Feelings of social isolation can drive people to purchase items to soothe their emotions for social validation. Study finds how a private attempt to heal emotional pain transforms into a public display of status that reinforces compulsive buying.
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The unexpected link between loneliness, status, and shopping habits
A new study reveals how feelings of social isolation can trigger a sequence of shopping behaviors, transforming private emotional compensation into public displays of status that ultimately foster online shopping addiction.
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