outlets have encouraged transitioning from traditional markets to modern meat outlets. These findings contribute to understanding consumer behavior changes in small-city contexts and offer insights into the role of psychological and demographic factors in shaping retail preferences in developing regions.

This study aims to analyze the influence of cultural and social factors on electric bicycle purchasing decisions in Battal Village, Situbondo Regency. This study used a quantitative approach with a survey method. Primary data was collected by distributing questionnaires to electric bicycle consumers residing in Battal Village. The population in this study was all electric bicycle consumers, with a sample size of 50 respondents determined using a sampling technique appropriate to the research characteristics. The obtained data were then analyzed using multiple linear regression analysis to determine the influence of each independent variable on purchasing decisions. The results showed that cultural factors had a positive and significant influence on electric bicycle purchasing decisions. This indicates that community values, habits, and lifestyles also influence consumer decisions in choosing electric bicycles. Meanwhile, social factors did not have a significant influence on electric bicycle purchasing decisions. The adjusted coefficient of determination (Adjusted R Square) of 0.361 indicates that cultural and social factors explain 36.1% of the variation in purchasing decisions, while the remainder is influenced by other factors not examined in this study.

This study aims to: (1) To find out and analyze the influence of cultural, social, personal and psychological factors simultaneously (together) on the decision to purchase a house in Taman Dataran Indah Housing in Makassar City (2) To find out and analyze the influence of cultural factors , social, personal and psychological partially (individually) to the decision to purchase a house in Taman Dataran Indah Housing in Makassar City. (3) To find out and analyze which variable is the most dominant influence on the decision to purchase a house in Dataran Indah Park Housing in Makassar City. The results of this study indicate (1) The analysis shows that the independent / independent variable (X) simultaneously influences cultural, social, personal and psychological factors significantly on the decision to purchase a home in Taman Dataran Indah Housing in Makassar City by 93.7% while the remaining 6.3% is influenced by other variables not included in this study (2) The four independent / independent variables (X) have a significant partial effect on housing purchase decisions at Dataran Indah Park Housing in Makassar City with the following summary: (a ) Cultural factor variable (X1) with tcount 10,089> ttable 2,000 (b) Social factor variable (X2) with tcount 3,638> ttable 2,000 (c) Personal factor variable (X3) with tcount value 3,020> ttable 2,000 (d) Variable psychological factors (X4) with a tcount of 5.680> ttable 2,000 (3) Among cultural, social, personal and psychological factors, the cultural factor (X1) is the most dominant factor influencing the decision to purchase a house in Taman Dataran Indah Housing in Makassar City.