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‘‘A study to assess the correlation between compulsive buying behaviour and psychological distress among females of selected city.’’

Author(s) Mr. Sandip Keshav Virkar, Dr. Kanwaljeet Kaur, Dr. Supriya Chinchpure
Country India
Abstract ABSTRACT:-
INTRODUCTION: Shopping is a commonplace event; compulsive shoppers may have no idea they have an addictive relationship to the activity. Potential symptoms of a shopping addiction include a persistent desire to shop for unnecessary items; persistent difficulty avoiding the actual purchase of unnecessary items; devotion of large amounts of time toward planning shopping trips, even when the object of a trip is trivial or nonessential; the onset of serious financial problems that stem from uncontrolled shopping behaviours; and the onset of serious personal, school-related or job-related problems that stem from uncontrolled shopping behaviors.OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY: 1) To assess the compulsive buying behaviour in among females of selected city. 2) To assess the psychological distress among females of selected city. 3) To find out the co-relation between compulsive buying behaviour and psychological distress among females of selected city. 4) To find out the association between the compulsive buying behaviour and psychological distress with demographical variables. MATERIAL AND METHOD: The design adopted for study was descriptive-correlational study design. The study sample comprised of 105 females who are selected through a non-probability purposive sampling technique from the selected institutes in the city. A Modified compulsive buying behaviour scale and modified psychological distress scale was used to evaluate the compulsive buying behaviour and psychological distress. RESULTS: indicates the correlation between compulsive buying behaviour and psychological distress among females. Karl Pearson correlation coefficient test was used to check the correlation. The graph indicated that while correlating the compulsive buying behaviour and psychological distress among females, the mean for compulsive buying behaviour was 51.45 and SD 15.42 and for psychological distress mean was 54.64 and SD 13.98. Pearson correlation coefficient value is 0.99 which suggests there is very strong correlation between two variable and P value is 0.31 which is >0.05 hence it is not significant. CONCLUSION: The present study is to assess the correlation between compulsive buying behaviour and psychological distress among females of selected city. The findings of the study showed that maximum female had Moderate compulsive buying behaviour similarly maximum females had moderate psychological distress. This study also proved that there is very strong relation between compulsive buying behaviour and psychological distress among the selected females.
Keywords Correlation, Compulsive Buying Behaviour, Psychological Distress, Females.
Field Medical / Pharmacy
Published In Volume 8, Issue 2, March-April 2026
Published On 2026-04-08
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