Debt out of control: The links between self-control, compulsive buying, and real debts. Achtziger, A., Hubert, M., Kenning, P., Raab, G., & Reisch, L. Journal of Economic Psychology, 49:141–149, August, 2015. ![Debt out of control: The links between self-control, compulsive buying, and real debts [link]](https://bibbase.org/img/filetypes/link.svg "link")
Paper doi abstract bibtex In a representative sample of the German population (n=946), we explored the links between self-control, compulsive buying, and debts. Participants completed the self-control scale (Tangney, Boone, & Baumeister, 2004) and the German Addictive Buying Scale (Raab, Neuner, Reisch, & Scherhorn, 2005). Additionally, they gave information about their real debts. It was observed that self-control was negatively related to debts while compulsive buying was positively related to debts. Detailed analyses revealed that the link between self-control and debts was fully mediated by compulsive buying. Finally, there was a gender effect on compulsive buying: women were more prone to compulsive buying than men. Age also was significantly negatively related to compulsive buying and positively linked to self-control. Household income was not linked to self-control, compulsive buying, and debts. Implications for practice, policy, and research are discussed.
@article{achtziger_debt_2015,
title = {Debt out of control: {The} links between self-control, compulsive buying, and real debts},
volume = {49},
issn = {0167-4870},
shorttitle = {Debt out of control},
url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167487015000471},
doi = {10.1016/j.joep.2015.04.003},
abstract = {In a representative sample of the German population (n=946), we explored the links between self-control, compulsive buying, and debts. Participants completed the self-control scale (Tangney, Boone, \& Baumeister, 2004) and the German Addictive Buying Scale (Raab, Neuner, Reisch, \& Scherhorn, 2005). Additionally, they gave information about their real debts. It was observed that self-control was negatively related to debts while compulsive buying was positively related to debts. Detailed analyses revealed that the link between self-control and debts was fully mediated by compulsive buying. Finally, there was a gender effect on compulsive buying: women were more prone to compulsive buying than men. Age also was significantly negatively related to compulsive buying and positively linked to self-control. Household income was not linked to self-control, compulsive buying, and debts. Implications for practice, policy, and research are discussed.},
urldate = {2024-11-21},
journal = {Journal of Economic Psychology},
author = {Achtziger, Anja and Hubert, Marco and Kenning, Peter and Raab, Gerhard and Reisch, Lucia},
month = aug,
year = {2015},
keywords = {Compulsive buying, Consumer debts, Indebtedness factors, Self-control},
pages = {141--149},
}
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