A quarter of Russians use shopping as a depression medicine

Shopping as a depression medicine is used by 25% of Russians. 20% give in to impulsive desires something to buy, about 10% can make purchases on a panic wave from news, follows from results of poll of FEDERALNOYE GOSUDARSTVENNOYE AUTONOMNOYE OBRAZOVATELNOYE UCHREZHDENIYE VYSSHEGO OBRAZOVANIYA "NATIONAL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY "HIGH SCHOOL EKONOMIKI", reports daily business newspaper "RBK daily". As the first vice rector of FEDERALNOYE GOSUDARSTVENNOYE AUTONOMNOYE OBRAZOVATELNOYE UCHREZHDENIYE VYSSHEGO OBRAZOVANIYA "NATIONAL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY "HIGH SCHOOL EKONOMIKI" noted, the head of the laboratory of economical and sociological researches Vadim Radaev, "emotionally loaded consumption" "existed always and everywhere", but during the periods of external shocks (when the stress, a depression, frustration collect) its relevance increases. Such consumption brings to the person moral satisfaction, but...