1. When i have money, I cannot keep them and have to spend some or all of them.
2. I often buy on impulse.
3. In my opinion, shopping is a way to relieve the stress of everyday life and relax.
4. Sometimes I feel, that something is telling me to go out shopping.
5. Sometimes I feel a strong urge to buy (clothes, books etc.).
6. I have had a feeling of remorse after buying something, because it seemed unreasonable to me.
7. Sometimes I don't show it, what i bought(am), that nothing would be considered unreasonable ("Stupid expense").
8. I often experience a sudden impulse, spontaneous and unexpected, which makes me go out and buy something in the store.
9. Whenever I'm at the mall, I feel an irresistible urge to go into it and buy something.
10. I belong to people, who often order different items by mail (books, discs etc.).
11. I buy things often, which I don't need, although I know, that I don't have much money.
12. I am wasteful(a).
13. Sometimes I think: "If I could do it again, I would like…”, and I am sorry for that, what I did or said.
14. In my teenage years, I had enough money, to buy it from time to time, which I liked.
15. In the first ten years of my life I was told, what should i do with my money.
16. If I had financial problems, I know, that I could rely on someone else's help.
Am I a shopaholic? – Test – Test (CBS)
Indicates your degree of consent or disagreement with the following statements. Put an "X" on the answer, which best expresses your attitude to the statement:
1. If I have any money set aside, after paying the bills, I absolutely have to spend them.
1. I totally agree
2. sometimes I agree
3. not so, nor not
4. sometimes I disagree
5. I completely disagree
2. Indicate how often you have done any of these things, by putting on the appropriate number, according to the legend:
1. very often
2. often
3. sometimes
4. rarely
5. never
A. I think, that others would judge my shopping habits negatively, if they found out about them
1 2 3 4 5
B. I'm buying stuff, which I cannot afford
1 2 3 4 5
C. I'm signing the check, although I know, that I do not have enough money in the bank to cover it
1 2 3 4 5
D. I buy things to lift my mood
1 2 3 4 5
E. I feel anxious and nervous in days, when i can't go shopping
1 2 3 4 5
F. I pay with credit cards only for the smallest expenses
1 2 3 4 5
The SIIPaC Compensation Scale for Purchasing – test
• How often do you buy things, which you don't use afterwards?
□ always
□ often
□ never
• How often do you buy things, nothing with enough money for it?
□ always
□ often
□ never
• How often you collect items, which others threw away?
□ always
□ often
□ never
• How often do you feel compelled to buy something, what you don't need?
□ always
□ often
□ never
• How often do you feel anxious or depressed, if you failed to buy this, what you had for(ash) feel like?
□ always
□ often
□ never
• How often do you shop for your well-being?
□ always
□ often
□ never
• How often you absolutely want an item, which you see while shopping?
□ always
□ often
□ never
• How frustrated or confused do you feel about buying unnecessary items?
□ always
□ often
□ never
• Has it happened, that over-buying was the cause of your financial problems?
□ always
□ often
□ never
• Whether excessive buying affected your social or professional life?
□ always
□ often
□ never
• Do you check other people's trash, to find something to take home in them?
□ always
□ often
□ never
• Do you spend more time shopping, than you intended(forest)?
□ always
□ often
□ never
I admit it 2 points for first answers, 1 for the second and 0 for the third.
0-6 points: the problem did not arise.
7-13 points: you have trouble buying.
14-24 points: you probably suffer from obsessive compulsive shopping.
