Year: 2019
Type: article
Abstract: 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 purchase that are experienced as irresistible, and to recurrent maladaptive buying excesses that lead to distress and impairments. Efforts to stop BSD episodes are unsuccessful, despite the awareness of repeated break-downs in self-regulation, experiences of post-purchase guilt and regret, comorbid psychiatric disorders, reduced quality of life, familial discord, work impairment, financial problems, and other negative consequences. A recent meta-analysis indicated an estimated point prevalence of BSD of 5%. In this narrative review, the authors offer a perspective to consider BSD as a mental health condition and to classify this disorder as a behavioral addiction, based on both research data and on long-standing clinical experience.
Source: CNS Spectrums
Authors: Astrid Müller, Matthias Brand, Laurence Claes, Zsolt Demetrovics, Martina de Zwaan, Fernando Fernández-Aranda, Randy O. Frost, Susana Jimenez-Murcia, Michael Lejoyeux, Sabine Steins-Loeber, James E. Mitchell, Richard Moulding, Maja Nedeljkovic, Patrick Trotzke, Aviv Weinstein, Michael Kyrios
Institutions: Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Erwin L. Hahn Institute for Magnetic Resonance Imaging, University of Duisburg-Essen, University of Antwerp, KU Leuven, Eötvös Loránd University, Bellvitge University Hospital, Institut d'Investigació Biomédica de Bellvitge, Smith College, Université Paris Diderot, University of Bamberg, Neuropsychiatric Research Institute, Deakin University, Swinburne University of Technology, Ariel University, Flinders University
Language: English
Subfield: Marketing
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $2,980
OpenAlex ID: W2908161254