Compromise and Attraction Effects under Prevention and Promotion Motivations

Mehdi Mourali, Ulf Bckenholt and Michel Laroche

Journal of Consumer Research, 2007, vol. 34, issue 2, 234-247

Abstract: This article examines the influence of consumers' motivational orientations on their susceptibilities to context effects. Prevention-focused consumers were found to be more sensitive to the compromise effect and less sensitive to the attraction effect than promotion-focused consumers. In addition, the effects of promotion and prevention motivations were amplified when consumers were asked to justify their choices. Finally, we found that products associated with a prevention concern are more attractive when presented as compromise than asymmetrically dominant options, whereas products associated with a promotion concern are more attractive when presented as asymmetrically dominant options than compromise options. (c) 2007 by JOURNAL OF CONSUMER RESEARCH, Inc..

Date: 2007
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