Identity Processes and Clusters in Individuals with and without Pathological Buying

Pathological buying (PB) is defined as an extreme preoccupation with buying or the experience of irresistible, intrusive, and senseless impulses to buy. PB is associated with adverse emotional, social, and financial problems (Faber& O'Guinn, 1992; McElroy et al., 1994) and occurs offline as well as online (Pahlevan Sharif and Khanekharab, 2017; Rose and Dhandayudham, 2014; Trotzke et al., 2015). Based on a meta-analysis of Maraz et al. (2016), the pooled prevalence rate of PB in the populations studied is estimated around 5%.

Source: Psychiatry Research - June 21, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Laurence Claes, Koen Luyckx, Birte Vogel, Margaux Verschueren, Astrid M üller Source Type: research