J Psychoactive Drugs. 2012 Jan-Mar;44(1):64-7. doi: 10.1080/02791072.2012.660110.
Addictive drugs like cocaine, opiates and nicotine, through direct or indirect means, hyperstimulate the dopamine (DA) reward system. Some behaviors, for some people, can have similar effects on the same DA reward circuitry resulting in very similar addictive behavior patterns and consequences. Although the term "addictive" has been used loosely with many behaviors, it may be an appropriate term to describe compulsive shopping. Increased accessibility, hyperstimulating marketing techniques, a loss of the protective delay between impulse and purchase, and overvaluing of the shopping process and objects purchased may all contribute to the potentially addictive nature of shopping.
成瘾药物，如可卡因、阿片类药物和尼古丁，通过直接或间接的方式，过度刺激多巴胺（DA）奖励系统。对于某些人来说，某些行为可能对相同的 DA 奖励回路产生类似的影响，导致非常相似的成瘾行为模式和后果。尽管“成瘾”一词已被广泛用于许多行为，但它可能是描述强迫性购物的恰当术语。增加的可及性、过度刺激的营销技术、冲动和购买之间的保护延迟的丧失，以及对购物过程和购买物品的过度重视，都可能导致购物具有潜在的成瘾性。
