Table 1.
Definitions.
Fig 1.
Proposed model of factors influencing over-purchasing during a crisis.
Variables measured in the present study in italics.
Fig 2.
Distribution of over-purchasing in the UK and ROI during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Total scores on a 9-item scale with a minimum score of 9 and a maximum score of 45. Note: individual items were scored 1 ‘not at all’; 2 ‘very slightly’; 3 ‘moderately’; 4 ‘to a considerable degree’; and 5 ‘very considerably’. Hence, mean item scores of < 2 and mean total scores of < 18 imply little or no over-purchasing.
Table 2.
Descriptive statistics for panic buying items from Ireland and UK.
Mean item scores of < 2 imply little or no over-purchasing.
Table 3.
Correlations and standardised regression coefficients for model of predictors of hoarding latent variable.