Empirical support for recognizing pathological buying/shopping as a mental disorder
Pathological buying/shopping represents a distinct clinical syndrome that reflects underlying affective and cognitive dysfunctions and results in clinically significant distress and impairments. The findings provide further evidence of its classification as a disorder due to addictive behaviors.
Authors
- Tobias A. Thomas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4665-7011)
- Anna M. Schmid (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5609-5470)
- Elisa Wegmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9373-979X)
- Annica Kessling (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8764-5949)
- Silke M. Müller
- Astrid Müller
- Matthias Brand
- Sabine Steins-Loeber
Institutions
- Erwin L. Hahn Institute for Magnetic Resonance Imaging (DE)
- Bellvitge University Hospital (ES)
- Medizinische Hochschule Hannover (DE)
- Institut d'Investigació Biomédica de Bellvitge (ES)
- University of Duisburg-Essen (DE)
- University of Bamberg (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Comprehensive Psychiatry
- Published
- 2026-02-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comppsych.2026.152673
- Primary Topic
- Consumer Retail Behavior Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00