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Psychological antecedents to customized apparel purchases

Sukyung Seo (Bryan School of Business and Economics, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA)
Chunmin Lang (Department of Textiles, Apparel Design and Merchandising, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA)

Journal of Fashion Marketing and Management

ISSN: 1361-2026

Article publication date: 8 November 2018

Issue publication date: 28 February 2019

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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to determine the influences of consumers’ internal-oriented psychological factors (i.e. self- promotion, need for uniqueness, self-expression and self-monitoring) and external-oriented psychological properties (i.e. social identity and other-directedness) on the perception of customization and the sense of extended-self; further to identify whether the perception of customization and the sense of extended-self lead to purchase intention toward customized apparel products.

Design/methodology/approach

Data were collected through an online survey among college students in the USA, generating a valid sample size of 338 participants. Factor analysis and Structural Equation Modeling were utilized to test proposed hypotheses.

Findings

The results indicated that need for uniqueness and self-monitoring were significantly related to consumers’ perception of customization and the sense of extended-self, whereas impacts of self-expression and other-directedness were not significant. Furthermore, the results also confirmed that consumers’ perception of customization and the sense of extended-self were positively associated with purchase intention of customized apparel products.

Originality/value

This study investigates consumers’ psychological features that influence consumers’ buying intention of customized apparel products, which is the first attempt. The study results are insightful and beneficial for marketers to construct target consumer segmentation under different cultural and social settings.

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Citation

Seo, S. and Lang, C. (2019), "Psychological antecedents to customized apparel purchases", Journal of Fashion Marketing and Management, Vol. 23 No. 1, pp. 66-81. https://doi.org/10.1108/JFMM-10-2018-0128

Publisher

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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