Jain, Shailendra Pratap; Lindsey, Charles; Agrawal, Nidhi; … - In: Journal of Consumer Research 34 (2007) 1, pp. 57-65
Three experiments examine how prevention-focused and promotion-focused consumers evaluate the comparison brand and what information they anchor on in direct comparative ads framed positively or negatively. Negative (vs. positive) frames lead prevention-focused respondents to exhibit higher...