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. Link: https://www.psypost.org/how-loneliness-and-the-desire-for-status-fuel-online-shopping-addiction-2026-03-20/ :Cat-PS
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