Gender Differences in Pathways to Compulsive Buying in Chinese College Students in Hong Kong and Macau

Ching, Terence H. W.; Tang, Catherine So‐kum; Wu, Anise M. S.; Yan, Ecw

doi:10.1556/2006.5.2016.025

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“…Different characteristics of the subjects may be the cause of these differences. In addition, in comparison to some of the unselected/control populations in previous studies using the same scale-DASS21, we found that the total DASS score in our study do appear to be elevated which can partly proved that IUA patients had a relatively high level of psychological distress [20][21][22][23]. Furthermore, patients who had a history of chronic anxiety or depression (or prior medication for either) had been excluded, which means that levels of anxiety and depression PLOS ONE Table 1.…”

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confidence: 62%

“…High scores suggest that the symptomatology is severe. The recommended cut-offs points for each subscale are as follows: depression [normal (0-9), mild (10)(11)(12)(13), moderate (14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20), severe (21)(22)(23)(24)(25)(26)(27), and extremely severe (28+)], anxiety [normal (0-7), mild (8-9), moderate (10)(11)(12)(13)(14), severe (15)(16)(17)(18)(19), and extremely severe (20+)], and stress [normal (0-14), mild (15)(16)(17)(18), moderate (19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24)(25), severe (26)(27)(28)(29)(30)(31)(32)(33), and extremely severe (34+)] [14,…”

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Level of depression, anxiety and stress in patients with intrauterine adhesions in Hunan Province, China: A cross-sectional study

Wang

Zhou

et al. 2020

PLoS ONE

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Background The incidence of intrauterine adhesions has been increasing in recent years, seriously affecting women's health. This study aimed to investigate the psychological status and identify risk factors associated with high psychological distress in patients with intrauterine adhesions. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted in Hunan Province, China. A total of 258 patients who presented with intrauterine adhesions between February and May 2018 were included. Data were collected by a questionnaire packet that included the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale, the Medical Coping Mode Questionnaire, and demographic and clinical information. Descriptive statistics, t-tests, one-way ANOVA, Pearson's correlations and multiple linear stepwise regression were employed in this study. Results Among 258 participants, the detection rates of mild depression and moderate to extremely severe depression were 10.1% and 10.5%, respectively; the detection rates of mild anxiety and moderate to extremely severe anxiety were 11.2% and 20.2%, respectively; the detection rates of mild stress and moderate to extremely severe stress were 9.3% and 10.2%, respectively. Avoidance and resignation coping were positively correlated with the overall scores of general distress which represents the total scores of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (r = 0.171, 0.475, P < 0.01). Multiple linear stepwise regression results showed that husband-wife relationships and avoidance and resignation coping strategies were the main factors predicting general distress levels. Conclusions Patients with intrauterine adhesions have psychological distress in a certain extent. Target interventions should be taken to improve the mental health level of patients.

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confidence: 99%

Level of depression, anxiety and stress in patients with intrauterine adhesions in Hunan Province, China: A cross-sectional study

Wang

Zhou

et al. 2020

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“…Previous studies have indicated that the socio-cultural context and economic development might be critical factors influencing CB [4, 5]. Although several recent studies have investigated CB behavior with Chinese samples in Hong Kong and Macau [6], Taiwan [7] as well as China mainland [8], almost the entirety of knowledge in this area has been developed from samples in western developed countries, for example the United States, Germany, etc. [9, 10].…”

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Prevalence and co-occurrence of compulsive buying, problematic Internet and mobile phone use in college students in Yantai, China: relevance of self-traits

Jiang

Shi

2016

BMC Public Health

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BackgroundUntil now, most research in the prevalence of compulsive buying (CB) has been developed from samples in western developed countries, this study aimed to estimate the prevalence and co-morbidities of CB, problematic Internet use (PIU) and problematic mobile phone use (PMPU) in college students in Yantai, China. Moreover, based on the lack of research focusing on differences between CB and addiction, we will explore whether CB and PIU/PMPU individuals are characterized by the same self-traits (i. e., self-control, self-esteem and self-efficacy) related profile.MethodsA total of 601 college students were involved in this cross-sectional study. Compulsive buying, problematic Internet and mobile phone use and self-traits were assessed by self-reported questionnaires. The demographic information and use characteristics were included in the questionnaires.ResultsThe incidence of CB, PIU and PMPU were 5.99, 27.8 and 8.99% respectively. In addition, compared with rural students, students from cities are more likely to get involved in CB. Students using mobile phone to surf the Internet displayed higher risk of PIU than counterparts using computer. Students using Internet or mobile phone longer are more prone to problematic use. Furthermore, we found the strong correlations and high co-morbidities of CB, PIU and PMPU and self-control was the most significant predictor for all three disorders. However, self-esteem and self-efficacy were significant predictors only for CB.ConclusionsOur findings indicated that with the prevalence of CB and PMPU roughly equivalent to that demonstrated in previous studies, PIU in Chinese college students is serious and deserves more attention. Furthermore, besides the impulsive aspect common with addiction, CB is also driven by painful self-awareness derived from low self-regard which implies the obsessive-compulsive aspect.

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“…They expressed more desire for luxurious goods, and believed more strongly that money will bring them happiness. Furthermore, they also reported significantly more liking of shopping in general and peer-status related consumption in particular (Chan, 2010).…”

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“…The MVS is one of the most widely used measure of materialism, and its validity has been tested in many cross‐cultural studies, including those with Chinese individuals (e.g. Ching, Tang, Wu, & Yan, ). Participants responded to statements such as I'd be happier if I could afford to buy more things , and indicated their agreement on a 5‐point Likert style scale from strongly disagree (1) to strongly agree (5).…”

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“We want the world and we want it now”: Materialism, time perspectives and problem spending tendency of Chinese

Lao

et al. 2016

Int J Psychol

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Chinese consumers' spending has been expanding rapidly in the past decade, and along with it household and credit card debt. The present research collected evidence to triangulate the contention that materialism is positively related with Chinese's problem spending tendency (PST), and that present-and future-time perspectives interact systematically with materialism to affect PST. A survey of the general population in Macao, China (Study 1; N=239) confirmed that materialism was positively correlated with PST. An interaction between materialism and present-timeperspective intensified the relationship, whereas an interaction with future-timeperspective weakened the relationship. Another survey with a sample of university students (Study 2; N=223) again found positive relationships among PST, materialism, and present-time-perspective, as measured by temporal discount rate.But further exploration showed that PST was only related with temporal discounting among high materialists, but not among low materialists. Study 3 experimentally examined the causal effects of materialism and future-time-perspective on PST.When being primed of an orientation towards materialism (n=33), the participants' planned consumption doubled that of the control group (n=31). A future-timeperspective prime interacted with materialism prime and put a "damper" on participants' planned spending (n=29), compared to their counterparts who were not primed of such a time perspective.

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Gender Differences in Pathways to Compulsive Buying in Chinese College Students in Hong Kong and Macau

Cited by 32 publications

References 77 publications

Level of depression, anxiety and stress in patients with intrauterine adhesions in Hunan Province, China: A cross-sectional study

Level of depression, anxiety and stress in patients with intrauterine adhesions in Hunan Province, China: A cross-sectional study

Prevalence and co-occurrence of compulsive buying, problematic Internet and mobile phone use in college students in Yantai, China: relevance of self-traits

“We want the world and we want it now”: Materialism, time perspectives and problem spending tendency of Chinese

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