Editorial: Panic Buying: Human Psychology and Environmental Influence

Frontiers in Public Health

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S. M. Yasir Arafat¹  Sujita Kumar Kar²  Russell Kabir³ 

[1] Department of Psychiatry, Enam Medical College and Hospital;Department of Psychiatry, King George's Medical University;Faculty of Health, School of Allied Health, Medicine, Anglia Ruskin University, United Kingdom

关键词: panic buying;    buying psychology;    consumer psychology;    public health emergency;    environmental stimuli;    crisis;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpubh.2021.694734

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Panic buying (PB) is an emerging Research Topic. During this COVID-19 pandemic, it hasgot attention even though it has been noticed since a long time back during the crises (1,2). Although there are several challenges newer studies have been coming out during thisCOVID-19 pandemic exploring several aspects of PB (1, 2). This Research Topic was aimed tohighlight the different perspectives of panic buying comprehensively as much as possible whichin turn can be used as a reference point for stakeholders. We targeted to discuss its historicalperspectives, psychological explanations, sociological aspects, marketing dimensions, economics,supply chain management, industrial buying behavior, regional distributions and variation, disasterand emergency preparedness, the role of digital and social media, and preventive strategies. To ourbest knowledge, it is the first of its kind to approach organizing the possible thoughts on differentperspectives of panic buying which would be useful for policymakers to prevent as well as managepanic buying incidents in future events if such an emergency arises.

【 授权许可】

CC BY