Dark Triad Traits and Panic Buying

S. Yousaf, Muhammad Zubair Tauni and B. Khan
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S. Yousaf: UoS - University of Sharjah
Muhammad Zubair Tauni: Métis Lab EM Normandie - EM Normandie - École de Management de Normandie = EM Normandie Business School
B. Khan: BZU - Bahauddin Zakariya University

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Abstract: This study investigated possible connections between Paulus and Williams's (2002) dark triad traits and panic buying during the pandemic. The studies coincided with the Phase 2 lockdown enforced as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in Pakistan. In the first study, consumers scoring higher on a narcissism measure reported less panic buying, whereas people scoring higher on measures of Machiavellianism and psychopathy reported more panic buying under pandemic-induced scarcity conditions. Study two explored the potential mediating influence of psychological vulnerability to account for the disparate relationships between the dark triad traits and pandemic-fueled panic buying. Study 2 found support for the role of psychological vulnerability in mediating this set of relations. © 2022 Elsevier Ltd

Keywords: consumers' psychological vulnerability; COVID-19; Dark triad; Pakistan; Panic buying (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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Published in Personality and Individual Differences, 2022, 197, ⟨10.1016/j.paid.2022.111771⟩

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DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2022.111771

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