Meta Syntheses of Compulsive Buying Scales in Different Dimensions

Abstract

Sketch on the theoretical groundwork of obsessive-compulsive buying, this article builds up conceptualization and measure of compulsive buying. Compulsive shopping has been outlined as a consumer's tendency to be preoccupied with shopping for that is unconcealed through repetitive shopping for and an absence of impulse management over buying". The measuring scales contain various dimensions of both compulsive and impulse buying. This article focused on the evolution of compulsive buying measuring scales, discussed the pros and cons of one and other scales, and assessed the general population's applicability.

Country : India

1 Manimegalai D2 Dr. S.Senthilkumar

  1. Research Scholar, College of Management, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kanchipuram, Tamilnadu, India
  2. Professor, College of Management, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kanchipuram, Tamilnadu, India

IRJIET, Volume 6, Issue 6, June 2022 pp. 183-187

doi.org/10.47001/IRJIET/2022.606023

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