Nowadays, we live in a society focused on mobile devices. The development of mobile technologies is opening important perspectives in the field of marketing. In order to make marketers adopt the best strategies, it is very important to analyse and understand the different factors that influence consumers’ acceptance of mobile technologies for online shopping. The aim of this paper is to underst...

OBJECTIVE To prospectively investigate the role of acceptance in well-being in adolescents and young adults with cystic fibrosis (CF). METHOD A total of 40 adolescents and young adults with CF (ages 14-22 years) completed questionnaires assessing acceptance, anxiety and depressive symptoms, physical functioning, role functioning, emotional functioning, and social functioning. After 6 months, ...

A public information system with an Embodied Conversational Agent is evaluated in a laboratory setting concerning Social Actorship, Social Acceptance, perceived Control, Pragmatic Quality and Hedonic Qualities. Results show a positive experience for Pragmatic Quality and Control, but negative ratings for Social Acceptance. Di↵erentiating these various aspects of User Experience has proven to be...

A public information system with an Embodied Conversational Agent is evaluated in a laboratory setting concerning Social Actorship, Social Acceptance, perceived Control, Pragmatic Quality and Hedonic Qualities. Results show a positive experience for Pragmatic Quality and Control, but negative ratings for Social Acceptance. Differentiating these various aspects of User Experience has proven to b...

The introduction of a new technology into an organization is often coupled with the formation of opinions of acceptance or rejection by individuals. Given the large costs incurred in implementing the technology, the challenge for organizations is to understand and promote the factors that lead to acceptance. The most prominent framework that addresses this issue is the Technology Acceptance Mod...

This thesis entitled, “Popular culture and Cultural Diversity using Developmental Method of Intercultural Sensitivity” sought to answer the following questions: What is extent students popular in terms fashion, food, language, music, social media? 2. level undertaking cultural diversity Ethnocentric stage as denial, defense minimization? Ethnorelative acceptance, adaptation integration? 3. Is t...

PEER INTERACTION AND RELATIONSHIPS—AN HISTORICAL OVERVIEW 573 Early North American Research 573 Post-World War II 574 INTERACTIONS, RELATIONSHIPS, AND GROUPS: ORDERS OF COMPLEXITY IN CHILDREN’S PEER EXPERIENCES 575 Interactions 576 Relationships 577 Groups 578 Culture 579 Summary 580 THEORIES RELEVANT TO THE STUDY OF CHILDREN’S PEER INTERACTIONS, RELATIONSHIPS, AND GROUPS 581 Personality Theori...

Research on influenza vaccine uptake has focused largely on intrapersonal determinants (perceived risk, past vaccine acceptance, perceived vaccine safety) and on physician recommendation. We utilized a social ecological framework to examine influenza vaccine uptake during the 2009 H1N1 pandemic. Surveying an adult population (n=2079) in January 2010 with significant oversamples of African Ameri...

recycling and reuse of wastewaters are of the new policies that provide water resources to respond to the need of the growing population. in many societies, social acceptability of these processes has an important role in the success of the reuse from refined wastewater, because the final product of this process is in direct relation with the consumer. therefore, social and cultural implication...