Original title: Epidemiological Features of Shopping Addiction in Croatian Adults
Researchers surveyed Croatian adults about shopping habits, background, and self-esteem. They used a questionnaire score cutoff to identify people with probable problematic shopping; 14.3% of this sample met it. Scores were higher among women, students, and adults aged 18–25. Shopping-addiction scores also rose alongside self-esteem scores, though the survey cannot show that one causes the other.
Imagine asking people at a town fair how often they shop and how they feel about themselves. Some groups may give different answers, but the fair visitors may not represent everyone in town. In this paper, the survey answers are those fairgoers’ reports, and the researchers look for patterns between shopping scores, age, sex, student status, and self-esteem.
People concerned about harmful shopping habits, and those planning prevention, need to know who may be more affected. This survey points to differences by age, sex, and student status, while also finding a link between shopping-addiction scores and self-esteem scores.
The survey used snowball sampling and an online questionnaire, so its participants may not represent all Croatian adults. Because it was cross-sectional, it cannot show whether self-esteem or other factors cause shopping addiction. The abstract reports probable problematic shopping based on a questionnaire cutoff, not a clinical diagnosis.
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Epidemiological Features of Shopping Addiction in Croatian Adults — Jakov Milić, Katijana Klarić, Nika Lovrincevic Pavlovic et al. — Psychiatry International — doi:10.3390/psychiatryint7050226
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