Abstract
Consumption is a phenomenon that goes beyond the necessity. Consumers may exhibit hedonic,
utilitarian or conspicuous consumption behaviors in their purchases. In this study, it is aimed to
investigate hedonic, utilitarian and conspicuous consumption behaviors of consumers. 416
participants were reached by applying online survey and face-to-face survey with easy sampling
method. In the study, frequency analysis, descriptive statistics, normality test, reliability analysis,
factor analysis, T-test, Anova test and correlation analysis were performed. As a result of the
analysis, a significant difference was found between adventure and pleasure exchange, role
exchange, idea and social exchange and gender, which is one of the sub-dimensions of hedonic
consumption. There was no difference in the utilitarian consumption and conspicuous
consumption behaviors of the participants according to gender. No significant relationship was
found between the planned shopping, which is the sub-dimension of utilitarian consumption and
adventure and pleasure exchange, which is one of the sub-dimensions of hedonic consumption,
and social and intellectual exchange. It can be said that singles are more involved in the shopping
and adventure dimension of shopping. In addition, it was found that utilitarian consumption
behaviors in shopping did not differ according to marital status.