Rytis Leonavičius, Virginija Adomaitienė, Viktorija Marcinkevičienė

Abstract

Compulsive buying has been described for over 100 years; however, more exhaustive world research in this area takes only some 20 years. This disorder is seldom diagnosed in Lithuania, so we have lack of data about the prevalence of peculiarities of it. The aim of this study was to evaluate the socio-demographic prevalence data of oniomania and them relations to quality of life among Kaunas College students. Method. For this study anonymous socio-demographic questionnaire was used (reflecting sex, age, residence, marital status, incomes, life prevalence of oniomania, and question ‘does episode of oniomania disturb quality of life’). Sample of the study included 148 respondents (59,5 percent females; mean age of respondents was 22,7 years; no significant difference between females and males regarding mean age were found). More then one third of respondents concluded, that they had experienced compulsive buying episode at least ones per life. No one respondent indicated that he experiences the episode of oniomania currently. Conclusions. Episode of oniomania was related with female sex, younger age, loneliness, residence in the city, and higher incomes. It significantly disturbed the quality of life of older, married men, living in the city and earning higher incomes men.

Article in Lithuanian

doi:10.5200/sm-hs.2012.025

Keyword(s): compulsive buying, oniomania, quality of life, shopping addiction, habit and impulse disorders
DOI: 10.5200/266
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