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  • Psychology
  • Neuroscience
  • Behavioral Science

Background:

  • Compulsive shopping involves uncontrollable urges and significant distress.
  • Executive functions, including working memory and inhibition, are crucial for behavioral control.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the role of executive function and memory deficits in compulsive shopping.
  • To determine if inhibitory control mediates the relationship between compulsive shopping and other executive function measures.

Main Methods:

  • 205 adults completed online questionnaires assessing compulsive shopping, mood, and executive functions.
  • Participants were categorized into High Compulsive Shopping (HCS) and Low Compulsive Shopping (LCS) groups.
  • Statistical analyses (MANCOVA, mediation) controlled for age, gender, anxiety, and depression.

Main Results:

  • The HCS group exhibited significantly higher difficulties in all measured executive functions compared to the LCS group.
  • Inhibitory control fully accounted for the differences in general executive functioning and working memory between the groups.
  • This highlights inhibitory control as a key factor in compulsive shopping.

Conclusions:

  • Executive function deficits, especially impaired inhibitory control, are strongly associated with compulsive shopping.
  • Targeting inhibitory control may be a promising therapeutic strategy for compulsive shopping disorder.