Research Article

A Psycho-Marketing Study: Using the Dark Triad Personality Test to Profile the Consumers and Predict the Consumer Behavior

Volume: 4 Number: 2 December 22, 2020
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A Psycho-Marketing Study: Using the Dark Triad Personality Test to Profile the Consumers and Predict the Consumer Behavior

Abstract

Detailed psychographic determinations in deepening marketing research gain importance in both theory and practice. Based on this thought, in this study, it was examined whether personality tests able to profile the consumers as an independent variable. For that purpose, one-way ANOVA analysis was applied between the Dark Triad Personality Test and the Consumer Styles Inventory. The findings show that the most important three factors are habitual consumer, indecision and perfectionism for the Machiavellian personalities; careless consumer, confused by over-choice and fashion consciousness for psychopath personalities; perfectionism, habitual consumer and price consciousness for narcissist personalities. As a result, The Dark Triad Personality test meaningfully profiled the Consumer Styles Inventory and examinations were completed in both theoretical and practical perspectives. Practical examinations were completed in the effectiveness of marketing strategies. Theoretical examinations were completed in the base of personality tests in marketing research.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Business Administration

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

December 22, 2020

Submission Date

November 11, 2020

Acceptance Date

November 27, 2020

Published in Issue

Year 2020 Volume: 4 Number: 2

APA
Karabıyık, H. Ç., & Başaran Algöz, S. (2020). A Psycho-Marketing Study: Using the Dark Triad Personality Test to Profile the Consumers and Predict the Consumer Behavior. Pazarlama İçgörüsü Üzerine Çalışmalar, 4(2), 66-73. https://izlik.org/JA62KH95EE
AMA
1.Karabıyık HÇ, Başaran Algöz S. A Psycho-Marketing Study: Using the Dark Triad Personality Test to Profile the Consumers and Predict the Consumer Behavior. SOMI. 2020;4(2):66-73. https://izlik.org/JA62KH95EE
Chicago
Karabıyık, Hüseyin Çağatay, and Selda Başaran Algöz. 2020. “A Psycho-Marketing Study: Using the Dark Triad Personality Test to Profile the Consumers and Predict the Consumer Behavior”. Pazarlama İçgörüsü Üzerine Çalışmalar 4 (2): 66-73. https://izlik.org/JA62KH95EE.
EndNote
Karabıyık HÇ, Başaran Algöz S (December 1, 2020) A Psycho-Marketing Study: Using the Dark Triad Personality Test to Profile the Consumers and Predict the Consumer Behavior. Pazarlama İçgörüsü Üzerine Çalışmalar 4 2 66–73.
IEEE
[1]H. Ç. Karabıyık and S. Başaran Algöz, “A Psycho-Marketing Study: Using the Dark Triad Personality Test to Profile the Consumers and Predict the Consumer Behavior”, SOMI, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 66–73, Dec. 2020, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA62KH95EE
ISNAD
Karabıyık, Hüseyin Çağatay - Başaran Algöz, Selda. “A Psycho-Marketing Study: Using the Dark Triad Personality Test to Profile the Consumers and Predict the Consumer Behavior”. Pazarlama İçgörüsü Üzerine Çalışmalar 4/2 (December 1, 2020): 66-73. https://izlik.org/JA62KH95EE.
JAMA
1.Karabıyık HÇ, Başaran Algöz S. A Psycho-Marketing Study: Using the Dark Triad Personality Test to Profile the Consumers and Predict the Consumer Behavior. SOMI. 2020;4:66–73.
MLA
Karabıyık, Hüseyin Çağatay, and Selda Başaran Algöz. “A Psycho-Marketing Study: Using the Dark Triad Personality Test to Profile the Consumers and Predict the Consumer Behavior”. Pazarlama İçgörüsü Üzerine Çalışmalar, vol. 4, no. 2, Dec. 2020, pp. 66-73, https://izlik.org/JA62KH95EE.
Vancouver
1.Hüseyin Çağatay Karabıyık, Selda Başaran Algöz. A Psycho-Marketing Study: Using the Dark Triad Personality Test to Profile the Consumers and Predict the Consumer Behavior. SOMI [Internet]. 2020 Dec. 1;4(2):66-73. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA62KH95EE