Provoking Buying Behaviors Amid Crises:Unfolding the Underlying Mechanisms of Psychological Impairments

作     者：Muhammad Waleed Ayub Ghouri Guofeng Wang Muhammad Ali Hussain Zhisheng Li Tachia Chin 

作者机构：School of ManagementZhejiang University of TechnologyHangzhou310023China School of Management and EconomicsUniversity of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaChengdu611731China Business SchoolNingboTech UniversityNingbo315100China 

出 版 物：《International Journal of Mental Health Promotion》 (国际心理健康促进杂志（英文）)

年 卷 期：2024年第26卷第4期

页      面：279-292页

核心收录：

学科分类：0402[教育学-心理学(可授教育学、理学学位）] 040203[教育学-应用心理学] 1004[医学-公共卫生与预防医学(可授医学、理学学位)] 04[教育学] 1002[医学-临床医学] 

基　　金：supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.72272136 and 72172024) Humanities and Social Science Project from the Ministry of Education of China(20YJA630061) 

主　　题：Panic buying health belief model mental health competitive arousal theory intolerance of uncertainty cyberchondria 

摘      要：Crises in the past have caused devastating,long-lasting impacts on the global *** after-effects always bring some dynamic and rigorous challenges for businesses and *** challenges have always been a point of discussion for *** recent COVID-19 pandemic emaciated the global economy,leaving everyone mired in uncertainty,fear,and psychological *** of the headwind features utilized by consumers during pandemic was panic buying(PB),which must be explored in various contexts for policymakers and *** address this gap,this study deployed a moderated mediation mechanism,integrating the health belief model(HBM)and competitive arousal theory(CAT)to excavate the notions underlying PB with the intrusion of evolved real-time psychological disorders:intolerance of uncertainty(IU)and cyberchondria(CYC).The study was conducted as a natural experiment in a South Asian developing economy using online *** found that health beliefs—perceived severity(PSV)and perceived susceptibility(PSC)—positively impact perceived arousal(PA),which causes PB,and that PA has a sturdy mediator ***,in the relationship between health beliefs and arousal,the different psychological disorders were found to have significant moderating roles The study findings can help mitigate risk uncertainties and panic situations and thus contribute to consumers’wellbeing.