ArticlePloS one2020
General rather than specific: Cognitive deficits in suppressing task irrelevant stimuli are associated with buying-shopping disorder.
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- A qualitative systematic review of individual differences in Stroop task performance among healthy adults.Psychological research · 2026Pooled it
- [Neuroanatomical and neuropsychological correlates of shopping addiction behaviour. A systematic review].Revista de neurologia · 2023Pooled it
- Overlapping Phenotypes of Compulsive Buying-Shopping Disorder and Borderline Personality Disorder: An Evidence-Based Model.Addictive behaviors reports · 2026Article
- Impulsivity and compulsivity in compulsive buying.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Proactive control for conflict resolution is intact in subclinical obsessive-compulsive individuals.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- The neuropsychological profile of work addiction.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- The Contribution of Cognitive Factors to Compulsive Buying Behaviour: Insights from Shopping Habit Changes during the COVID-19 Pandemic.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo investigate associations between buying-shopping disorder (BSD) propensity and the performance in the Stroop Matching Task. This task measures stimulus interference, one specific component of behavioral impulsivity, using neutral (i.e. not buying related) stimuli. Deficits thus mirror a general rather than a specific deficit to resist task-irrelevant stimuli.
method222 participants completed the Stroop Matching Task, the Pathological Buying Screener, and various questionnaires assessing clinical background variables as well as trait-impulsivity.
resultsCorrelation analyses showed that BSD propensity was associated with poorer performance in the Stroop Matching Task. Multiple regression analyses controlling for related disorders and trait-impulsivity indicated that BSD was the only significant predictor.
conclusionThese findings indicate that BSD propensity is associated with deficits in the stimulus interference component of behavioral impulsivity, mirroring a general cognitive deficit. Since no other disorder significantly predicted the performance in the Stroop Matching Task, this deficit seems to be unique for BSD.
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