- Describes the situation where a person’s regulatory focus and how they plan to achieve goals align and will yield the best consumer responses 
- If the strategy that the advertisements prescribes matches what people would typically pursue, then they are more likely to respond positively 

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- People with a promotion focus are more likely to buy and try new products than people with prevention focus 
- Promotion focus most closely aligns with people who buy things from a hedonic perspective (purchases that bring satisfaction)
- Extraversion and openness associated with promotion focus
- Prevention focus explains purchases based on utilitarian needs (necessary products bought for the functions they perform)
- Conscientiousness and neuroticism associated with prevention focus 

Regulatory focus theory (RFT) and the Big-Five Personality Framework

Dodoo, N. A., & Padovano, C. M. (2020). Personality-based engagement: An examination of personality and message factors on consumer responses to social media advertisements. Journal of Promotion Management, 26(4), 481-503.

Personality-based engagement: An examination of personality and message factors on consumer responses to social media advertisements

- Used to observe how personality traits impact the effectiveness of personalized advertising 
- Extraversion – “sociable, assertive, ambitious, and dominant” 
- Conscientiousness – “dependability, organization, self-discipline, and persistence”
- Agreeableness – “likeability, trustworthiness, and cooperation”
- Neuroticism – “personal insecurity, anxiousness, depression, and proclivity to stress”
 - Openness – “one’s tendency to be unconventional, curious, imaginative, and intelligent

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