Do consumers behavior different on the Internet from other marketing channels? This study investigates impulse buying behaviors in both traditional store and online shopping contexts. The results show that impulsive buying tendency and involvement with clothing products is positively associated with impulse buying behavior of clothing in traditional store shopping, but not online. For computer ...

To explore the psychological and behavioral characteristics of severe internet addicts. Methods: 30 severe internet game addicts (aged from 16~25 years) and 43 non-addicts participated in the investigation. Measures included Internet Addiction Scale, Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ), Social Support Questionnaire, Life Purpose Scale and Sensation Seeking Scale. Results: Internet addicts g...

BACKGROUND One of the clinically relevant problems of Internet use is the phenomenon of Internet addiction. Considering the fact that there is ample evidence for the relationship between attachment style and substance abuse, it stands to reason that attachment theory can also make an important contribution to the understanding of the pathogenesis of Internet addiction. OBJECTIVE The aim of th...

background: the internet addiction, also described as pathological internet use (piu), is conceptualized by an individual's in­ability to control his or her use of the internet, which eventually causes marked distress and/or functional impairment. the aim of the present study was to investigate the prevalence of the piu among adolescence, in relation to different internet ac­tivities, and to ex...

Six factors with 42 elements were identified to examine the influences of demographic variables and attitudes towards the acceptance of internet banking in Malaysia using a Likert scale questionnaire. Results revealed that all elements for each factor are significant, except for design factors; whilst convenience and securities were the most important attributes influencing the inclination to a...

The present study was conducted to investigate whether forced-choice questions would lead to any particular tendency in young children’s responses. Two experiments were conducted in which 3to 5-year-olds children were shown a short animation and then were asked a set of two-option, forced-choice questions. Consistent findings were obtained: (i) Forced-choice questions influenced children’s resp...

conclusions this internet infidelity questionnaire is a valid and reliable tool to assess the betrayed partner of internet infidelity. this questionnaire can justify 65.89 percent of common variance. results exploratory factor analysis was conducted on obtained data, resulting in a persian internet infidelity questionnaire with 43 items as well as three main factors. background today the intern...

the variety of issues posed by the internet today cannot be easily neglected by jurists and politicians. these are problems that the international community has no other way but to find appropriate solutions to. the first and most important issue faced in relation to the internet, is the problem of internet governance. the internet is currently managed by the icann, an american company and the ...