J Con Affairs

Introduction

Journal of Consumer Affairs, 57(3)

INTEREST CATEGORY: MARKETING AND SOCIETY
POSTING TYPE: TOCs


W. Keith Bryant in Memoriam
Cathleen D. Zick, Robin Douthitt []

Rhoda Karpatkin in Memoriam
Brenda J. Cude []

Your car is your credit: Using research to curb predatory car title lending
Jean Ann Fox []

Consumer skepticism, advertising regulation, and the internet: Questions worth exploring
Debra Jones Ringold []

RESEARCH ARTICLES

Online but unlawful sales of unapproved and misbranded prescription drugs: Internet pharmacy compliance with Food and Drug Administration warning letters
Yam B. Limbu, Bruce A. Huhmann []

Stockpiling intentions and customer well‐being during the COVID‐19 pandemic
Gurmeet Singh, Neale J. Slack, Shavneet Sharma, Amandeep Dhir []

Vulnerable consumer experiences of (dis)empowerment with consumer protection regulations
Mohammed El Hazzouri, Rowan El-Bialy, Ela Veresiu, Kelley J. Main []

Are data breaches the new norm? Exploring data breach trends, consumer sentiment, and responses to security invasions
Ereni Markos, Priscilla Peña, Lauren I. Labrecque, Kunal Swani []

Reexamining health messages in the political age: The politicization of the COVID‐19 pandemic and its detrimental effects on vaccine hesitancy
Ioannis Kareklas, Devipsita Bhattacharya, Darrel D. Muehling, Victoria Kisekka []

Explaining consumers’ progress through life insurance decision states: The role of personal values and consumer characteristics
Hazel Bateman, Paul Gerrans, Susan Thorp, Yunbo Zeng [Google Scholar]

Post‐traumatic consumption: Does emotion regulation moderate the relationship between military life stressors, mental health outcomes, and compulsive buying?
Cristel A. Russell, Dale W. Russell, Christine Harris []

The psychology of attraction to multi‐level marketing
Lucas J. Dixon, Matthew J. Hornsey, Nicole Hartley, Cassandra M. Chapman, Justin P. Brienza []

Financial socialization and financial distress: The role of cognitive and noncognitive abilities
Haidong Zhao, Lini Zhang, Sophia Anong []

Financial resilience of two‐worker households from a health perspective
Rui Yao, Yilan Xu, Jie Zhang []

Psychological distancing and language intensity in Peer‐to‐Peer lending
Jin Huang, Jun Li, Vania Sena []

How to increase students’ motivation to engage in university initiatives towards environmental sustainability
Israel-Javier Juma-Michilena, Maria-Eugenia Ruiz-Molina, Irene Gil-Saura, Sergio Belda-Miquel [Google Scholar]

To wear or not to wear? The influence of regulatory focus and individual cultural orientation on face mask wearing
Yuan Wen, Shipra Gupta, Merve Coskun []

The effect of severe imagery in advertising on charitable behavior and the moderating role of social closeness
Billy Sung, Felix Septianto, Michelle Stankovic []

Modernizing standards of identity for juice: Evidence from consumer acceptance of orange juice blend
Luqing Yu, Sungeun Yoon, Qianyan Wu, Zhifeng Gao, Stephanie Hricik, Renee Goodrich-Schneider, Charles Sims, Yu Wang []

Consumers’ use of ambiguous product cues: The case of “regionality” claims
Marc Herz, Adamantios Diamantopoulos, Petra Riefler [Google Scholar]

A systematic review of consumer empowerment research trends: Evidence from esteemed consumer studies journals
Jaehye Suk, Xu Li, Hyesun Hwang []

Examining legislation and trends in healthcare pricing: A research agenda for consumer well‐being
Deidre Popovich, Kellilynn M. Frias []

Understanding retail exclusion and promoting an inclusive customer experience at transforming service encounters
Fang-Chi Lu, Jayati Sinha []

Perception versus the reality of financial situation: The role of personality traits in the United States
Olamide Olajide, Sarah Asebedo, Donald Lacombe, Todd Little []