2018 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Rebuilding consumer sentiment indicators to fit consumer society to come
Project/Area Number |
15K00732
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
Section | 一般 |
Research Field |
Home economics/Human life
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Research Institution | Atomi University |
Principal Investigator |
SANO Michiko 跡見学園女子大学, 観光コミュニティ学部, 教授 (90295949)
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Research Collaborator |
MATSUMOTO akiko
YAJIMA takeshi
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Project Period (FY) |
2015-04-01 – 2019-03-31
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Keywords | 消費者態度 / 消費者心理指標 / 消費態度モデル / 消費予測 / 消費意欲 / 構造方程式モデリング / パネルデータ分析 / グラウンデッド・セオリー・アプローチ |
Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This study examines the working hypothesis which is that the usefulness of the current consumer attitude model is declining. Based on the current attitude model, consumer sentiment indices such as Consumer Confidence Index by the Japanese Cabinet Office are constructed. The study aims to reconstruct the model so as to fit the consumer society to come. The current model was developed during the economic growth period. According to my advance research, this model does not fully explain the consumption behavior of Post-Growth Generation, who gained buying experiences after the fall of economic growth. The working hypothesis was tested using the panel survey data. In addition, interviews of consumers were done to explore what "plenitude" means for them and what is their aspiration for their living. The hypothesis drawn from the interviews were tested in the questionnaire and the psychological factors that are considered effective in the new model have been clarified.
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Free Research Field |
消費者行動研究
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Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
本研究は、消費環境が大きく変化する中で、消費者が考える豊かさ、手に入れたいと考える消費生活の内容が変化していることを背景に、消費態度の捉え方自体を再考した。さらに、消費行動に影響を与える消費意欲と消費能力、それぞれの効果の時系列変化について年齢層別に分析することで、世代変化の影響について示唆することができた。マクロ消費を予測するという経済学分野での貢献とともに、消費社会の変容を実証するという社会学分野でも意義ある研究だと考える。
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