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2022


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Emotion-focused coping mediates the relationship between COVID-related distress and compulsive buying.

Authors

Kovács L N, Katzinger E, Yi S, Demetrovics Z, Maraz A, Kökönyei G
PLoS One. 2022; 17(9):e0274458.
PMID: 36107949.

Abstract

COVID-19 posits psychological challenges worldwide and has given rise to nonadaptive behavior, especially in the presence of maladaptive coping. In the current study, we assessed whether the relationship between COVID-related distress and compulsive buying is mediated by task-focused and emotion-focused coping. We also examined whether these associations were invariant over time as the pandemic unfolded.