Hopelessness and compulsive buying in young people: The mediating role of alexithymia.

IF 2.7 4区 心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL
A Estévez, A M Iglesias-Faba, M Herrero, L Macía
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Abstract

Compulsive buying is the persistent, excessive, and uncontrollable purchase of products, despite the consequences it entails, and it seems very present in the young population. An increase in this problem has been observed, and, in addition, it seems to share common characteristics with other addictions, although it is not cataloged as such in current psychopathological manuals. Previous research has related alexithymia and hopelessness to other behavioral addictions. Therefore, this research explores the relationship between compulsive buying behavior, alexithymia, and hopelessness. The objective is to observe whether these variables increase the probability of the problem of compulsive buying through a cross-sectional quantitative study in a young population. For this purpose, the Beck hopelessness Scale, the TAS-20, and the MULTICAGE CAD-4 were applied to a sample of 493 participants (78.5 % women). The results showed a positive relationship between the study variables. Also, different profiles were observed in young people with compulsive buying as a function of alexithymia and hopelessness. The results also indicated that alexithymia is a mediating variable in the relationship between hopelessness and compulsive buying. This is highly relevant, as it may be useful for understanding the formation, prevention, and treatment of compulsive buying, as well as for creating a theoretical framework and sample profiling.

年轻人的绝望与强迫性购买:述情障碍的中介作用。
强迫性购买是一种持续的、过度的、无法控制的购买产品的行为,不管它会带来什么后果,这种行为似乎在年轻人中非常普遍。这个问题的增加已经被观察到,此外,它似乎与其他成瘾有共同的特征,尽管在当前的精神病理学手册中没有这样的分类。先前的研究将述情障碍和绝望与其他行为成瘾联系起来。因此,本研究探讨了强迫性购买行为、述情障碍和绝望之间的关系。目的是通过对年轻人群的横断面定量研究,观察这些变量是否会增加强迫性购买问题的可能性。为此,贝克绝望量表、TAS-20和MULTICAGE CAD-4被应用于493名参与者(78.5%为女性)的样本。结果显示,研究变量之间呈正相关关系。此外,在患有述情障碍和绝望的强迫性购买的年轻人中,观察到不同的特征。结果还表明述情障碍是绝望与强迫性购买之间关系的中介变量。这是高度相关的,因为它可能有助于理解强迫性购买的形成、预防和治疗,以及创建理论框架和样本分析。
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Acta Psychologica
Acta Psychologica PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL-
CiteScore
3.00
自引率
5.60%
发文量
274
审稿时长
36 weeks
期刊介绍: Acta Psychologica publishes original articles and extended reviews on selected books in any area of experimental psychology. The focus of the Journal is on empirical studies and evaluative review articles that increase the theoretical understanding of human capabilities.
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