Impulse control disorders are conditions where people have impulses that are difficult or impossible to resist. These may include taking things that do not belong to them (kleptomania) or an urge to ...

Nowhere may America's consumer culture be more evident than in the peculiar act of impulse buying. Americans love to make snap decisions when they're shopping, and, to a lesser extent, browsing in ...

Retail therapy can be an expensive coping mechanism. Here’s why impulsive shopping is so hard to resist. Have you ever walked into a store with a simple grocery list in hand, only to emerge with a ...

Impulse purchases—those spur-of-the-moment buys we make without careful consideration—are often associated with fleeting joy but can lead to buyer’s remorse, strained budgets and even a negative brand ...

Unless you’re one of the few that can spend without batting an eye, impulse buying can affect your savings and lead to debt if it happens frequently. Budgeting is one of the most critical — and often ...

Any time you click on a targeted ad and reach for your wallet, or grab something that caught your eye at the supermarket checkout, you are making an impulse buy. And few of us, it seems, have much ...

Pyromania is an impulse control disorder that gives people an intense urge to deliberately start fires. This may be for pleasure, to relieve tension, or for sexual gratification. Sometimes, people ...

Even though American consumers are feeling a financial crunch in their wallets, that's not stopping many from buying on impulse, according to a new study. Fifty-three percent of consumers surveyed by ...

Shopper studies show that over 75 per cent of purchases in traditional impulse categories—chocolates, confectioneries, cookies, salty snacks, and fizzy drinks—are now planned before entering a store.

Impulse control disorders (ICDs) are a class of psychiatric disorders characterized by difficulties controlling aggressive or antisocial impulses. Because they can involve physical violence, theft, or ...