eprintid: 10181474
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creators_name: Lo, Hui-Yi
creators_name: Harvey, Nigel
title: Compulsive Buying: Obsessive Acquisition, Collecting or Hoarding?
ispublished: pub
divisions: UCL
divisions: B02
divisions: C07
divisions: D05
divisions: F67
keywords: Compulsive buying; Collecting; 
Hoarding; Obsessive acquisition
note: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
abstract: We report two investigations into compulsive shopping behavior. The first showed that compulsive shoppers are obsessive in acquiring certain classes of product. Compared to normal shoppers, they spend more money on these products and shop for them more frequently. The second study showed that an obsession with acquiring these products rather than a desire to collect or hoard them is a significant factor in producing compulsive shopping behavior. This is consistent with the notion that compulsive shopping is an addictive habit reinforced by the relief from craving produced by the act of purchasing particular products. In our Taiwanese but not in our British sample, compulsive shopping led to hoarding behavior. This implies that the Taiwanese are more reluctant to discard items that they do not use. We discuss cultural factors that may account for this finding.
date: 2014-08
date_type: published
publisher: SPRINGER
official_url: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-014-9477-2
oa_status: green
full_text_type: other
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
verified: verified_manual
elements_id: 973442
doi: 10.1007/s11469-014-9477-2
lyricists_name: Harvey, Nigel
lyricists_id: NJWHA27
actors_name: Mustafa, Adelat
actors_id: AMUST21
actors_role: owner
full_text_status: public
publication: International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction
volume: 12
number: 4
pagerange: 453-469
pages: 17
issn: 1557-1874
citation:        Lo, Hui-Yi;    Harvey, Nigel;      (2014)    Compulsive Buying: Obsessive Acquisition, Collecting or Hoarding?                   International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction , 12  (4)   pp. 453-469.    10.1007/s11469-014-9477-2 <https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-014-9477-2>.       Green open access   
 
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