Measuring compulsive buying behaviour: Psychometric validity of three different scales and prevalence in the general population and in shopping centres

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 225, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 326-334

  Maraz, Aniko ^a   Eisinger, Andrea ^a   Hende, Borbála ^a   Urbán, Róbert ^a   Paksi, Borbála ^b   Kun, Bernadette ^a   Kökönyei, Gyöngyi ^a   Griffiths, Mark D ^c   Demetrovics, Zsolt ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b Institute of Entrepreneurship and Innovation   (Hungary)

^c NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavioural addictions; Excessive shopping; General population; Instrument validation; Prevalence; Shopping addiction; Shopping malls

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPULSION; COMPULSIVE BUYING BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EDWARDS COMPULSIVE BUYING SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUNGARIAN (CITIZEN); IMPULSIVENESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE ABOUT BUYING BEHAVIOR; RICHMOND COMPULSIVE BUYING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF ESTEEM; SHOPPING; VALIDATION PROCESS; ADOLESCENT; AGED; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; VALIDATION STUDY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; COMMERCE; COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922890455     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2014.11.080     Document Type: Article

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