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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Though I didn’t have a shopping addiction, I occasionally coped with my anxiety, stress, and isolation by shopping online. But once my packages arrived, I didn’t want them anymore.

Shopping addiction involves a combination of compulsive, or repetitive, and impulsive, or spontaneous, behaviors. According the 2012 review, the following can be signs or symptoms of shopping ...