Understanding Panic Buying Through an Integrated Psychodynamic Lens

Datos Bibliográficos

ID22073650
AutoresMarty A Cooper (0000-0002-0772-8518, SUNY Old Westbury, autor de correspondencia), Jamie L Gordon (SUNY Old Westbury)
Año2021
Volumen9
Páginas666715-666715
Fecha de publicación2021-04-14
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaFrontiers in Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2296-2565 • E-ISSN: 2296-2565
EditorialFrontiers Media SA (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3389/fpubh.2021.666715
PMID33937180
OpenAlexW3155910155
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas16

Previous literature has identified panic buying as often being a response to environmental stressors. In early 2020, we saw an increase in panic buying as a response to a real and/or perceived lack of resources due to COVID-19. Although panic buying has a long history, there is a lack of literature to provide a psychological understanding of the phenomenon. During the early days of COVID-19 clients presented with fear and uncertainty. These negative emotions were, in part, a response to a real shortage of basic supplies. However, the panic response led to behaviors that, for some individuals, resulted in atypical buying patterns. From a therapeutic perspective, one can consider behavioral and psychodynamic explanations and interventions, and how this impacts the associated behaviors. This article will focus on psychodynamic understandings of panic buying as a response to events that result in negative emotions. By providing a psychodynamic understanding of panic buying, authors hope to contribute to the therapy of clients presenting with related behaviors and their associated negative affect

Anxiety · Panic · Psychiatry · Psychodynamic psychotherapy · Psychodynamics · Psychological intervention · Psychotherapist · Stressor · Clinical Psychology · Consumer Retail Behavior Studies · COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion · Medicine · Psychology