ArticlePloS one2021
Purchasing under threat: Changes in shopping patterns during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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- Reducing Panic Buying During Crisis Lockdowns: A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Theory-Based Online Intervention.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Association of tobacco purchasing behaviors with tobacco use by user groups during the COVID-19 pandemic: A mixed methods analysis.PloS one · 2024Article
- Anticipated scarcity and stockpiling during the COVID-19 pandemic: The role of perceived threat, childhood SES and materialism.PloS one · 2024Article
- Understanding individual psychological and behavioral responses during COVID-19: Application of stimulus-organism-response model.Telematics and informatics · 2023Article
- Negative valence systems: sustained threat and the predatory imminence continuum.Emerging topics in life sciences · 2022Review
- Determinants of the decision to build up excessive food stocks in the COVID-19 crisis.Appetite · 2022Article
- Adaptation of Threat Responses Within the Negative Valence Framework.Frontiers in systems neuroscience · 2022Article
- RETRACTED: Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on consumer behavioural intention to purchase green products.PloS one · 2022Article
- Association of Lifestyle Changes Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic with Nutrient Intake and Physical Activity Levels during Pregnancy in Japan.Nutrients · 2021Article
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Abstract
The spreading of COVID-19 has led to panic buying all over the world. In this study, we applied an animal model framework to elucidate changes in human purchasing behavior under COVID-19 pandemic conditions. Purchasing behavior and potential predictors were assessed in an online questionnaire format (N = 813). Multiple regression analyses were used to evaluate the role of individually Perceived Threat of COVID-19, anxiety related personality traits (trait-anxiety, intolerance of uncertainty) and the role of media exposure in predicting quantity and frequency of purchasing behavior. High levels of Perceived Threat of COVID-19 were associated significantly with a reported reduction in purchasing frequency (b = -.24, p < .001) and an increase in the quantity of products bought per purchase (b = .22, p < .001). These results are comparable to observed changes in foraging behavior in rodents under threat conditions. Higher levels of intolerance of uncertainty (b = .19, p < .001) and high extend of media exposure (b = .27, p < .001) were positively associated with Perceived Threat of COVID-19 and an increase in purchasing quantity. This study contributes to our understanding of aberrated human purchasing behavior and aims to link findings from animal research to human behavior beyond experimental investigations.
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