Reducing Panic Buying During Crisis Lockdowns: A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Theory-Based Online Intervention.

ABSTRACT: COVID-19 lockdown announcements triggered global waves of panic buying, leading to widespread panic buying of essential goods and supply chain disruptions. Although the acute phase of the pandemic has passed, panic buying continues to emerge during natural disasters, extreme weather events, and other crisis-related disruptions, highlighting the ongoing need for evidence-based strategies to address its psychological drivers. Social cognition constructs, including willingness, intentions, attitudes, subjective norms, and risk perceptions, have been identified as modifiable psychological predictors of panic buying. However, few studies have experimentally tested theory-driven interventions aimed at modifying these mechanisms. This study evaluated the effectiveness of a brief, online intervent

SUBMITTER: Rune KT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12837318 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature