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  • Psychiatry
  • Psychology
  • Sociology

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  • Pathological buying (PB) is a condition characterized by compulsive spending.
  • The role of social relationships, particularly partnership status, in PB is not fully understood.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the association between partnership status and pathological buying in a female patient sample.
  • To compare partnership status in female PB patients with a German population-based sample.

Main Methods:

  • A pilot study comparing 157 female patients with PB to 1153 women from a German population-based sample.
  • Analysis of partnership status in both groups.

Main Results:

  • Over half of participants in both the patient and general population samples were in a partnership.
  • Partnership showed a protective effect against PB in the general population sample.
  • No significant association was found between partnership status and PB severity in patients.

Conclusions:

  • Partnership may play a protective role in the general population regarding pathological buying.
  • The protective effect of partnership is not evident for the severity of PB among diagnosed patients.
  • Future research should explore the quality and characteristics of partnerships in relation to PB.