Possible Controlling Measures of Panic Buying During COVID-19

Some psychological explanations have been discussed attributing the PB behavior such as the perceived scarcity effect, perceived sense of losing control over the environment, perceived insecurity, social learning, instinctual behavior, infidelity toward the ruling government, and influences of media...

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Published in:	International journal of mental health and addiction Vol. 19; no. 6; pp. 2289 - 2291
Main Authors:	Arafat, S. M. Yasir, Kar, Sujita Kumar, Kabir, Russell
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	New York Springer US 01-12-2021 Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:	Anxiety Behavior Community and Environmental Psychology Coronaviruses COVID-19 Dictionaries Disease transmission Game theory Health Psychology Letter to the Editor Medicine Medicine & Public Health Pandemics Psychiatry Psychology Public Health Rehabilitation Supermarkets Supply chains
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Summary:	Some psychological explanations have been discussed attributing the PB behavior such as the perceived scarcity effect, perceived sense of losing control over the environment, perceived insecurity, social learning, instinctual behavior, infidelity toward the ruling government, and influences of media (Arafat et al. 2020). Media Media plays a significant role in dealing with panic buying as some of the psychological explanations are related to the perception of the general population. [...]in prevention, media could play a vital role. The government or public health authorities can arrange to sell the necessary goods for the people with special needs at lower prices than the existing market price.
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ISSN:	1557-1874 1557-1882
DOI:	10.1007/s11469-020-00320-1