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The effects of the impulsive buying tendency and anticipated guilt on consumer choice between hedonic and utilitarian goods

Abstract

This purpose of this study was to find out how the anticipated guilt, as a means of controlling buying impulse, affects consumer choice between hedonic and utilitarian goods according to impulsive buying tendency. The result showed that the interaction between impulsive buying tendency and anticipated guilt was significant. Specifically, the main effect of the anticipated guilt was significant in the high-impulsive group, while it was not in the low-impulsive group. That is, people in the high-impulsive group chose hedonic goods more without anticipated guilt, whereas they chose utilitarian goods more when asked to anticipate consumption guilt. People in the low-impulsive group, on the other hand, chose utilitarian goods more regardless of the anticipated guilt.

keywords
impulsive buying tendency, anticipated guilt, hedonic, utilitarian, choice

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