E-commerce platforms use game-like strategies that exploit dopamine reward systems in vulnerable shoppers. European ...

Shopping addiction has many names—pathological buying, compulsive buying, buying addiction, and oniomania. An estimated 5 to 8% of Americans are thought to suffer from shopping addiction.

Brain scans reveal compulsive shopping activates the same reward pathways as drug addiction. Nearly one-third of people in ...

Shopping can be pleasurable for many people, offering a temporary boost in mood and a sense of fulfillment. However, for some individuals, shopping can turn into an addiction, leading to ...

Online shopping is more than a hobby for those who get a thrill out of traversing the biggest mall in the world: the internet. It’s also a sport. How else to explain Monica Corcoran Harel’s ...

Gen Z has a hidden addiction, and it resides on their phones and quickly eats up any savings they could have in today's inflationary economy, according to a new study.. In a new Qualtrics study ...

As it turns out, college students may be particularly vulnerable to impulsive online shopping. A study conducted in China found that college students exhibit a so-called “online shopping addiction ...

Shopping may not be a diagnosable addiction in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, or DSM-5, that health professionals use to diagnose patients, but it is a behavior that ...

As for the tell-tale signs that online shopping is devolving into an addiction, psychotherapist Juliana Pang said: “Consumers can consider seeking help if the shopping behaviour is used as one ...

Bankrupt influencer boasts about her online shopping 'addiction' in tone-deaf sponsored post and reveals it got 'fifty times worse' when she discovered cashback apps ...

A WOMAN who used to have an addiction to online shopping has revealed how you can curb your spending habits. Thea Wayne was once earning more than £80k a year but drowning in thousands of pou… ...