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. 2021 Dec 10;65:102874. doi: 10.1016/j.jretconser.2021.102874
Construct Source Code Items
Mood alleviation Kang and Johnson (2011) Mood1 Shopping is an escape from loneliness.
Mood2 Shopping for something new fills an empty feeling.
Mood3 Shopping is a way to take my mind off things that are bothering me.
Mood4 Shopping is a way to remove myself from stressful environments.
Mood5 Shopping is a way to control my situation when other things seem out of control.
Shopping enjoyment Latorre Roman et al. (2014) Enjoy1 I enjoy shopping.
Enjoy2 Shopping helps me relax.
Enjoy3 Shopping gives me energy.
Socialization seeking Brown et al. (1993); Dey and Srivastava (2017) Social1 When shopping, I take time to interact with other people.
Social2 I want to get responses from other people for my shopping.
Social3 The reaction of friends or family influences my shopping activities.
Social4 I like to see my friends or family shopping.
Self-control seeking Maas et al. (2017) Control1 After a hard day's work, I often feel that I deserve to do shopping.
Control2 When I feel bad I think that shopping will help me to feel better for a moment.
Control3 I know that shopping will help me overcome negative emotions.
Control4 When I feel sad, I expect that shopping will comfort me.
Control5 When I feel miserable, I think that I would do myself a favor by shopping because it will make me feel better for a while.
Intention in high-priced goods purchase Revised based on Zhang and Kim (2013) High intention 1 In the future, I am willing to purchase products at a higher price than I usually buy.
High intention 2 I intend to buy a product at a higher price than I usually buy in six months.
High intention 3 I will continue to buy expensive products.
High intention 4 I am interested in purchasing products that are more expensive than usual.
Intention in bulk goods purchase Revised based on Zhang and Kim (2013) Bulk intention 1 I will continue to buy more products than usual in the future.
Bulk intention 2 I plan to buy more products at a price similar to what I usually buy.
Bulk intention 3 I will continue to buy many products at once even if I do not need it now.
Bulk intention 4 I will buy more of the type of items I usually buy.
Actual high-priced goods purchase Revised based on Zhang and Kim (2013) High purchase 1 In the last six months after the onset of COVID-19, I have purchased a product at a price higher than I would normally pay.
High purchase 2 In the last month, I have purchased a product at a price higher than I would normally pay.
High purchase 3 After the outbreak of COVID-19, I bought an expensive product.
High purchase 4 Since COVID-19 began, I have become interested in purchasing products that are more expensive than usual.
Actual bulk goods purchase Revised based on Zhang and Kim (2013) Bulk purchase 1 In the last 6 months after the onset of COVID-19, I have bought more products than usual.
Bulk purchase 2 I have bought more products at a price level similar to what I normally buy in the last month.
Bulk purchase 3 Since COVID-19 began, I have bought more of the type of items I usually buy.
Bulk purchase 4 Since COVID-19 began, I have bought several products at once even though I do not need them now.