On the causes and consequences of hedonic adaptation

Pérez-Truglia, Ricardo

doi:10.1016/j.joep.2012.08.004

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“…the evidence of a lower volatility in well-being and a quick return to a baseline level of happiness following a significantly bad life event (Graham & Oswald, 2010; Perez-Truglia, 2012; Rayo & Becker, 2007). This recent surge of interest among economists is fuelled by the releases of new longitudinal evidence of people adapting quickly and completely in terms of mental well-being and life satisfaction to negative life shocks, including adaptation to unemployment, disability, and bereavement (Clark, Diener, Georgellis, & Lucas, 2008; Frijters, Johnston, & Shields, 2011; Oswald & Powdthavee, 2008), as well as by the potential implications of how people adapt to bad shocks in life have in public policy and welfare evaluation (Frederick & Loewenstein, 1999; Layard, 2006; Loewenstein & Ubel, 2008).…”

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What childhood characteristics predict psychological resilience to economic shocks in adulthood?

Powdthavee

2014

Journal of Economic Psychology

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This paper investigates whether people’s psychological resilience to one of the most important economic shocks – job loss – can be predicted using early childhood characteristics. Using a longitudinal data that tracked almost 3000 children into adulthood, we showed that the negative effect of unemployment on mental well-being and life satisfaction is significantly larger for workers who, as adolescents, had a relatively poor father-child relationship. Maternal unemployment, on the other hand, is a good predictor of how individuals react psychologically to future unemployment. Although the results should be viewed as illustrative and more research is needed, the current article provides new longitudinal evidence that psychological resilience to job loss may be determined early on in the life cycle.

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What childhood characteristics predict psychological resilience to economic shocks in adulthood?

Powdthavee

2014

Journal of Economic Psychology

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“…Notably, the longer consumers waited for their next procedure, the more they descended to their original negative emotional state. The implied correlation between projected body image and mental health highlights the critical need for a systemised policy that safeguards consumers from over-consuming elective procedures when confronted with negative emotions from hedonic adaptation (Perez-Truglia, 2012).…”

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Exploring the emotions and decision-making of consumers for elective healthcare and hedonic adaptation

Quintal,

Sood,

Phau

2024

IJPHM

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Purpose The paper aims to empirically test a framework to predict the desire and intention to engage with an elective health-care procedure and implement a methodology to test the anticipated positive and negative emotions in hedonic adaptation to an elective procedure. Design/methodology/approach Two studies in USA and Australia (N = 1,200) confirmed the psychometric properties of the key constructs under the chemical peel condition. Two further studies in the USA and Australia (N = 1,100) explored the research question and hypotheses in the adapted model of goal-directed behaviour under the Botox condition. A survey was self-administered to online panels who had previously engaged in such elective procedures. Findings The findings highlighted the pragmatic implications for communication and activation strategies to safeguard consumer interests and retain their loyalty. Originality/value From the authors’ best understanding, neither a methodology nor a theoretical framework exists to explore hedonic adaptation to recurring engagement with elective health care. A methodology and theoretical framework will highlight the mood states and factors that predict desire and intention to engage. This can advance the research on hedonic adaptation and decision-making and offer pragmatic suggestions for communication and activation strategies to safeguard consumer interests and retain their loyalty.

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“…These hedonic qualities give customers high returns of happiness, which nevertheless gradually decrease over time, as this type of purchase tends to be primarily impulsive (e.g. Chugani and Irwin, 2020; Perez-Truglia, 2012). To avoid this, marketers should conduct communication campaigns that invigorate the hedonic happiness of their products or services through differentiation, added value, continuous innovation or excellence (Ravina-Ripoll et al ., 2021; Li and Atkinson, 2020).…”

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Purchase intention of fashion brand retailers: a journey through consumer engagement and happiness

Gutiérrez-Rodríguez,

Cuesta-Valiño,

Ravina-Ripoll

et al. 2023

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PurposeThe objective of this paper is to define a structural equation model (SEM) that examines how fashion consumers' expectations of consumer brand engagement (CBE) influence purchase intention, both directly and through consumer happiness as a mediator. For this purpose, the authors will develop the components of CBE and consumer happiness variables, whose relevance in the literature has increased considerably.Design/methodology/approachFor this purpose, a cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out by means of a survey developed on the basis of the scales found in the literature, with a sample of 1,296 consumers representative of the Spanish population. The method used to test the hypotheses was partial least squares SEM.FindingsThe results of this research indicate that both CBE and consumer happiness positively influence the purchase intention of fashion brands. In turn, the importance of the dimensions of the antecedent variables can be established.Research limitations/implicationsThe current research does not allow a longitudinal analysis of the consumption of fashion retailers. The findings of this scientific study provide a wealth of theoretical and practical information for managers to develop management models based on the sensory enjoyment of their consumers.Originality/valueOne of the novelties of this study is that it considers the consumer happiness variable and its dimensions in a consumer behavior model together with CBE.

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On the causes and consequences of hedonic adaptation

Cited by 17 publications

References 42 publications

What childhood characteristics predict psychological resilience to economic shocks in adulthood?

What childhood characteristics predict psychological resilience to economic shocks in adulthood?

Exploring the emotions and decision-making of consumers for elective healthcare and hedonic adaptation

Purchase intention of fashion brand retailers: a journey through consumer engagement and happiness

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