ArticleCurrent psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.)2022
Chinese public's panic buying at the beginning of COVID-19 outbreak: The contribution of perceived risk, social media use, and connection with close others.
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- Living with Chronic Kidney Disease and Kidney Transplantation During COVID-19: A Study of Psychological and Behavioral Impacts.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Study on the influencing factors and intervention strategies of public panic buying during public health emergencies.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Social media heterogeneity and preventive behaviours during the COVID-19 outbreak: a survey on online shopping.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Consumers' purchase intention of wild freshwater fish during the COVID-19 pandemic.Agribusiness (New York, N.Y.) · 2022Article
- Association between fear of COVID-19 and hoarding behavior during the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic: The mediating role of mental health status.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Analyzing Risk Communication, Trust, Risk Perception, Negative Emotions, and Behavioral Coping Strategies During the COVID-19 Pandemic in China Using a Structural Equation Model.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- The Impact of Government Social Media Information Quality on Public Panic During the Infodemic.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Panic Buying: Modeling What Drives it and How it Deteriorates Emotional Well-being.Family and consumer sciences research journal · 2021Article
- Buying to Cope With Scarcity During Public Emergencies: A Serial Mediation Model Based on Cognition-Affect Theory.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
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Abstract
Panic buying is a globally witnessed behavior during the outbreak of COVID-19. This consumer behavior is related to many undesirable consequences, ranging from disrupting economic stability to hindering timely provision of supplies to those in dire need. As such, to understand the causes and underlying mechanisms of panic buying is crucial. Based on terror management theory, this study examined the contribution of perceived risk, social media use, and connection with close others to panic buying. Data were collected through an online survey from 972 Chinese citizens (65.9% female,
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