Interpersonal Sensitivity and Sex as Determinants of Compulsive Buying behaviour among Workers

Abstract

This study investigated interpersonal sensitivity and sex as determinants of compulsive buying behaviour among workers. A total of 285 workers, 145(50.9%) males and 140(49.1%) females were randomly selected through systematic sampling techniques. The ages of the participants ranged from 21 to 55years with a mean age of 32.77 and standard deviation of 7.59. 2 by 2 factorial design was adopted for the study while a two way analysis of variance was used for analyzing the two hypotheses. The first hypothesis of the study which stated that there will be a significant difference between workers who have high interpersonal sensitivity and workers who have loe interpersonal sensitivity on their compulsive buying behaviour was rejected at f(1,281)=.360, p>.05 level of significance. The second hypothesis of the study which stated that there will be a significant difference between male and female workers on compulsive buying behavior was also rejected f(1,281)= .830, p>.05 level of significance. Hence, Findings were discussed and recommendations were also made.

Keywords: Compulsive buying, Interpersonal sensitivity and Sex.