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Effect of consumer self-discrepancy on materialism and impulsive buying: the role of subjective well-being.
No full textExcessive and irresponsible consumer behavior has attracted the attention of researchers from various fields. Moreover excessive consumption contradicts to the principles of sustainable consumption, and it is harmful to the environment (Belk, 1985), also it causes negative psychological consequences for consumers (Burroughs and Rindfleisch, 2002). Sneath et al. al. (2009) found that compulsive and impulsive buying is associated with a tendency to depression, stress, lower subjective well-being (Kalla and Arora, 2011) and lower life satisfaction (Lins, 2012). The negative consequences for the personal well-being of consumers have led researchers to pay attention to the causes of this phenomena. Many researchers (Podoshen and Andrzejewski, 2012; Santini's et al., 2019; Li, 2019; Park et al., 2006; Mathur, 2019; Badgaiyan and Verma, 2014) focus at the phenomenon of materialism as one of the antecedents of impulsive buying. Dittmar et. al. (1995) and Iram and Chacharkar (2017) found that there is a positive relationship between consumers self-discrepancy and impulsive buying. Compensatory theory of consumer behavior postulates that consumption is the result of self-discrepancy (Mandel et al., 2017). Self-discrepancy has been analyzed in the contexts of online shopping (Li, 2019) and the purchase of luxury goods, where shopping becomes a compensatory tool to meet intangible needs (Friese, 2001) or motivation to approach the “ideal self” through material goods (Dittmar et al., 2005 ). Although self-discrepancy can be seen as a motive for both increased and decreased consumption, however research data that analyzes the relationship between self-discrepancy and the propensity for impulsive buying and materialism is lacking. Dittmar et al. al. (1996) found that self-discrepancy has a positive effect on materialism, which subsequently has a positive effect on impulsive buying. However, the study of the above-mentioned author was limited to only one aspect of behavior - compulsive buying, which was considered to be equal to impulsive buying. An empirical study revealed that self-discrepancy has a statistically significant positive effect on impulsive buying and materialism, e. g. the greater self-discrepancy results to the greater propensity for impulsive buying and for materialism. Also research revealed, consumers were found to be more materialistic, demonstrated a greater propensity for impulsive buying. It has also been found that self-discrepancy has a statistically significant indirect positive effect on impulsive buying mediated by materialism, e. g. the rise of self-discrepancy increases the propensity for materialism, which subsequently has a positive effect on impulsive buying. The results of the empirical study revealed that elements of subjective well-being, such as the frequency of positive affects, the frequency of negative affects, life satisfaction and psychological well-being, have no statistically significant effect on the relationship between self-discrepancy and materialism and between materialism and impulsive buying
Exploring the trade-off between materialism and pro-environmental behavior through the Lens of narcissism /
No full textThis study investigates the relationship between materialism and pro-environmental behavior, focusing on the moderating role of narcissism in the attitude–behavior gap. A mixed-method research design was employed, combining a preference-based conjoint experiment with psychometric scales including the Material Values Scale (MVS), Recurring Pro-Environmental Behavior Scale (PEB), and Narcissistic Admiration and Rivalry Questionnaire short scale (NARQ-S). A convenience sample of 71 participants evaluated pro-environmental behavior-related choices while also self-reporting their materialistic and pro-environmental values. Results revealed that profiles emphasizing low materialism and high pro-environmental attitudes were most preferred, supporting the hypothesized negative relationship between materialism and pro-environmental choices. The materialism–success dimension showed the strongest behavioral influence. However, narcissism did not significantly moderate the relationship between attitudes and behavior. These findings contribute to dual-attitude theory and impression-management literature by showing that materialists may endorse pro-environmental behavior when it supports social identity signaling. The results have implications for both marketers and policymakers in designing strategies that appeal to reputation-sensitive consumers
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Full text linkWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
Effect of consumer self-discrepancy on materialism and impulse buying: the role of subjective well-being /
Full text linkPurpose – This study aims to explore how and why self-discrepancy affects materialism and impulsive buying and the extent to which subjective well-being mediates the relationship between self-discrepancy, materialism and impulsive buying. Design/methodology/approach – The authors have tested the hypothesis with a convenience sample (N 5 434) from Lithuania. Descriptive analysis, principal components analysis (PCA), serial mediation hypothesis tested with model 81 from regression-based path analysis modeling tool PROCESS Macro for IBM® SPSS® Statistics 24.7 statistical software. Findings – The serial and parallel mediation analysis results indicated that greater self-discrepancy was related to poorer life satisfaction, which was related to greater materialism centrality, which promoted greater impulsive buying. Also, the greater the self-discrepancy, caused more occurrence of negative affect, which relates to increased materialism happiness, which triggers impulsive buying. Self-discrepancy was negatively associated with the frequency of positive affect, which was positively related to materialism, which stimulates impulsive buying. Research limitations/implications – The study was dominated by younger respondents. The survey was conducted during the lockdown of the Covid-19 virus pandemic. Originality/value – There is little empirical evidence to support the reasoning behind why self-discrepancy predicts a higher degree of materialism, which increases impulsive buying. This study suggests the mechanism of how subjective well-being affects relationships of self-discrepancy on materialism and impulsive buying
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
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