COVID-19 Induced Changes in Consumer Behavior

Effectiveness of Dialectical Behavior Therapy in Worry, Anxiety, and Intolerance of Uncertainty in Women with COVID-19-induced Anxiety

Introduction: Since the COVID-19 epidemic, numerous studies have shown an increase in mental health problems. According to the findings, women are more likely than men to be concerned about the spread of the disease. This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of dialectical behavior therapy in worry, anxiety, and intolerance of uncertainty in women with COVID-19-induced anxiety. Material...

A World of Changes: The Inheritance of COVID-19

How Information Changes Consumer Behavior and How Consumer Behavior Determines Corporate Strategy

Information availability has increased consumers’ informedness, the degree to which they know what is available in the marketplace, with precisely which attributes and at precisely what price. This informedness has altered the demand side of market behavior: customers now discount more heavily when comparable products are available from competitors and when products do not meet their wants, nee...

Predicting the Use of Masks in the COVID-19 Based on the Systems Thinking, Personal - Social Responsibility, Moral Obligations and Individualism: An Approach of Consumer Behavior Theory

Since the release of COVID-19 epidemic in late December 2020, recommendations issued for personal protection by the World Health Organization and National Health Organizations around the world. The most prominent of which has the use of masks to prevent the spread of the virus. Despite the importance of this solution, many people still resist using the mask. Therefore, this study, by emphasizin...

Predator Effects on an Assemblage of Consumers through Induced Changes in Consumer Foraging Behavior

This investigation examines how a predator-induced reduction in activity of a prey species (a ‘‘nonlethal’’ predator effect) affects the growth rate of the prey and, indirectly, the growth rate of competitors of the prey. We further determine how the magnitudes of these effects depend on density of the prey species. We develop a foraging model that predicts a predator will reduce the growth of ...