Role of Consumer Minimalism and Psychological Ownership in Consumption Behavior

IF 8.6 2区管理学 Q1 BUSINESS

International Journal of Consumer Studies Pub Date : 2025-04-20 DOI:10.1111/ijcs.70049

Sita Mishra, Madhurima Deb, Vibha Arora, Harvinder Singh

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In recent years, minimalism has become a trend and garnered academics and practitioners' interest. Consumer minimalism encourages mindful consumption and promotes concern for protecting the environment by reducing excessive purchases. Drawing on psychological ownership theory, this paper uses three studies to examine the interplay between consumer minimalism, psychological ownership, the ascription of responsibility towards the environment, and anticipated guilt in the context of furniture rental consumption behavior. Study 1 used Instagram post data to capture the latest trends in furniture rental on Instagram. In contrast, Study 2 (experiment) and Study 3 (survey) examined the mediation and moderation effects between consumer minimalism and rental consumption behavior. This study enriches the scarce literature on alternative consumption models by integrating the theory of psychological ownership with consumer minimalism and examining moderating roles of the ascription of responsibility and anticipated guilt.

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消费者极简主义与心理所有权在消费行为中的作用

近年来，极简主义已经成为一种趋势，并引起了学术界和实践者的兴趣。消费者极简主义鼓励有意识的消费，并通过减少过度消费来促进对保护环境的关注。本文运用心理所有权理论，通过三项研究考察了家具租赁消费行为中消费者极简主义、心理所有权、环境责任归属和预期内疚感之间的相互作用。研究1使用Instagram的帖子数据来捕捉Instagram上家具租赁的最新趋势。研究2（实验）和研究3（调查）考察了消费者极简主义与租赁消费行为之间的中介和调节作用。本研究将心理所有权理论与消费者极简主义相结合，考察了责任归属和预期内疚的调节作用，丰富了替代消费模型的稀缺文献。

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International Journal of Consumer Studies BUSINESS-

CiteScore

13.60

自引率

23.20%

发文量

119

期刊介绍： The International Journal of Consumer Studies is a scholarly platform for consumer research, welcoming academic and research papers across all realms of consumer studies. Our publication showcases articles of global interest, presenting cutting-edge research from around the world.