Compulsive buying behavior and online shopping addiction among health science teachers Kaur Mandeep1, Maheshwari S K2, Kumar Anil3 1Lecturer, A. P. S. College of Nursing, Jalandhar, Malsian, Punjab 2Associate Professor & HOD, Department of Psychiatric Nursing, University College of Nursing, BFUHS, Faridkot (Pb), India 3Lecturer, University College of Nursing, BFUHS, Faridkot (Pb), India Online published on 21 January, 2019. Abstract Background Online shopping is a form of electronic commerce which allows consumers to directly purchase the product or services from seller over the internet using web browser. some are suffer from oniomania Aim This study is aimed to assess the compulsive buying behavior and online shopping addiction among health sciences teachers working in selected colleges at Punjab. Method Quantitative, descriptive, cross-sectional survey approach was used to assess compulsive buying behavior and online shopping addiction among conveniently selected 200 health science teachers by using socio demographic data sheet, online shopping behavior questionnaire, compulsive buying measurement scale, and bergen shopping addiction scale. Results One third (31.5%) of the teachers were unable to resist the sales and 40.5% of the teachers purchase something instead of saving. A 21.5% of the teachers continued to shop despite having debts. Teachers preferred to shop from Amazon site once a month, spend average 500–1000/-Rs per month and mostly preferred things related to fashion (men/women) for purchase online. Majority of the teachers were shopping from 1–2 years due to availability of wide variety of products. Two third of the (31.5%) teachers had high compulsive buying behavior. There is moderate positive correlation between compulsive and online shopping addiction. Conclusion It can be concluded that there was significant positive relationship of compulsive buying behavior with online shopping addiction. Health care professional should take early initiative to avoid possible psychological and physical problems among online shoppers. Top Keywords Compulsive buying behavior, online shopping addiction, Health science teachers. Top |