When is sociality congruent with self‐care?
探讨社交行为何时促进或阻碍消费者自身福祉，以及消费者为何接受或放弃不涉及社交的自我关怀，并提出了三个关键影响因素：对他人偏好的关注、资源规模和时间动态。
Abstract Kumar and Epley (2023) argue that people underinvest in spending time, effort, and money on other people, and that consumers' own well‐being would improve from increased “sociality.” We pose two questions to enhance understanding of the relationship between sociality and efforts to benefit one's own well‐being: (1) when will other‐oriented consumption promote versus hinder consumers' own well‐being, and (2) what leads consumers to embrace versus forego efforts to improve their well‐being (i.e., self‐care) that does not involve sociality? We propose that the degree to which the consumer is concerned about incorporating others' preferences, the magnitude of resources involved, and the temporal dynamics of consumption will be relevant factors in addressing these two questions. Future research to explore the proposed three factors and other factors will be important for consumers who seek to improve their well‐being as well as marketers who seek to promote it.