Get Up And Do Something: Shopping as therapy is real: new study

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Shopping as therapy is real: new study
Nov 23rd 2012, 11:17

People who are sad are willing to forgo greater future monetary gains in exchange for instant financial gratification, according to findings in a just-published paper co-authored by an assistant professor at the University of California Riverside's School of Business Administration.

"Our work clearly shows that the desire for retail therapy is real," said Ye Li, an assistant professor of management.

Li co-authored the paper, "The Financial Costs of Sadness," which was published online Tuesday, Nov. 13 in the journal Psychological Science, with Jennifer S. Lerner, of Harvard University, and Elke U. Weber, of Columbia University.

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