Understanding students compulsive buying of apparel: an empirical study

Most compulsive buyers tend to be highly interested in fashion as well as their physical appearance and attractiveness. This study aims to investigate the impact of depression, materialism, excessive internet usage on compulsive buying behaviour among university students in buying apparels. A tota...

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Main Authors: Nor Asiah Omar, Che Aniza Che Wel, Syed Shah Alam, Muhamad Azrin Nazri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pusat Pembangunan Mahasiswa dan Perhubungan Alumni, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2015
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10875/
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description Most compulsive buyers tend to be highly interested in fashion as well as their physical appearance and attractiveness. This study aims to investigate the impact of depression, materialism, excessive internet usage on compulsive buying behaviour among university students in buying apparels. A total of 177 questionnaires were collected via convenience sampling from university students located at Klang Valley. It is found that, depression and materialism are having a significant impact to compulsive buying behaviour. These findings will appeal to those interested in consumer behaviour in buying apparel.
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spelling oai:generic.eprints.org:108752017-10-13T00:25:07Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10875/ Understanding students compulsive buying of apparel: an empirical study Nor Asiah Omar, Che Aniza Che Wel, Syed Shah Alam, Muhamad Azrin Nazri, Most compulsive buyers tend to be highly interested in fashion as well as their physical appearance and attractiveness. This study aims to investigate the impact of depression, materialism, excessive internet usage on compulsive buying behaviour among university students in buying apparels. A total of 177 questionnaires were collected via convenience sampling from university students located at Klang Valley. It is found that, depression and materialism are having a significant impact to compulsive buying behaviour. These findings will appeal to those interested in consumer behaviour in buying apparel. Pusat Pembangunan Mahasiswa dan Perhubungan Alumni, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2015 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10875/1/NOR-ASIAH-OMAR.pdf Nor Asiah Omar, and Che Aniza Che Wel, and Syed Shah Alam, and Muhamad Azrin Nazri, (2015) Understanding students compulsive buying of apparel: an empirical study. Jurnal Personalia Pelajar, 18 (2). pp. 107-113. ISSN 0128-2735 http://www.ukm.my/personalia/publication-category/volume-2/
spellingShingle Nor Asiah Omar,
Che Aniza Che Wel,
Syed Shah Alam,
Muhamad Azrin Nazri,
Understanding students compulsive buying of apparel: an empirical study
title Understanding students compulsive buying of apparel: an empirical study
title_full Understanding students compulsive buying of apparel: an empirical study
title_fullStr Understanding students compulsive buying of apparel: an empirical study
title_full_unstemmed Understanding students compulsive buying of apparel: an empirical study
title_short Understanding students compulsive buying of apparel: an empirical study
title_sort understanding students compulsive buying of apparel: an empirical study
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10875/
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