Introduction: The emerging adult has a high prevalence to psychological distress as this encompasses clinical manifestations of anxiety and depression disorders. They are also more prone to economic consumerism, which involves social and psychological issues. Purpose: To determine to what extent the level of psychological distress is related to the level of consumerism in emerging adults in Salamanca Guanajuato, in order to find a possible new risk factor in the mental health of this population, to generate new lines of action.