Coping

A Multidimensional, Hierarchical Framework of Responses to Stressful Consumption Episodes

Bibliographic Data

ID7842494
AuthorsAdam Duhachek (Indiana University, corresponding author)
Year2005
Volume32
Issue1
Pages41-53
Publication date2005-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Consumer Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0093-5301 • E-ISSN: 1537-5277
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1086/426612
OpenAlexW2146542842
LanguageEN
Citations received66
References cited35

This research explores a phenomenon that pervades many realms of consumer behavior-the various ways that consumers cope with stress and negative emotions. In study 1, I generate and test a multidimensional scale to measure the coping construct, revealing a more diverse set of strategies than accounted for in the consumer literature on coping. I test competing theories about the hierarchical structure of the coping construct. Study 2 validates these findings and begins to establish theoretical links between the coping dimensions and their antecedent relationships with discrete emotions. In contrast to extant research linking emotions and coping, which has only investigated main effect hypotheses, I conceptualize and find empirical evidence for a model in which emotions interact with appraisals jointly to enact coping strategies. This research contributes to the emerging consumer coping literature by enriching existing theoretical conceptualizations of consumer coping processes and by validating a scale that should prove useful in consumer research. (c) 2005 by JOURNAL OF CONSUMER RESEARCH, Inc

Cognitive psychology · Coping (psychology) · Epistemology · Extant taxon · Phenomenon · Clinical Psychology · Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification · Cultural Differences and Values · Emotions and Moral Behavior · Psychology · Social Psychology

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