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Coping associated with compulsive buying tendency.

Lee M Lawrence¹, Bradley Elphinstone²

¹Monash Business School, Monash University, Caulfield, Melbourne, Australia.

Stress and Health : Journal of the International Society for the Investigation of Stress

|October 1, 2020

Summary

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Compulsive buying (CB) is linked to maladaptive coping strategies like mental disengagement and denial. Therapy should consider these coping mechanisms for individuals with compulsive buying disorder.

Keywords:

compulsive buying coping emotion regulation implications

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Area of Science:

Psychology
Behavioral Addiction Research

Background:

Limited research exists on general coping mechanisms within compulsive buying (CB) literature.
Insights into CB coping may be gained from studies on other behavioral addictions and hoarding behaviors.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the relationship between specific coping strategies and compulsive buying tendency.
To explore the predictive role of mental disengagement, behavioral disengagement, and denial in compulsive buying.

Main Methods:

199 participants completed online questionnaires assessing compulsive buying tendency and coping strategies.
Correlational analyses and regression analyses were employed to examine the relationships between variables.

Main Results:

Mental disengagement significantly predicted compulsive buying tendency.
Denial emerged as a significant predictor of coping in compulsive buying.
Behavioral disengagement showed a correlation but was not a significant predictor in the regression analysis.

Conclusions:

Compulsive buying tendency is associated with maladaptive coping strategies, including mental disengagement and denial.
These findings suggest that therapeutic interventions for compulsive buying should address maladaptive coping mechanisms such as lack of acceptance and denial.