阅读理解Compulsive(强迫的)shoppersmayhaveanewpsychologicalexcusetoblamefortheirwildshopping．PsychologistsattheUniversityofCanterburyinNewZealandarestudyingthe“shop-ti

　　阅读理解

　　Compulsive(强迫的)shoppersmayhaveanewpsychologicalexcusetoblamefortheirwildshopping．PsychologistsattheUniversityofCanterburyinNewZealandarestudyingthe“shop-till-you-drop”habitasabehavioraldisordersimilartocompulsiveeating．Compulsiveshoppersfrequentlybuymorethantheycanaffordormorethantheyneedanditcausesthemdistress．

　　“Itbecomesaproblemwhenyouareoutofcontrol”psychologylecturerNevilleBlampiedsaid．“Whenyouarefeelingbadandbluewhatdoyoudo?Somepeopleeatchocolatecakeandicecream．Somepeopletakethecreditcardandgoouttotheshop．”Bankmanagersunderstandtheproblembecausetheyhavetodealwithpeoplewhohavetobepersuadedtostopusingtheircardsdrawingmoney．

　　Compulsiveshoppingwasfirstdiscoveredin1915althoughitwasthenknownasoniomania．Fewstudieshavebeendoneontheproblem．

　　AnadvertisementinaChristchurchpapercallingforpeopletotakepartinanexperimentaltreatmentprogramdesignedbyMr．Wilsonattracted10replies．ButtheproblemsaidMrWilsonis“clearlynotrare”．Hethinksthatcompulsiveshoppingshouldbetreatedwithdrugs．“Aspsychologistsweareinterestedinnon-drugtreatmentsforbehavioraldifficulties”MrWilsonsaid．

　　Compulsiveeatersorshoppersgetakickfromtheirhabit．“Bothactivitiesprovideanimmediatekindofkickandyoufeelabitbetter”hesaid．“Youhavelong-termproblemsbuthumanbeingsareextremelygoodatnotseeinglong-termproblemsandareverysensitivetoshort-termbenefits”hesaid．

　　Theaimofthetreatmentwastohelppeoplefindbetterwaysofmanagingtheiremotions．Theprogramconsistingof10one-hourweeklylessonsandtwofollow-uptreatmentsislooselybasedonteachingstressmanagement．

　　“Youoftenhavetostarttogetpeopletocorrectlyrecognizetheiremotions．Notbeingabletoknowwhatyoureallyfeelweakensyourabilitytosolvetheproblemsconnectedwithwhat’smakingyoufeelthatway”Mr．Wilsonsaid．

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