Role of visual social networking, hypersensitive narcissism, and anxiety sensitivity in online compulsive buying

The impact of hypersensitive narcissism and anxiety sensitivity on online compulsive buying were examined. These transdiagnostic personality factors have not previously received attention in virtual, as opposed to real-world, contexts, and the study explored their interaction with the use of visual...

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Main Authors: Oliver Thomas Neale, Phil Reed
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-09-01
Series:Telematics and Informatics Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772503023000294
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description The impact of hypersensitive narcissism and anxiety sensitivity on online compulsive buying were examined. These transdiagnostic personality factors have not previously received attention in virtual, as opposed to real-world, contexts, and the study explored their interaction with the use of visual and textual social media platforms for online buying. The present study sampled 440 participants (264 female; 174 male), aged 18 – 37 years. Participants completed an online survey comprising: Online Edwards Compulsive Buying Scale Revised, Hypersensitive Narcissism Scale, and the Anxiety Sensitivity Index-3. Visual social networking usage was a risk factor for online compulsive buying, and there were significant positive relationships between both hypersensitive narcissism, and anxiety sensitivity, with online compulsive buying. Anxiety sensitivity mediated the relationship between hypersensitive narcissism and compulsive online buying when the dominate form of social media use was textual, but not when it was visual.
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spelling doaj.art-b6409ab8e0544dd7943d2d35f4f18f052023-09-22T04:40:03ZengElsevierTelematics and Informatics Reports2772-50302023-09-0111100069Role of visual social networking, hypersensitive narcissism, and anxiety sensitivity in online compulsive buyingOliver Thomas Neale0Phil Reed1Swansea University, UKCorresponding author at: Department of Psychology, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea, SA2 8PP, UK.; Swansea University, UKThe impact of hypersensitive narcissism and anxiety sensitivity on online compulsive buying were examined. These transdiagnostic personality factors have not previously received attention in virtual, as opposed to real-world, contexts, and the study explored their interaction with the use of visual and textual social media platforms for online buying. The present study sampled 440 participants (264 female; 174 male), aged 18 – 37 years. Participants completed an online survey comprising: Online Edwards Compulsive Buying Scale Revised, Hypersensitive Narcissism Scale, and the Anxiety Sensitivity Index-3. Visual social networking usage was a risk factor for online compulsive buying, and there were significant positive relationships between both hypersensitive narcissism, and anxiety sensitivity, with online compulsive buying. Anxiety sensitivity mediated the relationship between hypersensitive narcissism and compulsive online buying when the dominate form of social media use was textual, but not when it was visual.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772503023000294Online compulsive buyingSocial networkingAnxiety sensitivityHypersensitive narcissism
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Role of visual social networking, hypersensitive narcissism, and anxiety sensitivity in online compulsive buying
Telematics and Informatics Reports
Online compulsive buying
Social networking
Anxiety sensitivity
Hypersensitive narcissism
title Role of visual social networking, hypersensitive narcissism, and anxiety sensitivity in online compulsive buying
title_full Role of visual social networking, hypersensitive narcissism, and anxiety sensitivity in online compulsive buying
title_fullStr Role of visual social networking, hypersensitive narcissism, and anxiety sensitivity in online compulsive buying
title_full_unstemmed Role of visual social networking, hypersensitive narcissism, and anxiety sensitivity in online compulsive buying
title_short Role of visual social networking, hypersensitive narcissism, and anxiety sensitivity in online compulsive buying
title_sort role of visual social networking hypersensitive narcissism and anxiety sensitivity in online compulsive buying
topic Online compulsive buying
Social networking
Anxiety sensitivity
Hypersensitive narcissism
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772503023000294
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