Table 2.
Prevalence of Axis-I and personality disorders among patients with pathological buying (PB+) and without pathological buying (PB−)
| PB+ (n=31) | PB− (n=31) | Group comparison | |
| N (%) | N (%) | ||
| Axis-I disorders | |||
| Any depressive disorder | 18 (58.1) | 18 (58.1) | χ2=8.881, df=4, p=.064 |
| Any anxiety disorder | 3 (9.7) | 3 (9.7) | |
| Any somatoform disorder | 1 (3.2) | 2 (6.4) | |
| Any eating disorder | 3 (9.7) | 8 (25.8) | |
| Personality disorders | |||
| Borderline | 1 (3.2) | 4 (12.9) | χ2=3.970, df=4, p=.410 |
| Narcissistic | 1 (3.2) | 1 (3.2) | |
| Avoidant | – | 1 (3.2) | |
| Obsessive–compulsive | 1 (3.2) | – | |