Although excessive and compulsive shopping has been increasingly placed within the
behavioral addiction paradigm in recent years, items in existing screens arguably do not …

Background and aims Consensus in acknowledging compulsive buying-shopping disorder
(CBSD) as a distinct diagnosis has been lacking. Before research in this area can be …

Shopping is, and has long been, an important part of everyday life. It can easily take on the
characteristics and symptoms of a behavioral addiction, such as preoccupation, mental …

Due to the problems of measurement and the lack of nationally representative data, the
extent of compulsive buying behaviour (CBB) is relatively unknown. The validity of three …

Background and objectives Compulsive buying has been associated with addiction,
depression, and obsessive-compulsive disorder, as well as hoarding. The present study …

The study was designed to develop a new screening instrument for pathological buying
(PB), and to examine its psychometric properties in a large-scale sample. By using a facet …

We report the development and validation of a scale to measure online shopping addiction.
Inspired by previous theories and research on behavioral addiction, the Griffiths's widely …

Background Compulsive buying is a chronic, repetitive behavior that becomes a primary
response to negative events and feelings. Compulsive buyers are obsessed by buying and …

Compulsive buying is a relatively new psychopathological concept and very few data are
currently available regarding the prevalence and validity of compulsive buying disorder. In …

The phenomenon of buying-shopping disorder (BSD) was described over 100 years ago.
Definitions of BSD refer to extreme preoccupation with shopping and buying, to impulses to …