Abstract
This article examines the underlying dimensionality of three aspects of the post-consumption experience—product evaluation, product-elicited affect, and product satisfaction. In addition, the article integrates these concepts through a suggested causal framework. Students evaluated either a high- or a low-involvement product in current use, reported affective responses evoked by it, and assessed their levels of product-derived satisfaction. Analysis shows that two primary dimensions of product evaluation—utilitarian and hedonic judgment—can be viewed as causally antecedent to two dimensions of affect—pleasantness and arousal—and to product satisfaction. Implications of the conceptual framework and empirical findings for the study of consumption events are discussed.
Keywords
Affect (linguistics)PsychologyConsumption (sociology)Product (mathematics)Antecedent (behavioral psychology)FeelingSocial psychologyArousalCognitive psychologyMathematicsCommunicationSociology
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- 1993
- Type
- article
- Volume
- 20
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 451-451
- Citations
- 1950
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Haim Mano,
Richard L. Oliver
(1993).
Assessing the Dimensionality and Structure of the Consumption Experience: Evaluation, Feeling, and Satisfaction.
Journal of Consumer Research
, 20
(3)
, 451-451.
https://doi.org/10.1086/209361
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- 10.1086/209361