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Questionnaire about Buying Behavior (QABB)
Questionnaire about Buying Behavior (QABB)
| Availability |
Please email the authors for information about obtaining the instrument: michel.lejoyeux@bch.aphp.fr
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| Classification |
Supplemental: Parkinson's Disease (PD)
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| Short Description of Instrument |
The Questionnaire About Buying Behavior (QABB) is a 19-item self-rated questionnaire that measures severity of buying behaviors based on the Mcelroy Diagnostic Criteria for Compulsive Buying.
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| Scoring |
The patient must answer 19 yes or no questions that represent basic features of compulsive buying. Subjects with a score greater than nine are considered compulsive buyers.
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| References |
Lejoyeux M, Tassain V, Solomon J, Adès J. Study of compulsive buying in depressed patients. J Clin Psychiatry. 1997;58(4):169-173.
Lejoyeux M, Weinstein A. Compulsive Buying. Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse. 2010;36(5):248-253.
Lejoueux M, Richoux-Benhaim C, Betizeau A, Lequen V, Lohnhardt H. Money Attitude, Self-Esteem, and Compulsive Buying in a Population of Medical Students. Front Psychiatry. 2011;2:13.
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