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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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. |