The Dark Side of Globalization and Consumption: How Similar Are Chinese and German Consumers Toward Their Proneness to Compulsive Buying?

Unger, Alexander; Raab, Gerhard

doi:10.1080/10599231.2015.997624

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“…It would be quite useful because the issue of compulsive buying in China’s booming economy is of growing interest (cf. Chang, Lu, Su, Lin & Chang, 2011 ; Guo & Cai, 2011 ; Li, Jiang et al, 2009 ; Li, Yang & Wang, 2009 ; Podoshen, Li & Zhang, 2011 ; Unger & Raab, in press ), although validated scales for China are still missing.…”

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Different facets of compulsive buying among Chinese students

Li¹,

Unger²,

Bi³

2014

Journal of Behavioral Addictions

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Background and aims: Compulsive buying is a severe phenomenon, especially among younger consumers. It is well documented in Western industrial societies like the USA and Germany, and nowadays an increasing interest in compulsive buying in non-Western countries is on the rise. Methods: In the current study, we measured the prevalence of compulsive buying tendencies among Chinese female and male students by using a Chinese translation of the German Compulsive Buying Scale (Raab, Neuner, Reisch & Scherhorn, 2005). We examined the influence of gender, location and age using ANCOVA, and binary logistic regression. Results: Factor analysis identified three factorial dimensions of compulsive buying tendencies which are impairment of impulse control and reactive or compensatory aspects, reduced rationality according to money spending, and post-purchase guilt. Our results indicated that about 6.7% of the sample shows a compulsive buying pattern, and that females are more affected. For location, a geographic difference between Chongqing and Fuzhou was found for the overall compulsive tendencies, but not for the percentages of compulsive buyers. Conclusions: In sum, the existing study provides evidence that Chinese consumers have a factorial structure which differs somewhat in compulsive buying from Western samples. Observations about gender and location were considered. These findings give a deeper understanding of China’s compulsive buying behavior.

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Different facets of compulsive buying among Chinese students

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Bi³

2014

Journal of Behavioral Addictions

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“…Money budgeting describes a person's tendency to plan, budget, and save money (Luna-Arocas & Tang, 2004). Recent proposals emphasize that several factors of GCC, such as Western materialistic values and the spread of consumerism, encourage impulsive buying and careless money considerations (Atulkar & Kesari, 2018;Bonsu, 2008;Iyer, Blut, Xiao, & Grewal, 2019;Podoshen & Andrzejewski, 2012;Roberts & Sepulveda, 1999;Unger & Raab, 2015;Yu & Bastin, 2010). Western economies whose growth and development depend on continuous consumer spending provide frequent opportunities for impulsive buying, such as online shopping or mobile commerce (Henry, 2020).…”

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How values of individualism and collectivism influence impulsive buying and money budgeting: the mediating role of acculturation to global consumer culture

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Schivinski

Keles

2020

J of Consumer Behaviour

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This study examined the effects of individual‐level cultural values of individualism and collectivism on impulsive buying and money budgeting and the mediating role of acculturation to global consumer culture. By applying the person‐environment fit theory and acculturation theory, we argue that people who hold cultural values congruent with the culture they come into contact with are more likely to acculturate to it, and that those who acculturate to global consumer culture (GCC) are more likely to display consumption behaviors stimulated by GCC, namely impulsive buying and poor money budgeting. The findings show that consumers acculturated to GCC report higher impulsive buying and lower money budgeting, and that it is not the distinction between individualism and collectivism, but rather between the vertical and horizontal values that determines the acceptance of GCC and the studied consumption behaviors. Results revealed that vertical individualists (those who believe in competition between individuals and who prioritize their needs over the needs of others) and vertical collectivists (those who believe in the subordination of individuals to groups) were more likely to be acculturated to GCC. Thus, the acceptance of inequality between individuals among other individuals, or within groups, is related to the acceptance of GCC and impulsive buying and money budgeting. The level of acculturation to GCC mediates the relations between vertical individualism and collectivism values and impulsive buying and money budgeting. Theoretical contributions to the research on horizontal/vertical individualism/collectivism, acculturation to GCC, and person‐environment fit theory, as well as practical implications for marketers are discussed.

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“…Zira, bağımlılık literatürü çoğunlukla negatif olay ne nedenler üzerinde durmaktadır. mechanism has the potential to become a pathological pattern of shopping (Unger and Raab, 2015 ;O'Guinn and Faber,1989). Many researchers accept the wellknown continuum, which specifies that unproblematic leisure shopping may develop into shopping addictions of different levels, where the shopping tendency and the magnitude of triggers might grow in time (Clark andCalleja, 2008 Elliott,1994;Scherhorn,1990;D'Astous,1990).…”

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Analyzing Motivational Determinants of Shopping Addiction Tendency

Kirezli¹,

Arslan²

2019

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Shopping addiction tendency is defined as being so occupied about shopping that consumers become driven by uncontrollable shopping urges and as a result of facing negative psychological, social and financial consequences. Based on a field study on university students (N=372), this paper examines hedonic shopping, escapism and negative mood reduction, as motivational determinants of shopping addiction tendency, which is a relatively less studied area of consumer behavior in Turkey. The findings indicate that, hedonic shopping, escapism and negative mood reduction all have significant effect on shopping addiction. Getting its mainstream studies from compulsive buying literature, shopping addiction literature focuses mainly on the enjoyment gathered from shopping action However this study provides new insights into potential antecedents of shopping addiction as negativity avoidance and escapism, which are negative psychological states with respect to shopping addicts quest for shopping enjoyment.

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The Dark Side of Globalization and Consumption: How Similar Are Chinese and German Consumers Toward Their Proneness to Compulsive Buying?

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Different facets of compulsive buying among Chinese students

Different facets of compulsive buying among Chinese students

How values of individualism and collectivism influence impulsive buying and money budgeting: the mediating role of acculturation to global consumer culture

Analyzing Motivational Determinants of Shopping Addiction Tendency

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