Cultural Psychological Factors Research Articles

Inter-Religious Prejudice in A Multicultural Society

Prejudice between religious believers in a multicultural society is a negative view or stereotype that is formed against a particular religion or individual based on their religion. The writing of this scientific article is to use literature research, researchers examine theories, concepts, definitions, understandings of the variables studied to find their connection. The result of writing this article is Prejudice in the religious context is a behavior that will threaten the integrity of the Indonesian nation as a multicultural nation. This prejudiced behavior is formed in a person due to individual, sociological and cultural psychological factors. Religious prejudice will trigger discrimination and violence in society. If this behavior continues, it does not rule out the spirit of multiculturalism that is expected to evaporate by itself. Prevention of prejudice in religion can be done by increasing the value of the prejudiced group, opening communication, conditioning the environment to internalizing social norms.

Detecting depression of Chinese microblog users via text analysis: Combining Linguistic Inquiry Word Count (LIWC) with culture and suicide related lexicons.

In recent years, research has used psycholinguistic features in public discourse, networking behaviors on social media and profile information to train models for depression detection. However, the most widely adopted approach for the extraction of psycholinguistic features is to use the Linguistic Inquiry Word Count (LIWC) dictionary and various affective lexicons. Other features related to cultural factors and suicide risk have not been explored. Moreover, the use of social networking behavioral features and profile features would limit the generalizability of the model. Therefore, our study aimed at building a prediction model of depression for text-only social media data through a wider range of possible linguistic features related to depression, and illuminate the relationship between linguistic expression and depression. We collected 789 users' depression scores as well as their past posts on Weibo, and extracted a total of 117 lexical features via Simplified Chinese Linguistic Inquiry Word Count, Chinese Suicide Dictionary, Chinese Version of Moral Foundations Dictionary, Chinese Version of Moral Motivation Dictionary, and Chinese Individualism/Collectivism Dictionary. Results showed that all the dictionaries contributed to the prediction. The best performing model occurred with linear regression, with the Pearson correlation coefficient between predicted values and self-reported values was 0.33, the R-squared was 0.10, and the split-half reliability was 0.75. This study did not only develop a predictive model applicable to text-only social media data, but also demonstrated the importance taking cultural psychological factors and suicide related expressions into consideration in the calculation of word frequency. Our research provided a more comprehensive understanding of how lexicons related to cultural psychology and suicide risk were associated with depression, and could contribute to the recognition of depression.

Simulative Reality as a Challenge for National Identity: Theory and Russian Political Practices

The purpose of the study is a political and theoretical analysis of the phenomenon of simulated reality, its impact on the transformation of national-state identity, understood as a macro-political construct - an integrated image of us, ours, the dynamics of which are determined both by the logic of development of a specific national political system and by the wide a range of historical and cultural-psychological factors. The author defines a simulated political reality as a multidimensional space of political simulacra in their interaction and transformation. The mobility of the information landscape of modern Russian society leads to the construction of amorphous and unstable identities that do not have a deep value-semantic foundation and are based on emotional and symbolic content. The indicated identities, which are built around a social fashion - virtual communities of interest - successfully compete with the attitudes of Russian national identity and reduce its significance. In particular, this trend characterizes the self-identification of young Russians - representatives of generations of millennials and digital natives. The specifics of the development of the Runets digital space is not the main reason, but in many respects contributes to the devaluation of the image of the past, and also acts as one of the information-psychological drivers of the crisis of the image of the future.

Methodological approaches to forming the models of consumer behaviour of households depending on the income level of the population of the region

The consumer behavior of households is defined by the whole complex of socio-economic and cultural-psychological factors, particularly important among which are regional factors of the population’s income formation, motives and incentives of behavior. The proposed methodological approach allows us to determine the assessment criteria and indicators characterizing the economic behavior of the families in the regional consumer market. The models of consumer behavior of households, preferences in consumption of various goods and services depending on the welfare of the families are shown on the example of the households’ income and expenses analysis in the Sverdlovsk region. The author's approach allows forecasting the consumer market trends based on the socio-economic factors forming the income level of the population of the region.

Barrieren und Ressourcen der Inanspruchnahme von HIV-Präventionsangeboten für Afrikanische Migrantinnen

The evaluation of the "Africa Project" investigates barriers to and resources of the utilisation of HIV-prevention services by African migrants. A KAP study evaluates knowledge, attitudes and practice of an African sample population (n = 214). Results show that gender and cultural-psychological factors influence the perception of ways of infection and protection such as condom use and thereby determine the prerequisites for HIV prevention.

Comprehensive Delimitation and Ring Identification on Urban Spatial Radiation of Regional Central Cities: Case Study of Zhengzhou

In China and a number of other countries, recent years have seen a prevailing trend in collective and cooperative urban development, transforming individual cities to polycentric metropolis. Such a phenomenon, also termed urban agglomeration by some researchers in China, has gradually become the main body of urbanization and the basic terrain unit in participating international competition and international division of labor. However, the spatial delimitation of urban agglomeration has been historically heavily influenced by subjective administrative instruction, as opposed to being primarily driven by radiation effects by regional central cities. To better delimitate the urban agglomeration sphere in China and other fast-developing areas, this work seeks to scientifically assess and comprehensively delimitate the spatial patterns of regional central cities' radiation through quantitative analysis and modeling. Zhengzhou, a typical regional central city in central China is chosen as the study case. First, it makes a modification to the traditional gravity model by constructing a radiation quality index (RQI) and integrating distances representing commuter traffic, economic development gap, and cultural psychological factors. Subsequently, a comprehensive delimitation is derived that demarcates and describes Zhengzhou's urban radiation toward 42 neighboring cities by applying the radiation field intensity model, radiation effect function, and judgment vectors of the urban radiation ring-layer model. The chief findings are that Zhengzhou's radiation effect is not prominent compared to other similar provincial capital-level cities. There is no distinct psychological or spatial differentiation between Zhengzhou and its 42 neighboring cities. The economic distance between Zhengzhou and other cities has been stable, and has even shrunk, whereas there are notable differences among fixed range ring patterns. The interaction forces between Zhengzhou and neighboring cities have increased, and radiation field intensity of Zhengzhou has been expanded to outer rings. However, some cities along the provincial boundary received very limited influence from Zhengzhou, and are significantly more influenced by other radiation sources. In 2001 and 2009, there were 26 and 24 cities that fell in Zhengzhou's urban radiation rings, respectively, whereas only seven cities were included in the core and primary radiation ring. This list of seven cities excluded Luohe City, in spite of its administrative inclusion within Zhengzhou. Zhengzhou's urban radiation ring contracts in its southern and western quadrants, whereas it expands in the eastern and northern quadrants. This finding prompts the authors to advocate the city of Zhengzhou to prioritize on expanding its radiation to the southeastern area around the Zhongyuan Urban Agglomeration. Such balanced development could prove beneficial to not only Zhengzhou City, but also the entire Henan Province. 2013 American Society of Civil Engineers.

The Headscarf and Hui Identity

The wearing of head coverings by Muslim women is based on the Koran. It has been known for some time that the headdress is the main clothing difference between Hui and other nationalities. Hui women traditionally wore a white hat or traditional gaitou (head covering) in most areas. Since the 1990s, more and more urban Hui women have begun to wear a headscarf to cover their hair, neck, ears, and forehead, something that had not been common earlier. Why has this social phenomenon appeared? It is caused by a combination of Hui cultural psychological factors, the mainstream cultural context, and changes in government policy, among other reasons. The headscarf, as a cultural phenomenon, is an expression of Muslim identity and Hui self-consciousness.

Cultural Psychological Factors on Ritualized Consumptionin Korean

본 연구는 의례소비에 영향을 미치는 한국인의 문화심리 특성의 요인구조를 밝히고자하는 목적에서 시도되었다. 이를 위해 기존의 한국인문화심리특성 선행연구결과를 토대로 한국인의 체면성향중 과시적 속성과 눈치성향중 관계중심적 속성 및 핑계성향중 상대배려적 속성과 소비의 의례화정도의 관련성을 설정하고, 이를 통해 의례소비행동과의 관련성을 연구모형으로 설정하였다. 연구모형의 적합도를 알아보기 위해 공변량구조분석을 실시하였다. 연구결과 첫째, 소비의례화와 관련이 있는 한국인의 문화심리적 특성은 체면과 눈치성향으로 나타났다. 특히 체면성향이 소비의 의례화와 관련성이 높게 나타났다. 둘째, 소비의 의례화와 관련이 있는 체면요인에는 과시성체면과 창피의식성 체면의 경로계수가 높게 나타났다. 셋째, 소비의 의례화와 관련 있는 눈치요인으로는 상대심정배려 속성과 관계중심 속성의 경로계수가 높게 나타났다. 넷째, 소비의 의례화와의 관련성정도에서 외면적 의례화와 내면적 의례화와의 관련성 정도가 동일하게 나타났다. 다섯째, 의례소비와의 관련성을 살펴보면 지속적 관여도와 의견선도력과의 관련성 강도가 매우 높게 나타나 소비의 의례화정도가 강해지면 의례소비행동에 대한 지속적 관여도와 의견선도력이 높아지는 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 결과로 볼 때 한국인의 문화심리 특성을 반영한 의례소비제품 개발을 하거나 의례소비제품에 대한 목표집단 설정 및 시장세분화에 활용이 가능할 것이다.