Compulsive shopping behaviour and executive dysfunction in young adults.

Appl Neuropsychol Adult

Hoarding Research Group, Faculty of Health & Life Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.

Published: March 2024

"Compulsive Shopping" is characterized by poorly controlled preoccupations/urges/behaviors focused on shopping and spending, causing significant distress/impairment. This study looked at what roles executive and related memory problems might exist in compulsive shopping. 205 adults completed on-line questionnaires measuring compulsive shopping, mood, as well as working memory and inhibition components of executive function. The was used to assign participants to either a (HCS) group or (LCS) group. Working memory (WM) and inhibition control (IC) were measured as two components of executive function (EF) using the (ADEXI), the DEX-R) measured general EF. The measured anxiety and depression. MANCOVA and mediation analyses were carried out controlling for age, gender, anxiety, depression. The HCS group scored significantly higher on all three EF measures, indicating greater executive difficulties. Subsequent mediation analyses with the ADEXI-IC as the mediator removed the significance of the relationship between Group and both the DEX-R and ADEXI-WM outcome variables. Thus, observed Group difference in DEX-R and ADEXI-WM could be fully accounted for by group differences in inhibitory control. The results highlight the role inhibitory control plays in compulsive shopping.

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