Exploring the associations between early maladaptive schemas and impulsive and compulsive buying tendencies

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Abstract

The main purpose of this preliminary study was to investigate a potential relationship between early maladaptive schemas (EMSs) and impulsive and compulsive buying tendencies in a sample of young adults (college students). This research adds to the cognitive perspective of consumer behavior that the cognitive schemas putatively associated with early experiences may have a strong impact on impulsive and compulsive buying. Data was obtained from 365 participants in a cross-sectional study design. Participants completed an online survey with the following instruments: Young Schema Questionnaire; Impulsive Buying Tendency Measurement Scale; Richmond Compulsive Buying Scale; and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale. Using multiple linear hierarchical regressions, we confirmed that the domain of over vigilance and inhibition schemas was positively associated with impulsive and compulsive buying tendencies, while an opposite association was found for the domain of impaired limits. Being a female was also a predictor of impulsive buying and compulsive buying. The results were discussed in terms of the coping mechanisms to deal with negative emotions, as a way to obtain rewards, or as a way to escape painful self-awareness. Other mechanisms related to the internalization of perfectionist expectations and the propensity to shame were also explored.

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Susana Rocha: URI : https://loop.frontiersin.org/people/227452/overview

Yolanda Rodríguez Castro: URI : https://loop.frontiersin.org/people/2195690/overview

Simão Ferreira: URI : https://loop.frontiersin.org/people/2194904/overview

Liliana Teixeira: URI : https://loop.frontiersin.org/people/1298780/overview

Carlos Campos: URI : https://loop.frontiersin.org/people/2195753/overview

Nuno Barbosa Rocha: URI : https://loop.frontiersin.org/people/192266/overview

Journal

Journal ID (nlm-ta): Front Psychiatry

Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Front Psychiatry

Journal ID (publisher-id): Front. Psychiatry

Title: Frontiers in Psychiatry

Publisher: Frontiers Media S.A.

ISSN (Electronic): 1664-0640

Publication date (Electronic): 07 July 2023

Publication date Collection: 2023

Volume: 14

Electronic Location Identifier: 1157710

Affiliations

[1] ¹Centre for Social and Organizational Studies (CEOS.PP), ISCAP - Porto Accounting and Business School, Polytechnic University of Porto , Porto, Portugal

[2] ²Faculty of Education and Social Work, University of Vigo , Vigo, Spain

[3] ³Center for Translational Health and Medical Biotechnology Research, School of Health, Polytechnic of Porto , Porto, Portugal

[4] ⁴Center for Innovative Care and Health Technology, School of Health Sciences, Polytechnic of Leiria , Leiria, Portugal

[5] ⁵Neurocognition Group | LabRP, Center for Rehabilitation Research, School of Health, Polytechnic Institute of Porto , Porto, Portugal

[6] ⁶Digital Human‑Environment Interaction Lab (HEI‑LAB), Lusófona University , Porto, Portugal

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Edited by: Katarzyna Prochwicz, Jagiellonian University, Poland

Reviewed by: Geovanny Genaro Reivan Ortiz, Catholic University of Cuenca, Ecuador; Beata Seinauskiene, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania

*Correspondence: Susana Rocha, srocha@ 123456iscap.ipp.pt

Article

DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1157710

PMC ID: 10362270

SO-VID: 0b341a6c-eff9-446b-a908-531ab8b7ab80

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