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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Compulsive buying and hoarding as identity substitutes: The role of materialistic value endorsement and depression
Comprehensive Psychiatry, Volume 68, Year 2016
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Purpose: In the present study, we investigated whether the relationship between identity confusion and compulsive buying (offline/online) and hoarding is mediated by materialistic value endorsement and depression. Procedures: The community sample consisted of 254 Flemish adults who completed self-report questionnaires to assess identity confusion (Erikson Psychosocial Stage Inventory), compulsive buying tendencies (Compulsive Buying Scale/short-Internet Addiction Scale, adapted for shopping), hoarding tendencies (Saving-Inventory Revised), materialistic value endorsement (Materialistic Value Scale), and depression (Patient Health Questionnaire-9). Findings: We found significant positive associations between identity confusion, compulsive buying, and hoarding. The association between identity confusion and compulsive buying was fully mediated by materialistic value endorsement; whereas depression mediated the association between identity confusion and hoarding. Conclusions: The results suggest that the collection or buying of material goods can be considered as identity substitutes. © 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Claes, Laurence
Belgium, Leuven
Ku Leuven
Belgium, Antwerpen
Universiteit Antwerpen
Müller, Astrid
Germany, Hannover
Hannover Medical School
Luyckx, Koen
Belgium, Leuven
Ku Leuven
Statistics
Citations: 53
Authors: 3
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.comppsych.2016.04.005
ISSN:
0010440X
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Mental Health
Substance Abuse