Journal of Consumer Affairs

2012 - 2025

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Volume 56, issue 4, 2022

Marketing's contribution to consumer welfare: A research agenda pp. 1423-1432

David W. Stewart

Childhood experience of parental affection and financial well‐being in later life: Evidence from the Health and Retirement Study pp. 1433-1453

Tae‐Young Pak and Lu Fan

The role of response efficacy and risk aversion in promoting compliance during crisis pp. 1454-1474

Veronica L. Thomas, Hooman Mirahmad and Grace Kemper

Non‐drinking 101: How non‐drinkers navigate the drinking culture on a college campus pp. 1475-1495

Joyce M. Wolburg

Consumer animosity and perceived cultural distance: Toward mutual well‐being for refugees and host countries pp. 1496-1524

Beatriz DeQuero‐Navarro, Karine Aoun Barakat, Clifford J. Shultz, Rafael A. Araque‐Padilla and María Jose Montero‐Simó

The effect of natural disasters on household economic hardship during a pandemic pp. 1525-1560

HanNa Lim, Su Hyun Shin and Hyunjung Ji

(Un)conditional consumer protections in high‐cost lending regulation: Impacts on local lending geographies pp. 1561-1596

Megan Doherty Bea and K. Bley

“Generally, I live a lie”: Transgender consumer experiences and responses to symbolic violence pp. 1597-1616

Sophie Duncan‐Shepherd and Kathy Hamilton

Factors associated with the financial strain of transgender and gender diverse college students pp. 1617-1637

Kenneth J. White, Kim Love, Megan McCoy, Miranda Reiter, Desiree M. Seponski, Janet Koposko and Erica Regan

Effective finance to increase financial well‐being for low‐income families: Empirical examination and policy implications pp. 1638-1657

Jin Huang, Michael Sherraden, Margaret S. Sherraden and Lissa Johnson

Pushing or clicking the grocery cart? Health and economic concerns during the COVID‐19 pandemic pp. 1658-1682

Yilan Xu, Wookjae Heo, Diane Elizabeth Kiss, Soo Hyun Cho and Michael S. Gutter

Building financial capability among low‐income older Asian immigrants: The roles of financial access and locus of control pp. 1683-1704

Yunju Nam, Margaret S. Sherraden, Eun Jeong Lee and Jin Huang

Repeat use of short‐term credit: The case of deposit advance products pp. 1705-1726

Alycia Chin and Charles J. Romeo

Volume 56, issue 3, 2022

Editorial: Special issue of the Journal of Consumer Affairs from the 2021 conference on transformative consumer research pp. 1025-1027

David Mick and Rick Netemeyer

Stronger together: Developing research partnerships with social impact organizations pp. 1028-1045

Melissa G. Bublitz, Laura A. Peracchio, Brennan Davis, Jennifer Edson Escalas, Jonathan Hansen, Elizabeth G. Miller, Beth Vallen and Tiffany B. White

Effects of perceived scarcity on COVID‐19 consumer stimulus spending: The roles of ontological insecurity and mutability in predicting prosocial outcomes pp. 1046-1061

R. Bret Leary, Rhiannon MacDonnell Mesler, Bonnie Simpson, Matthew D. Meng and William Montford

The platformed money ecosystem: Digital financial platforms, datafication, and reimagining financial well‐being pp. 1062-1078

Akon E. Ekpo, Jenna Drenten, Pia A. Albinsson, Sophia Anong, Samuelson Appau, Lagnajita Chatterjee, Charlene A. Dadzie, Margaret Echelbarger, Adrienne Muldrow, Spencer M. Ross, Shelle Santana and Michelle F. Weinberger

The new world of philanthropy: How changing financial behavior, public policies, and COVID‐19 affect nonprofit fundraising and marketing pp. 1079-1105

Eric Van Steenburg, Nwamaka A. Anaza, Ahmed Ashhar, Andres Barrios, Ashley R. Deutsch, Meryl P. Gardner, Preeti Priya, Abhijit Roy, Anu Sivaraman and Kimberly A. Taylor

Sharenting in an evolving digital world: Increasing online connection and consumer vulnerability pp. 1106-1126

L. Lin Ong, Alexa K. Fox, Laurel Aynne Cook, Claire Bessant, Pingping Gan, Mariea Grubbs Hoy, Emma Nottingham, Beatriz Pereira and Stacey Barell Steinberg

The role of wisdom in navigating social media paradoxes: Implications for consumers, firms, and public policy pp. 1127-1147

Abigail B. Schneider, Sunaina Chugani, Tavleen Kaur, Jason Stornelli, Michael G. Luchs, Marat Bakpayev, Tessa Garcia‐Collart, Bridget Leonard, Lydia Ottlewski and Laura Pricer

The role of social psychological factors in vulnerability to financial hardship pp. 1148-1177

Dee Warmath, Genevieve Elizabeth O'Connor, Nancy Wong and Casey Newmeyer

Taming complex problems using the problem‐solution‐impact research process model pp. 1178-1219

Jane Machin, Natalie Ross Adkins, Christina Chan‐Park, Elizabeth Crosby, Justine Rapp Farrell and Ann M. Mirabito

Digital exchange compromises: Teetering priorities of consumers and organizations at the iron triangle pp. 1220-1243

Monica C. LaBarge, Kristen L. Walker, Courtney Nations Azzari, Maureen Bourassa, Jesse Catlin, Stacey Finkelstein, Alexei Gloukhovtsev, James Leonhardt, Kelly Martin, Maria Rejowicz‐Quaid and Mehrnoosh Reshadi

Vaping and dynamic risk construction: Toward a model of adolescent risk‐related schema development pp. 1244-1259

Emily C. Tanner, John F. Tanner, Franklin Velasco Vizcaino and Zhiyong Yang

The paradoxes of smartphone use: Understanding the user experience in today's connected world pp. 1260-1283

Aida Faber, Colleen Bee, Marina Girju, Naz Onel, Anne Marie Rossi, Marina Cozac, Richard J. Lutz, Gia Nardini and Camilla Eunyoung Song

Mindfully aware and open: Mitigating subjective and objective financial vulnerability via mindfulness practices pp. 1284-1311

Julia Bayuk, Hyunjung Crystal Lee, Jooyoung Park, Serkan Saka, Debabrata Talukdar and Jayati Sinha

Social media and mindfulness: From the fear of missing out (FOMO) to the joy of missing out (JOMO) pp. 1312-1331

Steven S. Chan, Michelle Van Solt, Ryan E. Cruz, Matthew Philp, Shalini Bahl, Nuket Serin, Nelson Borges Amaral, Robert Schindler, Abbey Bartosiak, Smriti Kumar and Murad Canbulut

Getting real about consumer poverty: Deep processes for transformative action pp. 1332-1355

Martina Hutton, Canan Corus, Joshua Dorsey, Elizabeth Minton, Caroline Roux, Christopher P. Blocker and Jonathan Z. Zhang

From self‐quantification to self‐objectification? Framework and research agenda on consequences for well‐being pp. 1356-1374

Lane Peterson Fronczek, Martin Mende and Maura L. Scott

Have you found what you are looking for? How values orientations affect pro‐social change after transformative service experiences pp. 1375-1391

Anne Hamby and Justine Rapp Farrell

Deriving happiness through extraordinary or ordinary brand experiences in times of COVID‐19 threat pp. 1392-1419

Jinfeng (Jenny) Jiao, Fang‐Chi Lu and Nuoya Chen

Volume 56, issue 2, 2022

Prosocial responses to global crises: Key influences of religiosity and perceived control pp. 491-511

Elizabeth A. Minton, Cindy X. Wang and Carissa M. Anthony

Reducing information asymmetry and increasing health value co‐creation in a rural healthcare context pp. 512-535

Andrew J. Dahl, James W. Peltier and George R. Milne

Does industry self‐regulation work to protect consumers? An evaluation of the children's food and beverage advertising initiative pp. 536-564

Rosemary J. Avery, Aerin Brown and Alan Mathios

The healing effect of cute elements pp. 565-596

Hsuan‐Yi Chou, Xing‐Yu (Marcos) Chu and Tzu‐Chun Chen

“Our fair trade coffee tastes better”: It might, but under what conditions? pp. 597-612

Stuart C. Carr, Ines Meyer, Mahima Saxena, Christian Seubert, Lisa Hopfgartner, Bimal Arora, Divya Jyoti, Robert Rugimbana, Heather Kempton and Leo Marai

Unhealthy food preferences: A psychological consequence of poverty? pp. 613-639

Dominic Thomas

Consumers' knowledge of cashless payments: Development, validation, and usability of a measurement scale pp. 640-665

Andrzej Cwynar, Beata Świecka, Kamil Filipek and Robert Porzak

Does depletion have a bright side? Self‐regulation exertion heightens creative engagement pp. 666-684

Cony M. Ho, Szu‐Han ( Joanna) Lin and Russell E. Johnson

Effects of art consumption on consumer well‐being pp. 685-702

Donghwy An, Bo‐ram Jeong and Nara Youn

The ethics of nudging: Using moral foundations theory to understand consumers' approval of nudges pp. 703-742

Rafi M. M. I. Chowdhury

Financial self‐efficacy, financial literacy, and gender: A review pp. 743-765

Elise Frølich Furrebøe and Ellen Katrine Nyhus

Income and geographically constrained generosity pp. 766-787

Yujie Zhao and Xinyue Zhou

Insurance literacy among older people in Japan: The role of socio‐economic status pp. 788-805

Yoshihiko Kadoya, Naheed Rabbani and Mostafa Saidur Rahim Khan

Either you control social media or social media controls you: Understanding the impact of self‐control on excessive social media use from the dual‐system perspective pp. 806-848

Kseniia Zahrai, Ekant Veer, Paul William Ballantine, Huibert Peter de Vries and Girish Prayag

Patient susceptibility to over‐trust: The case of off‐label prescribing pp. 849-875

M. Paula Fitzgerald, Farnoush Reshadi and Matthew Sarkees

The effect of subjective well‐being on consumption behavior pp. 876-898

Miha Dominko and Miroslav Verbič

Is music piracy over? Comparing music piracy attitudes and behaviors between young generations pp. 899-924

Karla Borja and Suzanne Dieringer

Evaluation of the association between the flow of firearms and mass shooting deaths pp. 925-937

Chip E. Miller and Andrew Bryant

Measurement error in research on financial literacy: How much error is there and how does it influence effect size estimates? pp. 938-956

Gilles E. Gignac and Elizabeth Ooi

Market segmentation strategies can be used to overcome COVID‐19 vaccine hesitancy and other health crises pp. 957-968

Matthew D. Meng and Mitchell C. Olsen

Mitigating the detrimental effect of skeuomorphism on gambling behavior pp. 969-981

Matthew D. Meng and R. Bret Leary

Bank compliance with national transaction account standards: Evidence from a mid‐western metropolitan area pp. 982-1003

Julie Birkenmaier, Jin Huang and Alana Balu

Financial capability and wellbeing of vulnerable consumers pp. 1004-1018

Jing Jian Xiao and Nilton Porto

Volume 56, issue 1, 2022

Pandemics and consumers' mental well‐being pp. 5-14

Elizabeth A. Minton

Pandemics and consumer well‐being from the Global South pp. 15-27

Arindam Das and Himadri Roy Chaudhuri

Pandemics and consumer well‐being: Provenance and research priorities pp. 28-33

Debasis Pradhan

Identifying consumer segments based on COVID‐19 pandemic perceptions and responses pp. 34-67

Xiaojing Sheng, Seth C. Ketron and Yubing Wan

The coronavirus pandemic: A window of opportunity for sustainable consumption or a time of turning away? pp. 68-96

Alexandra Hüttel and Ingo Balderjahn

From anxiety to control: Mask‐wearing, perceived marketplace influence, and emotional well‐being during the COVID‐19 pandemic pp. 97-119

Abigail B. Schneider and Bridget Leonard

“You can't make me do it!” A model of consumer compliance pp. 120-140

Vijay Payal Bharti, Elizabeth T. Gratz and M. Paula Fitzgerald

Perceived access, fear, and preventative behavior: Key relationships for positive outcomes during the COVID‐19 health crisis pp. 141-157

Richard J. Vann, Emily C. Tanner and Elvira Kizilova

A model of consumer life‐satisfaction amidst the COVID‐19 pandemic: Evidence and policy implications pp. 158-179

Ahmet Ekici and Forrest Watson

The impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on subsistence consumers' well‐being and coping strategies: Insights from India and Bangladesh pp. 180-210

Shobod Deba Nath, Kazi Md. Jamshed and Javed M. Shaikh

Understanding consumer stockpiling: Insights provided during the COVID‐19 pandemic pp. 211-236

Nelson Borges Amaral, Bin Chang and Rachel Burns

Serial coping to anxiety under a pandemic and subsequent regulation of vice food and beverage consumption among young adults pp. 237-256

David A. Jaud and Renaud Lunardo

An analysis of the relationship between risk perceptions and willingness‐to‐pay for commodities during the COVID‐19 pandemic pp. 257-275

Ou Li and Da Qian

Parents' employment, income, and finances before and during the COVID‐19 pandemic pp. 276-291

Selena T. Garrison, Shelli D. Rampold, Katherine Vasquez, Martie Gillen and Lauri M. Baker

How thoughts of death and intrinsic/extrinsic goal orientation affect well‐being during the pandemic pp. 292-318

Fatih Sonmez

Have I saved enough to social distance? The role of household financial preparedness in public health response pp. 319-338

Dee Warmath, Genevieve E. O'Connor, Casey Newmeyer and Nancy Wong

Impacts of Covid‐19 pandemic on consumer behavior in Turkey: A qualitative study pp. 339-358

Aybegüm Güngördü Belbağ

Covid‐19 pandemic and consumer‐employee‐organization wellbeing: A dynamic capability theory approach pp. 359-390

Preeti Nayal, Neeraj Pandey and Justin Paul

Why did (some) consumers buy toilet papers? A cross‐cultural examination of panic buying as a maladaptive coping response to COVID‐19 pp. 391-413

Hyunjoo Im, Naeun Lauren Kim and Ha Kyung Lee

“The greedy I that gives”—The paradox of egocentrism and altruism: Terror management and system justification perspectives on the interrelationship between mortality salience and charitable donations amid the COVID‐19 pandemic pp. 414-448

S. Venus Jin and Ehri Ryu

Web workouts and consumer well‐being: The role of digital‐physical activity during the UK COVID‐19 lockdown pp. 449-464

Sue Cronshaw

The effect of religiosity on customer's response to service failure: Belief‐in‐fate, forgiveness, and emotional wellbeing pp. 465-486

Samer Sarofim, Ahmed Tolba and Morris Kalliny