“…As just alluded to, the term compulsive behavior, the qualification compulsive, or even the word compulsion in the realm of human psyche and behavior, have been interpreted in various ways (e.g., in the psychoanalytic and psychiatric literatures, see Foa & Steketee, 1979;Gibson, 1983;Ingram, 1961, Insel, 1983Jenike, 1983;Judd, 1965;Long & Scherl, 1984;Nemiah, 1975;Rohsenow, 1984;Salzman & Thaler, 1981;Silverman, 1986;Straker, 1982;Templer, 1972; also see American Psychiatric Association, 1987;Campbell, 1981;Moore & Fine, 1975;Rycroft, 1968;Stone, 1988; in the marketing literature, see Briney & Reed, 1988;Faber & O'Guinn, 1988;Faber, O'Guinn, & Krych, 1987;King, 1981;O'Guinn & Faber, 1989;Stephenson & Willet, 1969;Tatzel, 1982;Valence, d'Astous, & Fortier, 1988;Winestine, 1985; in the anecdotal literature, see Chicago Tribune, 1955;Gelman, 1989; for implicit use of the qualification compulsive, see Rook, 1987). As such, researchers are still far from providing unequivocal definitions of these items.…”