Associations of Buying-Shopping Disorder Symptoms with Identity Confusion, Materialism, and Socially Undesirable Personality Features in a Community Sample | Zendy

Astrid Müller | Zendy; Laurence Claes | Zendy; Annika Birlin | Zendy; Ekaterini Georgiadou | Zendy; Nora M. Laskowski | Zendy; Sabine SteinsLoeber | Zendy; Matthias Brand | Zendy; Martina de Zwaan | Zendy

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Associations of Buying-Shopping Disorder Symptoms with Identity Confusion, Materialism, and Socially Undesirable Personality Features in a Community Sample

Author(s) -

Astrid Müller,

Laurence Claes,

Annika Birlin,

Ekaterini Georgiadou,

Nora M. Laskowski,

Sabine SteinsLoeber,

Matthias Brand,

Martina de Zwaan

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

european addiction research

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.862

H-Index - 54

eISSN - 1421-9891

pISSN - 1022-6877

DOI - 10.1159/000511078

Subject(s) - narcissism , dark triad , psychopathy , machiavellianism , psychology , personality , schizotypy , materialism , social psychology , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , theology , philosophy

While identity problems and materialistic value endorsement have been described as predisposing factors for buying-shopping disorder (BSD) in the literature, little empirical data are available on the role of socially undesirable personality features that may contribute to financial misconduct and manipulative interpersonal behaviors in BSD. The dark triad of personality refers to such offensive yet non-pathological personality traits and has been applied to addictive behaviors in the past. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether the "dark triad" dimensions Machiavellianism, subclinical narcissism, and subclinical psychopathy predict symptoms of BSD above and beyond identity confusion and materialism, or moderate the relationship between materialism and symptoms of BSD.

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