ReviewThe American journal of drug and alcohol abuse2010
Compulsive buying.
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32 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Compulsive features in behavioural addictions: the case of pathological gambling.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2012Pooled it
- Online Shopping Addiction in Association with Depression, Anxiety, and Stress: Exploring Independent and Relative Contributions in a Cross-Sectional Study.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Similarities and Differences in Genetics.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2025Review
- Exploring the Impact of Social Media Sites on Compulsive Shopping Behavior: The Mediating Role of Materialism.Psychology research and behavior management · 2024Article
- Psychometric properties and measurement invariance across gender of the Compulsive Online Shopping Scale (COSS) among Iranians.Addictive behaviors reports · 2023Article
- Exploring the associations between early maladaptive schemas and impulsive and compulsive buying tendencies.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Mediating role of splitting in relation to attachment styles and shopping addiction.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
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- Motherhood and Treatment Outcome in Female Patients with Compulsive Buying-Shopping Disorder.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- An exploratory study of problematic shopping and problematic video gaming in adolescents.PloS one · 2022Article
- Proposed diagnostic criteria for compulsive buying-shopping disorder: A Delphi expert consensus study.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2021Article
- Longitudinal Changes in Gambling, Buying and Materialism in Adolescents: A Population-Based Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- A Biopsychosocial Approach to Understanding Panic Buying: Integrating Neurobiological, Attachment-Based, and Social-Anthropological Perspectives.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Review
- Non-Suicidal Self-Injury and Pathological Buying in Community Adults and Patients with Eating Disorders: Associations with Reactive and Regulative Temperament.Psychologica Belgica · 2020Article
- Problematic shopping and self-injurious behaviors in adolescents.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2020Article
- Brain Imaging and Impulse Control Disorders in Parkinson's Disease.Current neurology and neuroscience reports · 2019Review
- Underlying Mechanism of the Comorbid Presence of Buying Disorder with Gambling Disorder: A Pathways Analysis.Journal of gambling studies · 2019Article
- Compulsive buying and quality of life: An estimate of the monetary cost of compulsive buying among adults in early midlife.Psychiatry research · 2017Article
- The Development and Validation of the Online Shopping Addiction Scale.Frontiers in psychology · 2017Article
- The Role of Self-esteem and Fear of Negative Evaluation in Compulsive Buying.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2017Article
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Abstract
backgroundCompulsive buying is a chronic, repetitive purchasing that becomes a primary response to negative events and feelings, and may include symptoms equivalent to craving and withdrawal.
objectivesThis article describes the addictive characteristics of compulsive buying, the psychiatric comorbidity, and the possibilities of treatment.
methodsUsing PubMed and MedLine search engines, we performed a review of published literature over the period 1990-2010 using the keyword "compulsive buying".
resultsA key feature distinguishing compulsive buyers from normal consumers, collectors, and hoarders is that the former focuses on the buying process itself, rather than the items bought. In this instance, the purchased items are usually never used, but tend to be hidden or thrown away. A recent screening study found that up to 5% of adult Americans appear to be afflicted with this compulsion. Compulsive buying results in adverse consequences, including financial and legal problems, psychological distress (depression, guilt), and interpersonal conflict. The most commonly associated comorbidities are depression and eating disorders. Nothing is known about the neurobiology and genetics of compulsive buying and relatively little about its treatment. Cognitive behavioral therapy has some efficacy, but no medication has been effective in controlled trials.
conclusionsCompulsive buying can be described as a behavioral dependence. A great deal of future research is needed to improve our understanding of compulsive buying.
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