Material well-being is defined in terms of satisfaction with a range economic concerns such
as government's handling of the economy, taxes, the cost of basic necessities, household …

Long-term orientation (LTO) is a salient aspect of national culture values and as such
influences consumers' decisionmaking processes. This article describes the development …

The Evolutionary Bases of Consumption by Gad Saad applies Darwinian principles in
understanding our consumption patterns and the products of popular culture that most …

Compulsive buying (CB) has only relatively recently become a topic of interest for
researchers and clinicians alike. This hiatus means that (unlike other impulse control …

The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of compulsive buying and its
association with sociodemographic characteristics and depressive symptoms in a nationally …

The present study investigates the influence of contingent self‐esteem (CSE) on compulsive
buying tendencies. It is argued that this influence is mediated by the self‐presentational …

College students represent a lucrative market for businesses selling a wide array of goods
and services, including credit. One area of concern regarding credit debt is its association …

Although materialism has a robust relationship with compulsive buying in the US and
Western Europe, consumer theories suggest that materialism might also significantly predict …

Compulsive buying behavior is a negative form of behavior that leads to overspending. In
the current study, the author examines the applicability of a compulsive buying behavior …

Some people experience self-expressiveness in shopping. Self-expressiveness in shopping
is defined as the degree to which consumers they think shopping activity is an important part …