“…Several scholarly investigations have been undertaken to examine the purchasing patterns of Generation Z through the lens of generational cohort theory, which emphasizes the characteristics of cohorts (Ismail et al, 2020;Agrawal, 2022;Thangavel, Pathak and Chandra, 2022;Van den Bergh, De Pelsmacker and Worsley, 2023). Another approach used is the Theory of Planned Behavior (Djafarova and Foots, 2022;Pradeep and Pradeep, 2023;Suzianti, Amaradhanny and Fathia, 2023); the theory of Acceptance Model (Lestari, 2019), which uses the gratification theory (Siregar et al, 2023), and social commerce adoption model that focuses on specific platforms (Azhar et al, 2023). An additional study employs Stimulus Organism Response (SOR) Theory to comprehend the purchasing patterns of Generation Z as deviant behavior from a clinical standpoint ( (Mason et al, 2022).…”