The effect of control priming on irresponsible financial behavior

Mohammed Hazzouri () and Kelley J. Main ()
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Mohammed Hazzouri: Mount Royal University
Kelley J. Main: University of Manitoba

Marketing Letters, 2018, vol. 29, issue 2, No 7, 207-223

Abstract: Abstract Debt has reached staggering levels among North Americans. Unfortunately, there is deficiency of research that investigates effective means of helping consumers control their debt. We examine how control priming changes consumers’ irresponsible financial behavior. We show that control priming reduces credit card spending and intentions to take credit card risk. We also demonstrate that consumers who score high on self-esteem are more likely to benefit from control priming while those who score low on self-esteem show a backlash effect.

Keywords: Control priming; Self-efficacy; Self-esteem; Credit card debt; Financial risk; Attributional retraining (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1007/s11002-018-9457-6

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