Tan, Pei Ying, JamaicaPei Ying, JamaicaTanNjauw, M.M.NjauwProf. TANG So Kum, CatherineCatherineProf. TANG So Kum2021-11-262021-11-262018Tan, P. Y., Njauw, M., & Tang, S. K. (23-25 Apr 2018). A study on the relationship among materialism, social media addiction, and compulsive buying: A comparison of U.S. high school and college students. 5th International Conference on Behavioral Addictions, Cologne, Germany.http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11861/6771https://akjournals.com/view/journals/2006/7/supplement1/article-p1.xmlBackground: This study aims to investigate the associations among Materialism, Social Me-dia Addiction (SMA), and Compulsive Buying (CB), as well as age differences betweenhigh school and college students among the variables, in the United States. Methods: Conve-nience samples of students were recruited via online platforms or interviews. A total of 533 high school and 1260 college students participated in this study by completing a 20-minutes self-reported questionnaire. Independent sample t-tests were conducted to investigate age differences in Materialism, SMA, and CB. Pearson correlation and hierarchical regression analyses were performed to determine the relationships among variables. Results: Prevalence of SMA was 15% and 12.1% for high school and college students respectively. For CB, prevalence was 9.4% and 33.9% respectively. Results revealed positive correlations among Materialism, SMA, and CB. Significant age differences were found, with high school stu-dents scoring higher in SMA but lower in Materialism and CB compared to college students. Gender, age, SMA, and Materialism were also found to be predictors of CB. Conclusion: Public education, prevention, and intervention programs for behavioral addiction should at-tend to specific needs of high school and college students.enCompulsive BuyingSocial Media AddictionMaterialismConference Paper10.1556/jba.7.2018.suppl.1