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The Claim

Post-purchase dissonance significantly mediates the relationship between fear of missing out (FoMO) and order cancellation intention, with impulsive buying acting as a catalyst that transforms FoMO into post-purchase cognitive dissonance.

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The Short Version

The claimed mediation chain from FoMO through post-purchase dissonance to order cancellation intention is not supported as a tested model by any cited peer-reviewed study. While academic research does link FoMO to impulsive buying and impulsive buying to post-purchase cognitive dissonance, no source in the evidence base measures or tests "order cancellation intention" as an outcome. The final link relies on a practitioner blog equating returns with cancellation—a different construct. The claim presents a plausible but unverified synthesis as an established finding.

Caveats

  • No cited peer-reviewed study measures or tests 'order cancellation intention' as an outcome in a FoMO mediation model—the claim's central endpoint is unsupported.
  • The claim stitches together separate findings from different studies into a single causal chain that no individual study has confirmed, committing a composition fallacy.
  • The characterization of impulsive buying as a 'catalyst that transforms FoMO into post-purchase cognitive dissonance' implies a formally tested mechanism that does not appear in the available evidence.

The Receipts

  1. The effect of price discount, FOMO, pay later on impulse buying and cognitive dissonance post-purchase in commerce shopping among the millennial generation - IDEAS/RePEc

    IDEAS/RePEc

  2. DID FEAR OF MISSING OUT TRIGGER PANIC BUYING BEHAVIOR ...

    DergiPark

  3. The effect of event impact on fear of missing out: the chain mediation ...

    PubMed Central

  4. Fear of missing out, social media influencers, and the ... - PMC - NIH

    PubMed Central

  5. How the Fear of Missing Out Drives Consumer Purchase Decisions

    Digital Commons @ FIU

  6. #FOMO: How the Fear of Missing Out Drives Consumer Purchase ...

    Digital Commons @ Georgia Southern

  7. Effect of FOMO and Hedonic Value on Impulsive Buying and Post-Purchase Regret

    Semantic Scholar

  8. View of Scarcity Cues, Payment Convenience, and FOMO: Their Roles in Online Impulsive Buying and Post-Purchase Cognitive Dissonance - EconJournals.com

    EconJournals.com

  9. THE ROLE OF FEAR OF MISSING OUT IN MEDIATING THE EFFECT OF SCARCITY AND HEDONIC SHOPPING VALUE ON IMPULSIVE BUYING Kusna - RJOAS

    RJOAS

  10. Fear of Missing Out (FoMO) and Its Role for Consumer Decision-Making and Post-Decision Outcomes | Sciety

    Sciety

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Filed Under

Fear of Missing OutImpulsive BuyingOrder Cancellation IntentionPost-Purchase Dissonance