Although excessive and compulsive shopping has been increasingly placed within the behavioral addiction paradigm in recent years, items in existing screens arguably do not assess the core criteria and components of addiction. To date, assessment screens for shopping disorders have primarily been rooted within the impulse-control or obsessive-compulsive disorder paradigms. Furthermore, existing ...

The aims of this study were twofold. On the one hand, to reach an understanding of, and to illustrate the experience of addictive buying and, on the other, to throw some light on the controversial subject of addicts' personal responsibility for their behavior. With these aims, a thematic analysis of an extensive diary written by a compulsive buyer is presented. Four themes emerge from the analy...

OBJECTIVE To provide a review of the evidence-based treatments for obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders (OCSD), a group of conditions related to obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) by phenomenological and etiological similarities, the morbidity of which is increasingly recognized. METHOD Literature relating to the following disorders: body dysmorphic disorder, hypochondriasis, trichotillom...

Researchers have explored adolescents’ online buying habits as the internet has developed and teenagers’ incomes have increased. In this study, that tries to understand adolescent buying behavior, and adolescent decision-making styles as input variable and online shopping behavior as output variable. The Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) is included as a moderating variable. A total of 1,614 ad...

Objective: The authors want to examine the prevalence of all impulse control disorders (ICD) among patients examined in a French psychiatric emergency ward and to compare patients with and without ICD. Method: 210 consecutive patients examined in a psychiatric emergency ward were included. We used the Minnesota Impulsive Disorders Interview, a semi-structured clinical interview assessing impuls...

C ontrolling the self is a crucial aspect of human life, with researchers unearthing even more situations in which selfregulation and the executive function serve to guide people in their behavioral choices (Baumeister & Vohs, 2003; Higgins, 1996). One area that has begun to receive attention in the selfregulation literature is buying impulses and decisions (Baumeister, 2002). In Western societ...

There has been increasing interest in mindfulness-based treatments for psychological illnesses, including substance abuse. Mindfulness involves intentionally directing attention to experiences in the present moment and observing them with a nonjudgmental attitude. This study examined the relationship between mindfulness and various addictive behaviors (i.e. alcohol abuse, pathological gambling,...

Compulsive behaviour is important to be scientifically understood since it a form of that negatively impacts the consumer. A previous study showed compulsive person has low self-control, personality tendencies, and self-esteem. This tested relationship between towards money buying tendencies from power prestige dimension, retention time, distrust, anxiety. The participants this are 275 people. ...