Sarial-Abi, G, Vohs, KD, Hamilton, R et al. (1 more author) (2017) Stitching time: Vintage consumption connects the past, present, and future. Journal of Consumer Psychology, 27 (2). pp. 182-194. ISSN 1057-7408
Abstract
We investigated a novel avenue for buffering against threats to meaning frameworks: vintage consumption. Although the appeal of vintage goods, defined as previously owned items from an earlier era, is strong and growing, this paper is among the first to examine the possible psychological ramifications of vintage consumption. Six studies found that vintage items mitigated the typical reactions to meaning threats. Four of these studies also showed that vintage consumption facilitates mental connections among the past, present, and future. As a result, people whose meaning structures had been threatened, for example, by being reminded of their own eventual death, preferred vintage products more than others who had not experienced a meaning threat, and more than similar non‐vintage products. These findings suggest that meaning disruptions stimulate a desire for intertemporal connections, a desire that vintage products—as existing and continuing symbols of bygone eras—seem to satisfy.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | (c) 2017, Society for Consumer Psychology. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: 'Sarial-Abi, G, Vohs, KD, Hamilton, R and Ulqinaku, A (2017). Stitching time: Vintage consumption connects the past, present, and future. Journal of Consumer Psychology, 27 (2). pp. 182-194,' which has been published in final form at [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcps.2016.06.004]. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving. |
Keywords: | Vintage consumption; Meaning threats; Death awareness; Intertemporal connections |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Business (Leeds) > Marketing Division (LUBS) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 07 Jan 2019 15:03 |
Last Modified: | 30 Jan 2019 16:15 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.jcps.2016.06.004 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:140465 |