A Web Filter for Online Overshoppers
As the holiday season rolls toward us, online overshoppers may find themselves hideously tempted. Internet merchants are leveraging their natural […]
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Money Behaviors, Online Shopping Addiction
Kick Yourself If Need Be…Don’t Use Shopkick!
Yet another inviting technological marketing ploy has emerged this season—just in time for holiday shopping. Shopkick, a new, free smartphone
Compulsive Buying, Control Shopping
4 Session Interactive Telecourse for Therapists
To Buy or Not to Buy: Theory and Treatment of Compulsive Buying Disorder An interactive 4-session telecourse for mental health
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SPENT: MEMOIRS OF A SHOPPING ADDICT Why I Wrote Spent by Avis Cardella
For years, I did not speak about my shopping addiction; In fact, I went to great pains to hide it.
Retail Psychology
What’s Wrong with Haul Videos?
Last April, I wrote: “I’m scratching my head about—and steeling myself for the potential fallout from—a new internet phenomenon, the
Compulsive Buying, Money Behaviors
Shopping Support Buddies
A friend or family member is overshopping and this behavior is having serious negative consequences. Maybe you know what a
Compulsive Buying, Money Behaviors
The Curious Case of Parkinson’s Medication and Compulsive Behavior
A study in the recent Archives of Neurology documents the connection between certain Parkinson’s disease medications and a significant increase
Compulsive Buying
Compulsive Returners
A sometimes unrecognized (or unacknowledged) form of overshopping is compulsive returning. Here, the overshopper regularly attempts to undo her habit
Retail Psychology
Shoptimism
Lee Eisenberg’s Shoptimism is a journey into the psychology of shopping from two sides of the cash register, the buy
Mastering Our Emotions, Money Psychology
Money Buys Unhappiness
In a new study, published in the current issue of Psychological Science, Jordi Quoidbach and three colleagues demonstrate that money—even