Georgiadou Ekaterini, Koopmann Anne, Müller Astrid, Leménager Tagrid, Hillemacher Thomas, Kiefer Falk
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Paracelsus Medical University, Nuremberg, Germany.
Department of Addictive Behavior and Addiction Medicine, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim/Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany.
Front Psychiatry. 2021 Mar 30;12:650989. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.650989. eCollection 2021.
During the lockdown, governmental restrictions resulted in changes to the day-to-day routines of many individuals. Some people appear to cope with stress by panic buying in an attempt to stockpile specific goods, resulting in empty supermarket shelves. Moreover, e-commerce experienced significant growth during this period. We aimed to investigate potential changes in shopping frequencies and preferred shopping type (offline/online) and their relationship with pandemic-specific anxiety and stress during the 2020 spring lockdown in Germany. To address this question, we assessed self-reported changes in shopping behavior in a German sample an online survey conducted during April and May 2020. A total of 3,122 adults were included in the analysis. Of the total sample, 35% reported no changes in their shopping behavior, 46.8% shopped less, while 18.2% shopped more during the lockdown. The groups differed with respect to sociodemographic variables, and those participants who were shopping more reported greater pandemic-related health fears and stress due to the restrictions. Moreover, they shopped online more often during the lockdown than the other two groups. While the majority of the sample reported no changes in their shopping behavior or even shopped less during the 2020 spring lockdown, a subgroup of individuals was shopping more during this time, especially food and drugstore products. It is important to understand which factors influenced individuals to shop more so that policy makers can target this group and prevent panic buying, especially during subsequent waves of infection. It is also important to inform vulnerable persons about the risk of developing a buying-shopping disorder.
在封锁期间，政府的限制措施导致许多人的日常活动发生了变化。一些人似乎通过恐慌性购买来应对压力，试图囤积特定商品，导致超市货架空空如也。此外，在此期间电子商务经历了显著增长。我们旨在调查2020年德国春季封锁期间购物频率和偏好的购物类型（线下/线上）的潜在变化，以及它们与特定疫情相关的焦虑和压力之间的关系。为了解决这个问题，我们在一个德国样本中评估了自我报告的购物行为变化——这是一项在2020年4月和5月进行的在线调查。共有3122名成年人纳入分析。在总样本中，35%的人报告其购物行为没有变化，46.8%的人购物减少，而18.2%的人在封锁期间购物增多。这些群体在社会人口统计学变量方面存在差异，那些购物增多的参与者报告称，由于限制措施，他们对疫情相关的健康担忧和压力更大。此外，在封锁期间，他们比其他两组更频繁地进行网上购物。虽然大多数样本报告在2020年春季封锁期间其购物行为没有变化，甚至购物减少，但有一小部分人在此期间购物增多，尤其是食品和药店产品。了解哪些因素影响个人购物增多很重要，这样政策制定者就可以针对这一群体并防止恐慌性购买，尤其是在后续感染浪潮期间。告知易受影响的人群发展成购买-购物障碍的风险也很重要。
