Focus question: How are shopping addictions related to psychological/emotional disorders, and what is it that drives people to become compulsive spenders?

Possible search phrases:

• Compulsive spending symptoms
• Characteristics of shopping addictions
• Causes of compulsive behaviors
• Shopping addictions related to emotional disorders
• Shopping addiction drivers
• Shopping addiction and compulsive spending
• Addict behaviors
• Emotional disorders related to addiction

I have come across quite a bit of information using these phrases. I have only read a little bit of info from each one, and so far so good!!