Exploring the relationship between shopping addiction and other excessive behaviours: a pilot study

Authors

  • Rafael Rodríguez-Villarino Profesor-Tutor. Departamento de Métodos de Investigación y Diagnóstico en Educación II (MIDE-II) (Orientación Educativa, Diagnóstico e Intervención Psicopedagógica). U.N.E.D. (Centro Asociado de Ourense). Enviar correspondencia a: Rafael Rodríguez Villarino. Centro Asociado de la U.N.E.D. en Ourense. Torres del Pino s/n, 32001 Ourense.
  • Manuel González-Lorenzo Profesor Titular. Departamento de Análisis e Intervención Psicosocioeducativa. Universidad de Vigo.
  • Ángel Fernández-González Profesor Asociado. Departamento de Análisis e Intervención Psicosocioeducativa. Universidad de Vigo.
  • María Lameiras-Fernández Profesor Titular. Departamento de Análisis e Intervención Psicosocioeducativa. Universidad de Vigo.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.20882/adicciones.371

Keywords:

buying addiction, gambling in excess, problematic alcohol use, eating in excess, addictive personality, multiple addictive behaviours

Abstract

Using a sample of urban adults of both sexes (n = 821; 393 men and 428 women), this article explores the association of shopping addiction with the perceived frequency of five behaviours: eating in excess, smoking in excess, gambling in excess, problematic alcohol use and taking other psychoactive substances (i.e., marijuana, ecstasy, etc.). The findings suggest that buying addiction covaries with the abovementioned excessive behaviours shaping, as a whole, a general factor of “addictiveness”, in whose hierarchical structure it occupies an “intermediate” place in comparison with the other excesses. These results are discussed in relation to the commonality between chemical and behavioural addictions, presenting suggestions related to research and intervention in addictive behaviours.

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Published

2005-09-01

Issue

Vol. 17 No. 3 (2005)

Section

Originals