Distinct threats, common remedies: How consumers cope with psychological threat
Authors:听Han, D.,听Duhachek, A., and聽Rucker, D.D.聽聽
Publication:听Journal of Consumer Psychology
Abstract:
Research has consistently demonstrated that psychological threats to the self have a wide variety of consequences for consumer behavior. The present research introduces a novel perspective to this topic by proposing that psychologically distinct domains of threat have a common underpinning in the coping strategies they evoke. Specifically, this paper presents the argument that distinct domains of threat can be linked to either approach motivations that foster more problem-focused coping or avoidance motivations that foster more emotion-focused coping. Multiple experiments offer systematic support for these propositions. Implications for both the psychological self-threat literature and the coping literature are discussed.聽
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