本研究旨在以「消費者尷尬場合」以及「慈善廣告框架」做為干擾變數,探討其對於不同「自我建構」的消費者的捐款意願之影響。本研究以心理學實驗法探討消費者自我建構、消費者尷尬場合以及慈善廣告框架之間的交互作用。本研究結果發現:(1)當在公開場合購買尷尬產品後,相依我的消費者會比獨立我的消費者有較高的捐款意願;但當在私人場合購買尷尬產品後,獨立我的的消費者會比相依我的消費者有較高的捐款意願;(2)當慈善廣告為正面框架時,獨立我的的消費者會比相依我的消費者有較高的捐款意願;但當慈善廣告為負面框架時,相依我的消費者會比獨立我的消費者有較高的捐款意願;(3)當在公開場合購買尷尬產品後,無論慈善廣告為正面還是負面框架,相依我跟獨立我的消費者的捐款意願沒有顯著差異;相反的,當在私下場合購買尷尬產品後,而慈善廣告為正面框架時,獨立我的的消費者會比相依我的消費者有較高的捐款意願;但當在私下場合購買尷尬產品後,而慈善廣告為負面框架時,相依我跟獨立我的消費者的捐款意願沒有顯著差異。
This study examines the moderating roles of the context of consumer embarrassment and charitable advertisement framing in the intentions of individuals with independent or interdependent self-construal to donate. The results revealed that after experiencing consumer embarrassment in the public context, interdependent self-construal individuals are likely to engender higher intentions to donate than independent self-construal individuals; in contrast, under the private consumer embarrassment context, independent self-construal individuals are likely to engender higher intentions to donate than those who are with interdependent self-construal. Moreover, when the charitable advertisement is gain-framed, independent self-construal individuals are likely to engender higher intentions to donate than those who are interdependent self-construal; in contrast, when the charitable advertisement is loss-framed, interdependent self-construal individuals are likely to engender higher intentions to donate than independent self-construal individuals. Furthermore, after experiencing consumer embarrassment in the public context and when the charitable advertisement is gain-framed, independent self-construal individuals are likely to engender no differential intentions to donate over interdependent self-construal individuals; in contrast, after experiencing consumer embarrassment in the public context and when the charitable advertisement is loss-framed, interdependent self-construal individuals are likely to engender higher intentions to donate than independent self-construal individuals. Lastly, after experiencing consumer embarrassment in the private context and when the charitable advertisement is gain-framed, independent self-construal individuals are likely to engender higher intentions to donate than interdependent self-construal individuals; in contrast, after experiencing consumer embarrassment in the private context and when the charitable advertisement is loss-framed, independent self-construal individuals are likely to engender no differential intentions to donate over interdependent self-construal individuals.