@article{ref1,
title="Negative mood regulation expectancies moderate the effect of childhood maltreatment on compulsive buying",
journal="Journal of clinical psychology (Hoboken)",
year="2021",
author="Kaur, Kiran and Mearns, Jack",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: Two studies investigated childhood maltreatment, alexithymia-the inability to identify one's mood-and negative mood regulation expectancies  (NMRE)-confidence that one can alleviate one's negative moods-as predictors of  compulsive buying (CB). <br><br>METHOD: Participants were recruited from internet CB forums  and undergraduate psychology classes. Online, they completed questionnaires and a  behavioral task that assessed impulsive spending. <br><br>RESULTS: In Study 1 (N = 646),  analyses indicated that NMRE, alexithymia, and childhood maltreatment were  significant independent predictors of CB. For Study 2, a subset of participants from  the Study 1 pool (N = 295) who met the criterion for clinical levels of CB were  selected, based on their self-report. Analyses revealed that NMRE buffered the  effect of maltreatment: among participants with high NMRE-higher levels of  maltreatment were associated with minimal increases in CB and impulsive spending  behavior. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Being confident that one can control one's unpleasant moods  was a protective factor from the maladaptive consequences of childhood maltreatment. Increasing NMRE early in psychotherapy for CB may result in clients' using more  adaptive coping strategies.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0021-9762",
doi="10.1002/jclp.23103",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jclp.23103"
}