Year
2020
Season
Spring
Paper Type
Master's Thesis
College
College of Arts and Sciences
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Psychology
NACO controlled Corporate Body
University of North Florida. Department of Psychology
Committee Chairperson
Dr. Paul Fuglestad
Second Advisor
Dr. Christopher Leone
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Department Chair
Dr. Lori Lange
Abstract
Acquisitive self-monitors are motivated by gaining social standing (getting ahead, standing out), whereas protective self-monitors are driven by avoiding social disapproval (getting along, blending in; Wolfe et al., 1986). Extending prior research on these orientations and their associations with consumer attitudes and behaviors, participants in Studies 1a (MTurk; N = 156) and 1b (undergraduates; N = 143) completed the Self-Monitoring Scale (Snyder, 1974) and various consumer scales. In these two studies, regression results revealed support for the hypotheses that protective self-monitoring was related to communal consumerism, socially-conscious consumerism, frugality, and conspicuous consumption, whereas agentic consumerism and self-interested values were related to acquisitive self-monitoring. Study 2 (MTurk; N = 275) used experimental manipulation of advertisements to examine differential ad appeals tailored to protective, acquisitive, and low self-monitoring (bivariate model). Moderation analyses showed protective self-monitoring to be a significant predictor of protective ad preference, whereas no specific ad preferences were found with acquisitive self-monitoring. Overall, results suggest that associations of self-monitoring and consumer behaviors are driven by protective self-monitoring rather than acquisitive self-monitoring. Implications (e.g., market research), limitations (e.g., ad strength, convenience samples), and future directions (e.g., examining multivariate appeals for low self-monitoring) are discussed.
Suggested Citation
Lovaas, Alexis Nicole, "Associations of Protective and Acquisitive Self-monitoring with Consumer Attitudes and Behaviors" (2020). UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations. 951.
https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/etd/951
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