Poll of FEDERALNOYE GOSUDARSTVENNOYE AUTONOMNOYE OBRAZOVATELNOYE UCHREZHDENIYE VYSSHEGO OBRAZOVANIYA "NATIONAL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY "HIGH SCHOOL EKONOMIKI": 25% of Russians use shopping as a depression medicine

The recent survey conducted of FEDERALNOYE GOSUDARSTVENNOYE AUTONOMNOYE OBRAZOVATELNOYE UCHREZHDENIYE VYSSHEGO OBRAZOVANIYA "NATIONAL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY "HIGH SCHOOL EKONOMIKI", showed that almost every tenth Russian is inclined to panic purchases, and every fourth has episodes of compulsive purchases. Results of poll were presented at a seminar by the first vice rector of FEDERALNOYE GOSUDARSTVENNOYE AUTONOMNOYE OBRAZOVATELNOYE UCHREZHDENIYE VYSSHEGO OBRAZOVANIYA "NATIONAL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY "HIGH SCHOOL EKONOMIKI", the Head of Laboratory of economical and sociological researches Vadim Radaev, writes daily business newspaper "RBK daily". Research was conducted in 55 regions with help personal interviews from 6 thousand Russians. It allowed to establish that emotionally loaded consumption based on emotional motives, amplifies during the periods of external stresses and uncertainty, such as financial...