Table 4

Scale summary

Scale itemsFactor loadingCronbach’s alphaComposite reliability
Shopping enjoyment Sproles and Kendall, 1986) 0.950.95
1. Shopping is one of my favourite activities0.90  
2. Shopping is a way I like to spend leisure time1  
Pre-purchase planning (Gauri et al., 2008) 0.770.80
1. I prepare a shopping list before going grocery shopping0.73  
2. I know what products I am going to buy before going to the supermarket
3. I am a well-organized grocery shopper
4. Before going to the supermarket, I plan my purchases based on the specials available that week		0.78
0.88
0.44		  
Urge to purchase (Beatty and Ferrell, 1998) 0.970.97
1. I experienced a number of sudden urges to buy things I had not planned to purchase on this trip0.99  
2. On this trip I saw a number of things I wanted to buy even thought they were not on my shopping list0.99  
3. I experienced no strong urge to make unplanned purchases on this trip0.88  
Positive affect (Watson et al., 1988) 0.960.98
1. I felt excited on this shopping trip0.99  
2. I felt enthusiastic while shopping today0.99  
3. I felt happy during the shopping trip0.94  
Negative affect (Watson et al., 1988) 0.970.98
1. I felt bored on this shopping trip0.89  
2. I felt lethargic while shopping today1  
3. I felt upset during the shopping trip0.99  
Impulse buying tendency (Weun et al., 1998) 0.860.87
1. I avoid buying things that are not on my shopping list
2. When I go shopping, I buy things I had not intended to purchase		0.65
0.87		  
3. I am a person who makes unplanned purchases
4. When I see something that really interests me, I buy it without considering the consequences		0.90
0.83		  
5. It is fun to buy spontaneously

Time available (Beatty and Ferrell, 1998)
1. I have limited time available to me for this particular shopping tripr
2. I am not rushed for time on this shopping trip
3. The amount of time pressure I feel on this shopping trip is highr

Money available (Beatty and Ferrell, 1998)
1. I do not feel I can afford to make any unplanned purchases on this tripr
2. I am on a tight budget while on this shopping tripr
3. I feel that I have enough extra money on this shopping trip so that I can splurge a little if I find something I really like		0.50


0.94
0.95
0.98


0.86
0.88
0.89

0.97




0.90

0.97




0.91

Note:

r = reversed item

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