Research Article

The Effect of Guilt on Post-Purchase Regret: Attitudes and Repurchase Intentions Towards Smoking

Volume: 21 Number: 1 January 30, 2021
  • İpek Kazancoglu
  • Hatice Aydın
  • Atul Mıshra
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The Effect of Guilt on Post-Purchase Regret: Attitudes and Repurchase Intentions Towards Smoking

Abstract

The aim of the study is to analyze the effect of smokers’ guilt on regret and the effect of regret on attitudes and repurchase intention towards tobacco smoking. In addition, it is aimed to determine whether attitudes have a mediating effect on the relationship between regret and repurchase intention towards smoking. Face-to-face survey is conducted to collect data with 429 tobacco smokers in Izmir-Turkey by judgment-sampling method. The findings showed that the post-purchase guilt felt by consumers in terms of health, financial and moral guilt resulted in a feeling of regret. Regret was also found to affect repurchase intention due to the mediating effect of attitudes towards smoking. Another finding also displays that, despite the sample of consumers’ represent negative attitudes, they could still exhibit repurchase behavior towards tobacco smoking. The contribution of this study is to investigate guilt and regret simultaneously, to reveal their effects on attitudes and, repurchasing intention towards smoking within the context of social marketing.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Business Administration

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

İpek Kazancoglu This is me
0000-0001-8251-5451
Türkiye

Hatice Aydın This is me
Türkiye

Atul Mıshra This is me
0000-0002-0433-8880
United Kingdom

Publication Date

January 30, 2021

Submission Date

November 18, 2019

Acceptance Date

October 25, 2020

Published in Issue

Year 2021 Volume: 21 Number: 1

APA
Kazancoglu, İ., Aydın, H., & Mıshra, A. (2021). The Effect of Guilt on Post-Purchase Regret: Attitudes and Repurchase Intentions Towards Smoking. Ege Academic Review, 21(1), 59-79. https://doi.org/10.21121/eab.874032
AMA
1.Kazancoglu İ, Aydın H, Mıshra A. The Effect of Guilt on Post-Purchase Regret: Attitudes and Repurchase Intentions Towards Smoking. ear. 2021;21(1):59-79. doi:10.21121/eab.874032
Chicago
Kazancoglu, İpek, Hatice Aydın, and Atul Mıshra. 2021. “The Effect of Guilt on Post-Purchase Regret: Attitudes and Repurchase Intentions Towards Smoking”. Ege Academic Review 21 (1): 59-79. https://doi.org/10.21121/eab.874032.
EndNote
Kazancoglu İ, Aydın H, Mıshra A (January 1, 2021) The Effect of Guilt on Post-Purchase Regret: Attitudes and Repurchase Intentions Towards Smoking. Ege Academic Review 21 1 59–79.
IEEE
[1]İ. Kazancoglu, H. Aydın, and A. Mıshra, “The Effect of Guilt on Post-Purchase Regret: Attitudes and Repurchase Intentions Towards Smoking”, ear, vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 59–79, Jan. 2021, doi: 10.21121/eab.874032.
ISNAD
Kazancoglu, İpek - Aydın, Hatice - Mıshra, Atul. “The Effect of Guilt on Post-Purchase Regret: Attitudes and Repurchase Intentions Towards Smoking”. Ege Academic Review 21/1 (January 1, 2021): 59-79. https://doi.org/10.21121/eab.874032.
JAMA
1.Kazancoglu İ, Aydın H, Mıshra A. The Effect of Guilt on Post-Purchase Regret: Attitudes and Repurchase Intentions Towards Smoking. ear. 2021;21:59–79.
MLA
Kazancoglu, İpek, et al. “The Effect of Guilt on Post-Purchase Regret: Attitudes and Repurchase Intentions Towards Smoking”. Ege Academic Review, vol. 21, no. 1, Jan. 2021, pp. 59-79, doi:10.21121/eab.874032.
Vancouver
1.İpek Kazancoglu, Hatice Aydın, Atul Mıshra. The Effect of Guilt on Post-Purchase Regret: Attitudes and Repurchase Intentions Towards Smoking. ear. 2021 Jan. 1;21(1):59-7. doi:10.21121/eab.874032

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