Addiction is a complex psychosocial problem that has significant psychosocial effects on family members. The aim of this study is to gain insight into the burden and psychological distress suffered by caregivers of drug abusers. Ninety-nine caregivers of hard drug addicts participated in this study. The test group consisted of 50 participants and the control group had 49 participants. The participants filled out the General Demographic Questionnaire; Caregiving and the Experience of Subjective and Objective Burden; SCL-90-R; and WHOQOL-BREF. Caregivers of addicts who were preparing to join the community exhibited a significantly higher objective burden, subjective burden, subjective stress burden and greater psychological distress in comparison to caregivers of addicts in the community, and their quality of life was poorer (p < 0.001). The following showed to be risk factors for psychological distress: families with a greater number of children, marital, employment and economic status and duration of addiction. The protective factors were better quality of life, long-term marriage and higher education level of caregivers. Caring for addicts who are living with their families is a significant responsibility and burden for caregivers.

Background/Objectives: Various psychological and sociodemographic factors are strongly associated with shopping addiction in different populations. To date, the relationships between these variables have not been fully clarified. European data indicate a rise in shopping addiction among adults over the past two decades, but population-based epidemiological studies in Central and Eastern Europe, including Croatia, remain scarce. This study was conducted to examine the prevalence of shopping addiction and its related factors in Croatian adults. Methods: A cross-sectional online survey was conducted, with data collected via Google Forms from February to April 2024. An anonymous questionnaire covering sociodemographic data, the Bergen Shopping Addiction Scale (BSAS), and the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES) was self-administered by participants recruited using snowball sampling of Croatian adults. Results: The study included 715 participants from all Croatian regions. In the present sample, 14.3% of participants met the BSAS ≥ 12 cutoff, indicating probable and problematic shopping addiction. The BSAS score was significantly higher among females (p = 0.008), high school and university students (p = 0.048), and young adults aged 18–25 years (p = 0.042). Most participants reported average self-esteem (68.0%), while 31.2% and 0.8% had low and high self-esteem, respectively. BSAS scores correlated positively with RSES scores (ρ = 0.225; p < 0.001), while age was negatively correlated with both BSAS (ρ = −0.147; p < 0.001) and RSES (ρ = −0.356; p < 0.001) scores. After controlling for age and sex, the correlation between BSAS and RSES scores remained significant: partial rho = 0.103 and p = 0.006. Conclusions: Shopping addiction was prevalent in the studied population and was associated with specific sociodemographic characteristics and self-esteem levels, highlighting the need for targeted preventive strategies and further research into its underlying mechanisms.