Effects of Characters on Parents' Perceptions of Breakfast Cereals
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 1,017
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Purchase intentions
研究概览
简要总结
Purpose: To test how the presence of characters on breakfast cereals affects parents' perceptions and purchase intentions for their children.
Participants: ~1,000 parents of children ages 2-12 Procedures: After completing a screener and reviewing a consent form, participants will complete two unrelated experimental studies. Participants will then move on to this study, where they will be randomized into conditions and view three breakfast cereal box images, with or without characters. They will then be asked a series of questions about their children and their perceptions about the breakfast cereals
详细描述
The use of characters, such as cartoons, is a prolific form of child-oriented marketing and may have particularly persuasive power in children. Parents and caregivers - who make most food purchases for children - are also persuaded by child-oriented marketing practices. The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of characters on parents' perceptions and purchase intentions of a breakfast cereal product.
Setting: This is an online study using Qualtrics. Recruitment: Participants will be recruited by Qualtrics panel company, a survey research firm through which participants are recruited voluntarily.
Informed Consent: Participants will read a written consent document that includes information about the study's purpose, expectations, and possible risks and benefits. Participants will acknowledge that they have read and agreed to the terms by clicking forward.
Randomization: Participants will be randomly assigned to one of two groups: 1.) control (breakfast cereal boxes with no characters) or 2.) characters (breakfast cereal boxes with a brand and at least one licensed character). Participants will view three brands (Frosted Flakes, Apple Jacks, Froot Loops).
Assessment: Using an online platform (Qualtrics), participants will complete an eligibility screener prior to the first experiment. They will then complete two unrelated experimental studies before beginning the current study. Participants will then be randomized into a condition and shown an image of the three cereal brands in random order. After each brand exposure, participants will be asked to respond to a series of questions measuring the following constructs: purchase intentions, perceived healthfulness, and perceived child appeal. After viewing all three brands and answering the aforementioned questions, participants will be queried on their perceptions of their child's perceived food-fussiness. Demographic information, such as age, gender, race/ethnicity, education, and income will be gathered at the end of the study.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Prevention
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Age 18 or older
- •Parent or guardian of at least one child between the ages of 2-12
排除标准
- •<18 years old
- •is not the parent or guardian of a child between the ages of 2-12
结局指标
主要结局
Purchase intentions
时间窗: During ~15 minute online survey
The primary outcome will be purchase intentions, measured using the following item: "How likely would you be to buy this cereal to your \[age\]-year-old child in the next month?" using a 5-point likert-style response scale ranging from "not at all likely" (1) to "extremely likely" (5).
次要结局
- Perceived child appeal(During ~15 minute online survey)
- Perceived healthfulness(During ~15 minute online survey)