Relationship Between Marital Distress and Shopaholic.

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College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences Department of Applied Social Studies Bachelor of Social Work 2013-2014 Semester A SS3290 (A) Social Work Research Individual Social Work Research Proposal and Reflection Student Numbers: 53022558 Group: T03 Deadline: 8/12/2013 Word Count: 1342 Topic: Relationship between marital distress and shopaholic. Introduction Shopaholic is a familiar term and interesting phenomenon to our society. A shopaholic is a person who shops compulsively or very frequently (yourdictionary, 2013) and considered to be addicted to shopping. It is also called “Compulsive buying” which is characterized by buying behavior and also an obsession with shopping. Some studies also show that there is a connection between shopaholic and distress tolerance and also anxiety. There is also a common saying that compulsive buying disorder is due to poor management of urges to shop and spend money that lead to distress. According to Koran(2006), 5.8% of the United States population is found to have a compulsive buying disorder. Moreover, it is mentioned that people will unable to understand their feelings and have low tolerance for the bad mood when they have compulsive buying (Rose,2012). According to ABCT(2007), approximately 50% of first marriages end in divorce, one of life's most stressful events. Also, it is estimated that nearly 20% of all married couples discontent with their marriage and have marital distress. It is believed that people in a distressed marriage or poor marital relationship will feel dissatisfied and distressed and thus may argue and fight without coming to resolutions. There is not such research to find out whether people with marital distress will increase the chance of being compulsive buying disorder. This research is designed to analysis the relationship between marital distress and compulsive buying
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