It uses the fouritem
scale of Viswanathan et al. (2000) that measures intergenerational
communication preferences for brands, stores, and
styles. In this study, participants indicate to what extent they
intentionally imitate the buying behaviors of a celebrity they
name as someone they admire, including buying the same
brands as the other person purchases, shopping in the same
stores, sharing the same style in fashion, and dressing up in the
same colors. The reliability (Cronbach’s a) of this scale is 0.96.