Systematics literature review of non-consumption: Forms and dimensions of consumer behavior

The study uses a systematic literature review methodology to analyze the research on non-consumption, systematize it, and define the consumption behaviors associated with this phenomenon. The advantage of this method over the traditional narrative literature review is that it is designed to follow a predefined set of criteria in such a way that it can be reproduced at any time. As it precisely includes the protocol to identify the literature used, it avoids possible researcher errors. The study finds that the drivers of non-consumption include sustainability, food consumption, and voluntary simplicity but are not reduced to these groups. The findings of the review allows to situate non-consumption within the dimensions of sustainable consumption and voluntary simplification.

Keywords: non-consumption, consumer behavior, systematic literature review (SLR), voluntary simplifiers, sustainable consumption