Your browser doesn't support javascript.
loading
Show: 20 | 50 | 100
Results 1 - 8 de 8
Filter
1.
J Psychol ; 157(4): 252-272, 2023.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37067503

ABSTRACT

Materialism has been consistently linked to Internet-related addictions, including compulsive online shopping, problematic online gaming, and excessive smartphone use; however, the relationship between materialism and social networking site (SNS) addiction has remained unclear. Thus, this study aims to examine the association between materialism and SNS addiction and investigate the mediating effect of fatalism and moderating effect of self-concept clarity in this relationship among 703 Chinese adolescents. Materialism was significantly positively associated with SNS addiction in adolescents, and fatalism partially mediated this association. Moreover, self-concept clarity moderated the direct and indirect relationships between materialism and SNS addiction. Specifically, for adolescents with low (versus high) self-concept clarity, those who also had high levels of materialism were more likely to develop fatalistic beliefs and showed further symptoms of SNS addiction. This study's findings imply that decreasing materialism and fatalism and developing self-concept clarity might be effective interventions for reducing SNS addiction among adolescents.


Subject(s)
Asian People , Consumer Behavior , Internet Addiction Disorder , Social Networking , Adolescent , Humans , Asian People/psychology , Behavior, Addictive/diagnosis , Behavior, Addictive/economics , Behavior, Addictive/psychology , Self Concept , Internet Addiction Disorder/diagnosis , Internet Addiction Disorder/economics , Internet Addiction Disorder/psychology , Compulsive Behavior/economics , Compulsive Behavior/psychology , Consumer Behavior/economics
2.
Psychiatry Res ; 252: 208-214, 2017 06.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28285247

ABSTRACT

The aims of this study were to examine the associations between compulsive buying and quality of life and to estimate the monetary cost of compulsive buying for a cohort of men and women at mean age 43. Participants came from a community-based random sample of residents in two New York counties (N=548). The participants were followed from adolescence to early midlife. The mean age of participants at the most recent interview was 43.0 (SD=2.8). Fifty five percent of the participants were females. Over 90% of the participants were white. Linear regression analyses showed that compulsive buying was significantly associated with quality of life, despite controlling for relevant demographic and psychosocial factors. The estimated monetary cost of compulsive buying for this cohort was significant. The fact that the monetary cost of CB is not trivial suggests that individuals are both consciously and unconsciously plagued by their CB. The findings are important for interventionists and clinicians for cost-effective intervention and treatment programs.


Subject(s)
Compulsive Behavior/economics , Compulsive Behavior/psychology , Consumer Behavior/economics , Cost of Illness , Quality of Life/psychology , Adult , Cohort Studies , Female , Humans , Linear Models , Male , New York
3.
Eur Neuropsychopharmacol ; 26(5): 800-9, 2016 05.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27235690

ABSTRACT

Compulsivity is the defining feature of various psychiatric disorders including Obsessive Compulsive Related Disorders (OCRDs), and other compulsive, impulsive, and addictive disorders. These disorders are disabling, chronic conditions with an early onset and high rates of comorbidity, misdiagnoses, and delay in treatment onset. Disorders of compulsivity are responsible for considerable socioeconomic burden to society. We review the costs and impacts of compulsivity. In order to facilitate earlier diagnosis and targeted treatments, we examine the overlapping mechanisms that underlie compulsivity. We reconceptualize psychiatric disorders based on core features of compulsivity, highlight challenges in harmonizing research in children and adults, describe newer research methodologies, and point to future directions that can impact the costs and impact of disorders of compulsivity.


Subject(s)
Autism Spectrum Disorder/therapy , Biomedical Research/methods , Compulsive Behavior/therapy , Compulsive Personality Disorder/therapy , Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder/therapy , Psychopharmacology/methods , Adult , Antipsychotic Agents/economics , Antipsychotic Agents/therapeutic use , Autism Spectrum Disorder/diagnosis , Autism Spectrum Disorder/drug therapy , Autism Spectrum Disorder/economics , Biomedical Research/economics , Biomedical Research/trends , Child , Combined Modality Therapy/economics , Compulsive Behavior/diagnosis , Compulsive Behavior/drug therapy , Compulsive Behavior/economics , Compulsive Personality Disorder/diagnosis , Compulsive Personality Disorder/drug therapy , Compulsive Personality Disorder/economics , Cost of Illness , Health Care Costs , Humans , Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder/diagnosis , Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder/drug therapy , Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder/economics , Psychopharmacology/economics , Psychopharmacology/trends , Quality of Life
4.
Psychiatry Res ; 220(1-2): 342-7, 2014 Dec 15.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25108590

ABSTRACT

Compulsive buying (CB) is excessive and leads to impairment and distress. Several studies aimed to explore the phenomenology and antecedents of CB, especially affective states. However, these studies mostly used retrospective self-report and mostly focused on compulsive buyers only. Therefore, this study aims to directly compare consumers with CB propensity and controls on experimental proxies of buying behavior and to investigate 1) effects of neutral vs. negative mood inductions and 2) whether mood effects on buying behavior are specific to CB. Forty female consumers with CB propensity and 40 female controls were randomly assigned to a neutral or negative mood induction. Buying related behavior (likelihood to expose oneself to a shopping situation, urge and probability to buy, willingness to pay) was assessed. Consumers with CB propensity differed from controls in all buying behavior aspects except for willingness to pay. Neither main effects of mood nor group×mood interaction effects on buying behavior were found. However, consumers with CB propensity were emotionally more strongly affected by a negative mood induction. Although negative affect has previously been reported to precede buying episodes in CB, our findings do not indicate specific negative mood effects on buying, neither in CB nor in controls.


Subject(s)
Affect , Compulsive Behavior/diagnosis , Compulsive Behavior/psychology , Consumer Behavior , Adult , Compulsive Behavior/economics , Consumer Behavior/economics , Female , Humans , Photic Stimulation/methods , Retrospective Studies , Self Report , Young Adult
5.
Psychiatry Res ; 160(2): 200-11, 2008 Aug 15.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18597855

ABSTRACT

The aim of the present study was to determine the economic and social burden of compulsive hoarding in a large sample of individuals with self-identified hoarding, as well as a separate sample of family members of individuals who hoard. Self-identified hoarding participants (N=864, 94% female, 65% met research criteria for clinically relevant compulsive hoarding) and family informants (N=655, 58% described a relative who appeared to meet research criteria for compulsive hoarding), completed an internet survey. Questions were derived in part from those used in the National Comorbidity Survey (NCS), and when possible, hoarding participants were compared to NCS participants. Compulsive hoarding was associated with an average 7.0 work impairment days in the past month, equivalent to that reported by individuals with psychotic disorders and significantly greater than that reported by female NCS participants with all other anxiety, mood, and substance use disorders. Severity of hoarding predicted the degree of work impairment after controlling for age, sex, and non-psychiatric medical conditions. Hoarding participants were nearly three times as likely to be overweight or obese as were family members. Compared to female NCS participants, hoarding participants were significantly more likely to report a broad range of chronic and severe medical concerns and had a five-fold higher rate of mental health service utilization. Eight to 12% had been evicted or threatened with eviction due to hoarding, and 0.1-3.0% had a child or elder removed from the home. These results suggest that compulsive hoarding represents a profound public health burden in terms of occupational impairment, poor physical health, and social service involvement.


Subject(s)
Cost of Illness , Health Expenditures/statistics & numerical data , Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder/economics , Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder/epidemiology , Absenteeism , Adolescent , Adult , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Comorbidity , Compulsive Behavior/diagnosis , Compulsive Behavior/economics , Compulsive Behavior/epidemiology , Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders , Family/psychology , Female , Health Surveys , Humans , Male , Mental Disorders/economics , Mental Disorders/epidemiology , Mental Disorders/psychology , Mental Health Services/statistics & numerical data , Middle Aged , Morbidity , Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder/psychology , Psychiatric Status Rating Scales , Severity of Illness Index , Social Work, Psychiatric/methods , Social Work, Psychiatric/statistics & numerical data , Surveys and Questionnaires
6.
Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry ; 30(8): 1542-4, 2006 Dec 30.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16815617

ABSTRACT

Compulsive buying behaviour has recently received long overdue attention as a clinical issue. Aim of this report is to describe treatment of two female patients diagnosed with compulsive buying disorder in comorbidity with binge eating disorder. In both cases, criteria for diagnosing of other axis I or axis II disorder were not present. Fluvoxamine was used in pharmacotherapy, and psychodynamic psychotherapy as a psychotherapeutical approach. We conclude that fluvoxamine and psychodynamic psychotherapy may be effective in treatment of compulsive buyers in comorbidity with binge eating disorder.


Subject(s)
Bulimia/drug therapy , Compulsive Behavior/drug therapy , Fluvoxamine/therapeutic use , Adult , Anti-Anxiety Agents/therapeutic use , Bulimia/psychology , Compulsive Behavior/economics , Compulsive Behavior/psychology , Female , Guilt , Humans , Psychotherapy
7.
Tenn Med ; 98(4): 176, 2005 Apr.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15889858
8.
Soc Sci Med ; 58(9): 1709-18, 2004 May.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-14990372

ABSTRACT

Compulsive buying has recently been the subject of numerous articles from both consumer research and psychiatric perspectives. Identified by some researchers as a compulsion and by others as an addiction, common solutions to the problem have included drug treatments, participation in self-help groups and cognitive behaviour therapy. The purpose of this article is to examine critically the labelling of compulsive buying in terms of medicalization from the perspective of both medical and non-medical social control of "deviant" consumers. We suggest that the attempt to categorize compulsive buying as an illness represents the ongoing trend to medicalize behavioural problems which may be better understood within the wider context of related phenomena such as the fiscal crisis of the 1980s and 1990s and the consumption-driven economy of North America.


Subject(s)
Behavior, Addictive/classification , Commerce , Compulsive Behavior/classification , Sociology, Medical , Behavior, Addictive/economics , Behavior, Addictive/epidemiology , Behavior, Addictive/therapy , Comorbidity , Compulsive Behavior/economics , Compulsive Behavior/epidemiology , Compulsive Behavior/therapy , Compulsive Personality Disorder/classification , Compulsive Personality Disorder/therapy , Disruptive, Impulse Control, and Conduct Disorders/classification , Disruptive, Impulse Control, and Conduct Disorders/therapy , Female , Humans , Male , Sex Factors , Social Class
SELECTION OF CITATIONS
SEARCH DETAIL
...