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ArticlePsychology research and behavior management2021

The Impact of Social Crowding on Consumers' Online Mobile Shopping: Evidence from Behavior and ERPs.

Danfeng Cai, Lian Zhu, Wuke Zhang, Hao Ding, Ailian Wang, Yao Lu, Jia Jin

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Article in Psychology research and behavior management, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Danfeng Cai *College of Science & Technology, Ningbo University, Ningbo, People's Republic of China.
Lian Zhu *School of Journalism and Communication, Shanghai International Studies University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
Wuke ZhangAcademy of Neuroeconomics and Neuromanagement at Ningbo University, Ningbo, People's Republic of China.
Hao DingAcademy of Neuroeconomics and Neuromanagement at Ningbo University, Ningbo, People's Republic of China.
Ailian WangLaboratory of Applied Brain and Cognitive Sciences, School of Business and Management, Shanghai International Studies University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
Yao LuCollege of Science & Technology, Ningbo University, Ningbo, People's Republic of China.
Jia JinLaboratory of Applied Brain and Cognitive Sciences, School of Business and Management, Shanghai International Studies University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0001-6006-3933

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purposeSocial crowding refers to the extent of social presence and proximity to others. A large number of studies have explored the effect of social crowding on consumers' feelings and behaviours in real shopping scenes, whereas few studies have examined the potential marketing effect of social crowding on online mobile consumption behaviour despite mobile commerce's increasing popularity in recent years. The current intends to explore the effect of social crowding on online mobile purchase and its underlying neural basis.

methodsThe current study employed a questionnaire survey and an implicit panic buying experiment, in which the participants were asked to press the button as soon as possible to buy the showed product. A 2-level social crowding (low vs high) × 2-level feedback of panic buying (success vs fail) design was employed to test the negative impact of social crowding on consumers' online mobile purchase intention by using electroencephalogram (EEG) recordings.

resultsBehaviorally, participants showed higher purchase intention in low social crowding environment compared with the high crowding condition. The event-related potentials (ERPs) results indicated that consumers had a higher affective/motivational evaluation (reflected in a smaller feedback-related negativity (FRN) amplitude) regarding the successful rather than the failing feedback in the low social crowding condition. However, this difference was not detected in the high social crowding condition. Meanwhile, more attentional resources (reflected in a greater P300 amplitude) were directed toward processing the feedback outcomes in the low rather than the high social crowding condition.

conclusionThe current study provided neurophysiological response that social crowding negatively influences consumers' online purchase intention. Some implications for theory and practice were also discussed.

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ERPFRNonline purchase intentionP300social crowding

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