Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Hospital of Erlangen, Germany.
Compr Psychiatry. 2011 Jul-Aug;52(4):420-4. doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2010.09.001. Epub 2010 Nov 3.
The objective of the study was to examine the relationship between compulsive buying (CB), depression, materialism, and excessive Internet use.
An online survey of 387 consumers was conducted including questions about demographics and shopping venues, the Compulsive Buying Scale, the Patient Health Questionnaire Depression Scale, the Materialistic Values Scale, and questions concerning excessive Internet use.
Seventeen percent of the participants reported Compulsive Buying Scale scores less than -1.34 and were considered to be having CB. Participants with CB did not significantly differ from those without CB regarding age, sex, marital status, annual household income, and shopping preferences. Individuals with CB reported more depressive symptoms, higher materialistic values endorsement, and more severe excessive Internet use compared with those without CB. Results of a stepwise logistic regression analysis with CB as the dependent variable showed that materialism and depression were associated with CB, whereas excessive Internet use was not.
Materialism and depression jointly influence CB. Further research is needed to examine the influence of materialism on CB in a clinical sample consisting of patients with diagnosed CB.
本研究旨在探讨强迫性购物（CB）、抑郁、物质主义和过度上网之间的关系。
对 387 名消费者进行了在线调查，包括人口统计学和购物场所、强迫性购买量表、患者健康问卷抑郁量表、物质主义价值观量表以及关于过度上网的问题。
17%的参与者报告说他们的强迫性购买量表得分低于-1.34，被认为有 CB。有 CB 的参与者与无 CB 的参与者在年龄、性别、婚姻状况、家庭年收入和购物偏好方面没有显著差异。与无 CB 的参与者相比，有 CB 的个体报告的抑郁症状更严重，物质主义价值观更强烈，过度上网问题更严重。以 CB 为因变量的逐步逻辑回归分析结果表明，物质主义和抑郁与 CB 相关，而过度上网则没有。
物质主义和抑郁共同影响 CB。需要进一步研究，在包括诊断为 CB 的患者在内的临床样本中，考察物质主义对 CB 的影响。
