An experimental examination of cognitive processes and response inhibition in patients seeking treatment for buying-shopping disorder.

There is an ongoing debate about whether buying-shopping disorder (BSD) should be acknowledged as a behavioral addiction. The current study investigated if mechanisms that play a prominent role in disorders due to substance use or addictive behaviors are relevant in BSD, particularly cue reactivity,...

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Main Authors: Birte Vogel, Patrick Trotzke, Sabine Steins-Loeber, Giulia Schäfer, Jana Stenger, Martina de Zwaan, Matthias Brand, Astrid Müller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0212415