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VOL. 13, ISSUE 3 (2026)
From traits to buying: Emotional Intelligence as a psychological mechanism linking personality and shopping addiction in adolescents
Authors
Saurabh Kumar Mishra, Shailendra Kumar Singh
Abstract
Personality traits are well-known predictors of
compulsive buying, yet how stable dispositions translate into addictive
shopping, especially among adolescents, is not fully understood. This
conceptual paper argues that emotional intelligence (EI) functions not as a
protective buffer but as the mechanism through which personality influences
shopping addiction. Drawing on the Five-Factor Model, the ability model of EI,
and the behavioral-addiction framework behind the Bergen Shopping Addiction
Scale, it proposes that traits like neuroticism and low conscientiousness first
shape adolescents' emotional regulation skills, which in turn influence
reliance on compulsive buying as mood repair. The paper reviews evidence that
EI mediates the materialism–compulsive buying link, that negative affect
mediates the neuroticism–EI relationship in adolescents, and that personality's
effects on buying are largely indirect. It presents a mediation model, five
testable hypotheses, a bootstrapped mediation approach, and implications and
limitations for future research.
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Pages:308-311
How to cite this article:
Saurabh Kumar Mishra, Shailendra Kumar Singh "From traits to buying: Emotional Intelligence as a psychological mechanism linking personality and shopping addiction in adolescents". International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Development, Vol 13, Issue 3, 2026, Pages 308-311
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