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Questionnaire – COVID-19 Pandemic and Antecedents of Impulse Buying

Behavior in the US Citizens

Method · April 2020

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 Questionnaire
COVID-19 Pandemic and Antecedents of Impulse Buying Behavior in the US Citizens

Items Statement References (Variables)

IBB1 I purchase items without planning as impulse behavior because of scarcity of goods Items of Fear of
complete lockdown
IBB2 I purchase items of utility without planning in a catastrophic periods were adapted from
(Crabble, 2020; Addo
IBB3 The Covid-19 phenomenon is the biggest reason of impulse buying et al., 2020; Rajan,
2020)
FCL1 I will prefer to purchase essential utilities before complete lockdown Items of Fear of
FCL2 I purchase essential & non-essential items due to the news of complete lockdown complete lockdown
FCL3 COVID-19 has a fear factor and I rushed towards the plenty of essential & non were adapted from
essential items due to the fear of lockdown (Crabble, 2020; Addo
et al., 2020; Rajan,
2020)
PB1 I rushed for buying because of panic news spread by the peers, neighbors, &
relatives Items of Peers buying
PB2 I was more involved in impulse purchases by seeing the plenty of buying of peers were modified from
everyday Rajan, 2020; Zafar et
PB3 The peers buying has a significant impact on my daily grocery & other essential & al., 2019; De Veirman
non-essential purchases et al., 2017)

SES1 The scarcity of essential items in shelves pushed me towards the impulse purchase Scarcity of essential
SES2 The scarcity of shelves has created a fear to purchase plenty of items products in shelves
SES3 I involve more in purchases of essential & non-essential goods by watching the from (Addo et al.,
empty shelves 2020; Allon&
Bassamboo, 2011)
LSE1 The limited supply of grocery and other essential items forced me to buy more & Items of Limited
more goods supply of essential
LSE2 The shortages of supplies worried me, and I stocked items goods were modified
LSE3 The limited supply of essential & non-essential goods motivate me to buy plenty of from (Addo et al.,
items and stock them 2020; Zhang et al.,
2019)
PNB1 I leaned the COVID-19 was spreading then I rush to purchase grocery and other Items of Panic buying
essential items were adapted from
PNB2 The panic buying of customers turn me towards the same attitude and I also buy in (Addo et al., 2020;
the same manner Rajan, 2020; Zafar et
PNB3 I was quite dominated by the panic buying and stocked plenty of essential & non- al., 2019; Bergel &
essential items during COVID-19 phenomenon Brock, 2019)
USC1 The stimulus checks I received an unexpected money that further push me towards Items of US Stimulus
more purchases checks were modified
USC2 The most of the money of stimulus checks was used in essential items from (Addo et al.,
USC3 I used stimulus checks in buying for both essential and non-essential items 2020; Rajan, 2020)
FA1 The fear of contiguous coronavirus pushed me to buy and stock items Items of Fear appeal
FA2 The fear of shortages of items, and lockdown pushed me to buy plenty of essential were adapted from
items during COVID-19 Limaye et al., 2020;
FA3 The fear appeal due to the COVID-19 pushed me towards buying essential & non- Zhang et al., 2019
essential items
SMFN1 During COVID-19 phenomenon I have relied more on social media information Items of social media
SMFN2 The social media news provided both misinformation and information during fake news were
COVID-19 adapted from (Limaye
 et al., 2020; Zhang et
SMFN3 The social media fake news has an influential impact that pushed me towards more al., 2019)
impulse buying of essential & non-essential items

COV1 COVID-19 is a deadly contiguous virus that change the lives of every individual Items of COVID-19
COVID-19 phenomenon has a significant impact that changes the daily purchase were adapted from
COV2
behavior of consumers (Matteo et al., 2020;
COV3 Liu et al., 2019; Addo
COVID-19 was a factor that created fear, and ultimately responsible for the every
et al., 2020)
incidence related for surviving an individual

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