Shopping addiction is characterized by an eagerness to purchase unnecessary or superfluous items and a lack of impulse control around shopping; it is a concept similar to compulsive buying disorder, also called oniomania, but is usually viewed from a more psychosocial perspective, or as a drug-free addiction comparable to gambling, internet or video game addiction, amid ongoing debate over whether such less-recognized impulsive behaviors can be conceptualized as addictions.
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Type of Phenomenon Diagnostic ChapterDisorders Due to Substance Use or Addictive Behaviours 2 Connections
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1. Shopping Addiction (Wikipedia)
- Wikipedia Shopping Addiction lead paragraph (w-bbfill-psych-diag-0926, keyword classification against phenomenon-kind enum definitions, hand-checked)
In Branch: Abnormal Psychology, Lead sentence
Shopping addiction is characterized by an eagerness to purchase unnecessary or superfluous things and a lack of impulse control when it comes to shopping.
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