Shopping Addiction METHOD OF ANALYSIS

CHAPPTER III A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SHOPPING ADDICTION

3.1 Shopping Addiction

In this analysis, the writer uses theory of addiction behavior that focus on shopping addiction. Shopping becomes the person s main way of coping with stress, to the point where they continue to the shop excessively even when it is clearly having negative impact on other area so their life. Like other behavior addictions, shopping addiction is controversial idea. Many experts balk at the idea that excessive spending can constitute an addiction, believing that there has to be a psychoactive substance which produces symptoms such us physical tolerance and withdrawal for an activity to be a true addiction. A tradition more and more grow it is one of tradition that present addiction behavior is a shopping addiction. Robert and Sepulveda 1999, in Hyojkin dkk, 2003 from thesis Hamanda 2008: xvi is the shopping tradition is grow up to be a stronger motivation that shaped from individual and society. Almost everyone shops to some degree, but only about 6 of the U.S. population is thought to have a shopping addiction. Usually beginning in the late teens and early adulthoot, shopping addiction often co-occurs with other disorders, including mood and anxiety disorder, substance use disorder, eating disorder, other impulse control disorder, and personality disorder. Compulsive Buyer always comprise with negative emotion like angry and stress to be supporting people to shopping again Areson: 2003. When shopping is finish, so she would be dedpression and regret. To lose the regret and depression, so she would be going to shopping behavior would be repeatedly. There is a relation with teory of Arenson 2003 explain that brain of chemistry is a key to be support a shopping addiction. An electric activities in a part of nerve in a brain, and it is a basic of happinest and sadness feeling. Shopaholic always repeatedly an act it caused activitiest in cells of brain and becoming sensitive, emotion. Universitas Sumatera Utara

3.2 Defenition of Shopping Addiction