Measures the extent to which a consumer engaged in financially undisciplined spending behaviours during a trip, including avoidance of budget monitoring, impulse purchasing, erratic shopping decisions, and greater-than-anticipated expenditure. Higher scores indicate more dysfunctional spending patterns.
Fernbach, P. M., Kan, C., & Lynch, J. G., Jr. (2015). Squeezed: Coping with constraint through efficiency and prioritization. Journal of Consumer Research, 41(5), 1204–1227.
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