Richmond Compulsive Buying Scale
Richmond Compulsive Buying Scale — A 6-item scale measuring general tendency to buy compulsively, defined as preoccupation with buying and lack of impulse control, with a clinical cut-off score.
What it measures
A 6-item scale measuring general tendency to buy compulsively, defined as preoccupation with buying and lack of impulse control, with a clinical cut-off score.
Scale items
The item wording is under the publisher's copyright, so we do not reproduce it here. You can find the full items in the original article (see the DOI below). In Explonia, signed-in users get this scale complete in the built-in library and can add it to their own study — no need to find the items yourself. For use in your own research; please cite the original source.
Source and citation
Ridgway, N. M., Kukar-Kinney, M., & Monroe, K. B. (2008). An Expanded Conceptualization and a New Measure of Compulsive Buying. Journal of Consumer Research. https://doi.org/10.1086/591108
Reference table
| Property | Detail |
|---|---|
| Construct | Richmond Compulsive Buying Scale |
| Number of items | 6 |
| Response format | Likert-like |
| Journal | Journal of Consumer Research (2008) |
| DOI | 10.1086/591108 |
How to cite this page
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Szymkowiak, A. (2026). Richmond Compulsive Buying Scale — validated scale (2008). Explonia. https://explonia.com/scales/richmond-compulsive-buying-scale/
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