Psychology & Marketing

Papers
(The median citation count of Psychology & Marketing is 4. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)
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The tip of the tongue: Language‐based chronic social exclusion and tipping as a refocusing strategy187
Bayesian inference and consumer behavioral theory146
How Invoking Science in the Production Process of Geographical Indication Products Impacts Consumer's Perceived Authenticity and Product Valuation136
Seeking variety on the move: The effect of residential mobility on variety seeking127
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To touch or not to touch: Examining the role of choice set size126
Consumer guilt proneness scale—Assessing individual differences in responses to transgressive consumption situations121
I personally like it: Preference for minority endorsement in the early stage of the consumer decision journey117
Adbusting: How advertising altered by activists affects brands116
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Correction to “Empowered by Representation: How Plus‐Size Models Create Brand Evangelists”102
Merits matter: A new perspective on multifaceted pride and its effects on conspicuous consumption102
Anthropomorphic Sad Expressions Reduce Waste of “Single” Imperfect Food100
Darker Logos Are Seen as For‐Profits and Lighter Logos as Nonprofits100
The impact of childhood environments on the sunk‐cost fallacy99
Managing Consumer Satisfaction Amid Sustainability Policy‐Induced Service Failures: The Role of Replacement Quality and Communication Strategies96
Charitable Triad Theory: How donors, beneficiaries, and fundraisers influence charitable giving94
The impact of service robots on consumer response: Examining the roles of consumers' service expertise and technology expertise93
How power increases preference for experiential purchases but not for material purchases92
Gamification's role in fostering user engagement with healthy food‐based digital content89
Investigating the effectiveness of virtual influencers in prosocial marketing87
Is it risky to subscribe? Perceived control and subscription choice86
Mega‐influencers and brand dynamics: Shaping attitudes toward leading and challenger brands through electronic word of mouth83
Against the Green Schema: How Gen‐AI Negatively Impacts Green Influencer Posts82
The impact of financial scarcity on green consumption: Sequential mediating effects of anxiety and self‐efficacy81
The effect of anthropomorphized technology failure on the desire to connect with others81
Mental Capacity and Decision Making: Where to From Here?73
Virtual is so real! Consumers' evaluation of product packaging in virtual reality73
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The influence of companies' moral associations on the product consumption experience: The role of moral disgust69
Framing the Future: How AI's Creation Versus Generation Visuals Affects Consumer Willingness to Pay67
Beyond the Post: How Profile Picture Changes Shape Consumer Perceptions of Brand Activism66
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Implicit Ethical Consumerism: Development and Cross‐Cultural Validation of a Novel Affect‐Misattribution Measure66
The self on display: The impact of self‐objectification on luxury consumption66
How brand gender affects consumer preference for sweet food: The role of the association between gender and taste66
Dynamic Evolution and Transformative Trends in the Consumer Market: A Technology Paradox Perspective64
Of happy larks and unhappy owls: Why morning versus evening types feel different levels of happiness from experiential versus material purchases64
Bragging About Valuable Resources? The Dual Effect of Companies’ AI and Human Self‐Promotion62
Is this really me? Investigating brand personality self‐congruity on consumer behavior in video‐based social media61
Empathy at the heart of customer experience: A holistic framework for understanding and enhancing consumer empathy through the lens of customer experience61
Algorithm fashion designer? ascribed mind and perceived design expertise of AI versus human59
NFT luxury brand marketing in the metaverse: Leveraging blockchain‐certified NFTs to drive consumer behavior59
A systematic review on political ideology and persuasion57
Embracing Hedonism While Being Young: The Effects of Compulsive Buying, Compulsive Hoarding, and Spendthriftness55
Temporary or permanent social media post? The impact of product type55
Prevalent elements of consumer wellbeing in wearable technology use: An interdisciplinary systematic review and future research agenda54
Marketing analytics: The bridge between customer psychology and marketing decision‐making53
I, chatbot! the impact of anthropomorphism and gaze direction on willingness to disclose personal information and behavioral intentions53
Understanding crowding perceptions and their impact on place experience: Insights from a mixed‐methods study53
The role of a smile in customer–employee interactions: Primitive emotional contagion and its boundary conditions52
You designed that yourself for me? Vicarious pride in customized gift exchange52
This article is… Consumer reactions to unfinished teasers for digital content50
Nutrition labeling, numerosity effects, and vigilance among diet‐sensitive individuals50
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Beyond Possessions: Nomadic Living Sparks Minimalism Tendency and Preference for Experiential Purchases43
The role of social projection in consumers' commonness fallacy42
The more the better? The negative effect of disseminators' donations in online donation42
Sustaining the Shift: Mechanisms of Practice Continuation in Meat Analogue Consumption40
No App, No Entry: Conceptualizing Digital Technology Captivity in Service Access39
Driving User Engagement: A Mixed‐Method Marketing Approach for Digital Mental Health Intervention39
Key factors influencing knowledge acquisition through game‐based learning38
Beyond humans: Consumer reluctance to adopt zoonotic artificial intelligence38
Optimizing Monetization Strategies for Generative AI Firms: Implications for Search Engagement38
Reconceptualizing the desire‐intention relationship in the Model of Goal Directed Behavior37
The AI Agent in the Room: Rethinking Consumer Decision‐Making in the Age of Autonomous AI37
Two days before Friday versus 2 days from today: How future (vs. present) anchors in deadlines increase goal achievement36
Embodiment, immersion, and enjoyment in virtual reality marketing experiences36
How Promoting Access‐Based Consumption Provokes Overconsumption34
They forgot me! The exclusionary effects among complaining consumers when others receive a response34
Looking a Gift Horse in the Mouth: The Dark Side of Uncertain Price Promotions34
Overcoming the blockchain technology credibility gap34
Smart speakers and customer experience in service contexts34
Distant or Proximal? The Impact of Temporal Cues in Historical Lowest Price Claims on Consumer Purchase Behavior32
Narrative Positioning of a Fake Human: The Credibility of Virtual Influencers in Their Communication Styles32
Strike while the iron is hot: Temperature affects consumers' appetite for risk32
Typology and impact of follower responses to social media influencer “promotional crisis”31
Comparing Who We Are to Who We Could Be: How Future Self‐Images Influence Consumer Choices31
Set that record straight! Cardinal line orientations in music album artwork boost market performance and music consumption31
Branding with music: How can music contour and tonality enhance perceived brand innovativeness and brand evaluations?31
Conceptualizing sustainable consumption priming: A scoping review31
The pain of payment: A review and research agenda31
Beyond the Shores of Reality: The Effect of Virtual Influencers on Luxury Perception and Its Downstream Consequence31
Built by Love: Romantic Relationship Motives and Do‐It‐Yourself Product Consumption31
Bridging Theory and Practice: Effective Messaging Strategies for AI Health Technology Adoption30
“Alexa, lock my front door”: An empirical study on factors affecting consumer's satisfaction with VCA‐controlled security devices30
Image‐Left, Text‐Right: The Horizontal Sequence Effect of Images and Text on Consumer Responses to in‐Feed News30
Designing Voice Assistants as Chameleons: The Effect of Verbal Mimicry by Voice Assistants on Users' Exploration Intention29
My money—My problem: How fear‐of‐missing‐out appeals can hinder sustainable investment decisions29
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Hearing what you pay improves transaction satisfaction? Unveiling the dual process influence of auditory feedback29
Managing Pharmaceutical Promotion Mix in the Rise of Social Media28
Retailing in the Face of Uncertainty: How Consumers' Hope and Fear Shape Channel Choice28
Authenticity Perceptions of Informational and Transformational Advertising: Decoding the Role of Construal Level Mindset28
Into the virtual worlds: conceptualizing the consumer‐avatar journey in virtual environments27
A Rater‐Reader Inconsistency: Underjudging the Influence of Price in Consumer Ratings27
Designing the digitalized guest experience: A comprehensive framework and research agenda27
Stop and smell the roses: How and when busyness impacts consumers' preference for minimalist advertisements27
When Does Anxiety Increase Attempts to Spend Time and Money Efficiently?26
Erroneous consumer evaluations in the marketplace: How consumer evaluations are biased by raw performance scores26
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Overcoming the Challenge of “Green Enough”: Exploring the Dark Side of Incremental Green Options26
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Human Vs Machine: How Does Production Mode Influence Consumers' Perception of Price Unfairness?25
The impact of visual perspectives in advertisements on access‐based products25
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Paying less as a signal of competence25
Developing a Scale to Measure Need‐to‐Tell Personality Trait to Predict Consumers' Willingness to Provide Online Reviews25
You Can Do It! or Can We? Personal Pronouns and Their Impact on Consumer Goal Pursuit25
More Than Just a Game: How Intrinsic Motivation and Artificial Intelligence‐Enhanced Trading Shape Consumer Well‐Being in Virtual Markets24
The influence of deviant advertisements on customer responses: The role of cultural tightness in emerging and developed economies24
The conceptualization of enablers and constraints of in‐store buying as part of the affordances flow funnel process through scan and go apps24
Red Bull Gives You Wings at Work: How Context Transforms Metaphors Into Reality24
How and when Narcissism and faith in humanity drive sustainable consumption24
How Second Screens Shape Consumer Experiences: The Role of Social Connection on Repeat Viewing24
Countering Social Information: Low Identity Integration Leads to Nonconformity in Consumption Choices24
Fostering trust and overcoming psychological resistance towards cryptocurrencies and cryptoassets23
The role of demand‐based scarcity appeals in promoting cultured meat23
From ugly to attractive: Leveraging anthropomorphism to increase demand for irregular‐appearing produce23
How loneliness affects consumers' reluctance to let go of used possessions23
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On the Transformative Nature of Luxury Consumption and Consumer Well‐Being: A Systematic Literature Review and Research Agenda23
Lonely human and dominant robot: Similarity versus complementary attraction22
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State boredom increases consumers' gift‐giving intentions in entertainment live‐streaming: A moderated dual‐mediation model22
Inside the Quiet Luxury Mindset: How Do Self‐Related Orientations Influence Inconspicuous Luxury Consumption?22
Psychology of space tourism marketing, technology, and sustainable development: From a literature review to an integrative framework22
Using large language models to generate silicon samples in consumer and marketing research: Challenges, opportunities, and guidelines21
Friendship stings: Jealousy behind a close friend's extraordinary experiences21
The bittersweet of consumer–human brand relationships in the social media context21
The length of brand names influences the expectation of healthiness in foods and preference for healthy foods21
Digital Cognition in Predictive Marketing Personalization: A Conceptual Framework21
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First come, first served versus the draw: Perceived fairness in the new product purchase competition20
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Tap or Swipe: How Interactive Touch Gestures Matter in Digital Advertising?20
Leveling the Playing Field… in Private: The Interplay of Malicious Envy and Anonymity in Online Revenge20
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Activation or Rigidity: The Dual‐Channel Mechanism of Responsibility on Consumer Citizenship Behavior Beneficial to Community Members19
Brand placements in video games: How local in‐game experiences influence brand attitudes19
Identification as a Sword in the War for Talent: Understanding Organizational Identification Through a Prospective Employee Lens19
To be precise (imprecise) in utilitarian (hedonic) contexts: Examining the influence of numerical precision on consumer reactions to artificial intelligence‐based recommendations19
Disidentification: The Long‐Term Effects of Offensive‐Discriminatory Advertising19
Brand Consumption Denial: Conceptualization, Scale Development, and Validation19
I want to remember: Preference for visual intensity in sentimental purchases18
Is Darker More Effective? The Effect of Package Color Lightness on Consumer Judgment of Product Efficacy18
Transparency Matters: Psychological Ownership and Trust as Mediators of Explainable Artificial Intelligence Effectiveness18
Self‐Comparing With Virtual Influencers: Effects on Followers' Wellbeing18
Deciphering consumer commitment: Exploring the dual influence of self‐brand and self‐group relationships18
Revisiting power messaging in service failures: Pitfalls and proposed solutions18
The Dark Side of Social Media Influencers: A Research Agenda for Analysing Deceptive Practices and Regulatory Challenges18
Men engage in self‐deceptive enhancement, whereas women engage in impression management18
The regulatory fit effect on consumer preferences for price discounts and bonus packs18
Rating with the senses: How sensory encounters are reflected on online review ratings?17
The effects of pseudo‐relevant 100% claims17
GenAI Use Behavior and Post‐Failure Perceptions Among People With Functional Disabilities: A Multimethod Study17
Customers' political ideology and Self‐Service Technologies: Do political leanings predict usage of Self‐Service Technologies?17
A story to sell: The influence of storytelling on consumers' purchasing behavior17
Gag Gifting: The Joke and the Poke17
“A Contribution Shared Is a Contribution Halved”: The Influence of Tie Strength‐Based Disclosure Strategy on Potential Donors' Donation Amounts17
An integrative review of the decoy effect on choice behavior17
More the merrier!! Understanding the effect of available content choices over willingness to pay for over‐the‐top subscriptions17
Fluency and the perceived ethicality of corporate social (ir)responsibility17
Can Brand Activism Benefit Luxury Brands?16
Asking your phone or a frontline employee? The influence of in‐store information source on choice overload, responsibility, and confidence among young consumers16
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Behavioral Drivers in Circular Product Purchases: The Divide Between Corporate Buyers and Final Consumers16
More Than Saying “It's AI”: How Role Disclosure Transparency in AI‐Generated Ads Influences Persuasion16
Avatars' Phygital Social Presence in the Metaverse: An Engaged Theory Perspective16
It is a match! The effect of regulatory fit on new products recommendations16
Externalizing the Mental Struggle: How Anthropomorphism Enhances Health Engagement via Emotional Detachment and Self‐Efficacy16
Human in the Loop, or Perceived Oversight? The Psychological Inference That Drives AI Credibility16
The semiotics of emojis in advertising: An integrated quantitative and qualitative examination of emotional versus functional ad dynamics16
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Does Inconsistency Between Influencer‐Generated and User‐Generated Content Hurt Brands? The Role of Perceived Content Credibility15
How Downsizing a Typical Product at a Stable Unit Price Recalibrates Price Perceptions: A Contrast–Assimilation Account of Perceived Category and New‐Product Expensiveness15
Research online and purchase offline: The disruptive impact of consumers' online information on offline sales interaction15
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Resolving the complexity in Gen Z's envy occurrence: A cross‐cultural perspective15
Can AI Models Be Used to Generate High‐Quality Pictorial Stimuli for Consumer Behavior Change Interventions?15
When reality backfires: Product evaluation context and the effectiveness of augmented reality in e‐commerce15
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Metaphysical deterrents to providers’ participation in the sharing economy: The role of peer‐to‐peer contagion15
When Will I Be Reciprocated? Temporal Frame Shapes Consumer Responses to Cause‐Related Marketing15
Dual Pathways of Loneliness in the Marketplace: Emotional Attachment, Empowerment, and Evaluations of Brand Warmth and Brand Competence15
Sounds Sweet: Sound Reduplication in Brand Names Enhances Sweet Taste Expectations14
Consumer‐brand identification and happiness in experiential consumption14
Meme marketing: How can marketers drive better engagement using viral memes?14
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Just Walk Out Stores—The Future of Shopping? Examining Configurations of Reasons for and Against Consumer Adoption14
The power of flattery: Enhancing prosocial behavior through virtual influencers14
Understanding Social Comparison Dynamics on Social Media: A Qualitative Examination of Individual and Platform Characteristics14
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Aversion to Human Intervention: Why Food in Complex Packaging Design Is Perceived as Less Healthy14
What Makes People so Prone to Share Celebrity Gossip? A Combination of Less Guilt and More Excitement14
The association between consumers' chronic concerns about infectious disease and anthropomorphism14
Every Dog has Its Day: How Top‐Dog Versus Underdog Brand Positioning Affects Unethical Consumer Behavior14
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Consumer‐Perceived Responsible Innovation: Scale Development and Its Influence on Adoption and Anticonsumption14
Advancing Antecedents of Brand Personality: A Meta‐Analytical Review and Moderator Analysis13
A meta‐analysis on the psychological and behavioral consequences of nostalgia: The moderating roles of nostalgia activators, culture, and individual characteristics13
First Response Matters: The Impact of First Public Response to Social Media Complaints on Observers' Brand Attitude13
Self‐Conscious Emotions in Technology Adoption: How Embarrassment and Shame Shape Consumer Responses to New Technologies13
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When Food Scanner Apps Outperform Front‐of‐Pack Nutrition Labels: A Conditional Process Model to Foster Healthier Food Choices in Times of Growing Distrust13
Extra Coupons and Unexpected Loss: The Effect of Unstackable Coupons on Consumer Purchases and Satisfaction13
The Phenomenon of Creepiness in a Digital Marketing World13
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Relating the dark side of new‐age technologies and customer technostress13
Fix‐Me or Grow‐Me? Implicit Mindsets Shape Educational Product Preferences13
What is driving consumer resistance to crypto‐payment? A multianalytical investigation13
Value through diversity: A systematic literature review to understand diversity and inclusion in consumer research13
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Correction to “Hedonic objects and utilitarian experiences: The overriding influence of hedonism in driving consumer happiness”12
More than just your name: Public donations drive inferences of egoistic and altruistic motives12
Psychological Mechanisms Behind the Influence of Immersive Technologies on Consumer Well‐Being12
Key Factors that Influence Consumer Preferences for Natural‐Hyped Products12
How Downward Financial Comparison Motivates Self‐Improvement Gifting12
Social media engagement and real‐time marketing: Using net‐effects and set‐theoretic approaches to understand audience and content‐related effects12
Exploring gift gaps: A meta‐analysis of giver–recipient asymmetries12
Perceived air pollution reduces consumers' self‐disclosure: The role of tense arousal12
An examination of frontline employee–customer incidental similarities in service failure and recovery contexts12
Extracting informational cues between initial coin offering projects and the public12
How to make vertical farming more attractive: Effects of vegetable growing conditions on consumer assessment12
Pricey therefore good? Price affects expectations, but not quality perceptions and liking12
Online group buying behavior: A study of experiential versus material purchases12
Perceived unfairness increases desire for unique products: The role of need for social status12
Consumer hate and boycott communications of socially irresponsible fashion brands: Applying complexity theory in psychology and marketing research12
The impact of fear on the effectiveness of customer empowerment‐messages in online retailing12
The heart, brain, and body of marketing: Complementary roles of neurophysiological measures in tracking emotions, memory, and ad effectiveness12
Power from words: The influence of brand activism message framing on consumer purchase intention12
Being unconventional: The impact of unconventional packaging messages on impulsive purchases12
Seeing Bigger: How Product‐Background Color Contrast Shapes Perception of Product Size12
From Capability to Care: Sense‐Breaking, Sense‐Giving, and Strategic Flexibility as Drivers of Ethical, Autonomy‐Preserving AI Personalization11
The proximal self: Why material objects are particularly relevant for consumers' self‐definition11
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Fifty years of deceptive marketing research: A systematic review and future research agenda11
How do username and avatar affect people's engagement with native advertising on social media: From the self‐disclosure perspective11
Contours of Trust: The Power of Shape in Sustainability Labels11
Artificial intelligence in marketing: A meta‐analytic review11
The Impact of Sensory Verbs in Online Reviews on Helpfulness Perception and Purchase Intention: The Mediating Role of Narrative Processing11
Social dynamics of luxury customization: The unique impact of name personalization11
Perceptions of Dehumanized Impoverished Consumers11
Experience Therapy: How Service Experiences Regulate Everyday Negative Affect11
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