Outline

Purpose: to raise awareness about what oniomania and kleptomania are to

encourage more research on the topic (specifically treatment) and reveal how they
lend themselves to materialism
Audience: avid shoppers/ those interested in the fashion industry/ teens
Essential Question: How do kleptomania and oniomania represent materialism and
how can we effectively treat them?
Thesis: Materialism is made more obvious by prominent behaviors of oniomania and
kleptomania, which stem from social, cultural, and psychological influences that can
be attempted to be remediated by medication and counseling.
Introduction
What does materialism look like today?

Definition
o Source 1- Rindfleisch
Things that happen because of materialism (divorce, remarriage,
etc.)
o Source 3- Gregoire
More representations of materialism seen commonly (Type-A
behavior, narcissistic tendencies, etc.)
Effects of materialism (business and credit card debt, etc.)
USE FULL GREGOIRE QUOTE
o Thesis: Materialism is made more obvious by prominent behaviors of
oniomania and kleptomania, which stem from social, cultural, and
psychological influences that can be attempted to be remediated by
medication and counseling.

THESIS CONNECTION: Materialism is made more obvious by prominent

behaviors
Kleptomania
What is kleptomania?

Definition
o Source 5- Singer
o Source 12- Allen & Burr

THESIS CONNECTION: behaviors ofkleptomania

How do these social, cultural, and psychological factors cause/influence
kleptomania?

Social
o Source 6- Egan & Taylor
Anti-social behavior
Unethical consumer behavior
Cultural
o FIND EVIDENCE
Psychological
o Source: Expert Mr. Shulman
It varies some, of course, but typically there are unresolved
losses, traumas, and other hurts that lead people to try to fill a
void through shopping and/or shoplifting

THESIS CONNECTION: which stem from social, cultural, and psychological

influences
What are the effects of kleptomania and why are they negative?

Individual
o Source 13- Tonglet
Dissatisfaction with self
Families
o Source: Expert Mr. Shulman
divorce, bankruptcy, loss of work productivity, and relational
problems
Society
o Source 13- Tonglet
Retailers (lose money)
o Source 5- Singer
Legal agencies and psychiatrists
o Source: Expert Mr. Shulman
shoplifting ha[s] negative effects on the economy because [it]
lead[s] to loss of products, increased prices

THESIS CONNECTION: that can be attempted to be remediated (the middle

between cause and treatment)
How can kleptomania be treated/what treatments have been tried?

Law
o

Source 5- Singer
Fines and jail time
Medicinal
o FIND MORE INFO (if there is any)
Counseling
o Source 5- Singer
Psychotherapy
*need intrinsic motivation*

Source 13- Tonglet

Theory of planned behavior

THESIS CONNECTION: attempt to be remediated by medication and counseling

Oniomania
What is oniomania?

Definition
o Source 10- Black
5.8% of population
Comorbid disorder

THESIS CONNECTION: behaviors ofoniomania

How do these social, cultural, and psychological factors cause/influence oniomania?

Social
o Source 9- Harnish & Bridges
Material values (test administered)
Problem avoidance and rigidity
Cultural
o Expert: Mr. Shulman
Manifestations of materialism
We live in a materialistic and consumer-driven society so
obtaining stuff often makes one feel better, complete, or
powerful -- even for brief periods.
Psychological
o Source 9- Harnish & Bridges
Narcissism
o Source 10 Black
Anxiety and eating disorders

THESIS CONNECTION: which stem from social, cultural, and psychological

influences
What are the effects of oniomania and why are they negative?

Individual
o Source 11- OGuinn & Faber
Self-esteem issues/ self-loathing
Families
o Expert opinion- Dr. Benson
Drifting from family, tendencies to hoard keeping families from
wanting to visit
Society

Expert opinion- Mr. Shulman

Compulsive shopping and shoplifting have negative effects on
the economy because they lead to loss of products, increased
prices, divorce, bankruptcy, loss of work productivity, and
relational problems.

THESIS CONNECTION: that can be attempted to be remediated (the middle

between cause and treatment)
How can oniomania be treated/what treatments have been tried?

Medicinal
o Source 8- Jhanjee
Antidepressants (fluvoxamine)
Serotonin reuptake inhibitors
Used for oniomania with comorbid depression
Counseling
o Source 8- Jhanjee
Cognitive Behavioral therapy

THESIS CONNECTION: attempt to be remediated by medication and counseling