1            The estimated point prevalence of compulsive buying among respondents was 5.8% (by gender:

2 pulsive use of dopamine replacement therapy, compulsive buying and pathological gambling, with eight

3         The emotional and functional toll of compulsive buying and the frequency of comorbid psychiat

4 t the criteria of McElroy and colleagues for compulsive buying, and who scored more than two standard

5 ese results indicate that persons who report compulsive buying behavior, and their first-degree relat

6                                              Compulsive buying is characterized by inappropriate shop

7 inically validated screening instrument, the Compulsive Buying Scale, to classify respondents as eith

8 wo standard deviations above the mean on the Compulsive Buying Scale, were recruited.

9                                              Compulsive buying (uncontrolled urges to buy, with resul