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Coping With Stress In The Age Of Warcraft: A Conceptual Framework For Consumer Escapism

This research explores the phenomenon of consumer escapism within the context of online gaming. While there exist many strategies for coping that involve the consumption of products, escapism through Read More »

Date: 2013
Author: Andrew Kuo
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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The Influence Of Pride Diagnosticity On Self-Control

Pride is a self-conscious emotion shown to generate appraisals of increased self-worth, which can have a diametric influence on self-control efforts. In some instances, pride’s increased self-worth Read More »

Date: 2013
Author: Anthony Salerno, Juliano Laran, Chris A. Janiszewski
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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‘I’ Versus ‘You’: Self-focus As A Mediator Of Emotion Effects On Self-control

Anecdotal evidence has suggested that behavior and consumption are related with the emotion that a person is experiencing. In deed, research on incidental or ambient emotions has discovered the Read More »

Date: 2013
Author: Nitika Garg, Gergana Y. Nenkov
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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Failing To Meet The Standards: How Guilt Triggers Preferences For Unrelated Self-Improvement

Guilt has traditionally been described as a self-conscious emotion stemming from some violation of normatively held standard of behavior (Basil, Ridgeway, and Basil 2006; Heidenreich 1968) and is Read More »

Date: 2013
Author: Thomas Allard, Katherine White
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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The Downstream Consequences Of Incidental Emotions And Preference Inconsistent Information

Consumers are constantly exposed to information, which sometimes conflicts with current preferences. Research has shown that consumers typically resist preference-inconsistent information (e.g., Read More »

Date: 2013
Author: DaHee Han, Nidhi Agrawal, Morgan Poor, Adam Duhachek
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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