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Changes in materialism, changes in psychological well-being: evidence from three longitudinal studies and an intervention experiment
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posted on 2023-06-08, 16:23 authored by Tim Kasser, Katherine L. Rosenblum, Arnold J. Sameroff, Edward L. Deci, Christopher P. Niemiec, Richard M. Ryan, Osp Árnadóttir, Rod Bond, Helga Dittmar, Nathan Dungan, Susan HawksFew studies have examined how changes in materialism relate to changes in well-being; fewer have experimentally manipulated materialism to change wellbeing. Studies 1, 2, and 3 examined how changes in materialistic aspirations related to changes in well-being, using varying time frames (12 years, 2 years, and 6 months), samples (US young adults and Icelandic adults), and measures of materialism and well-being. Across all three studies, results supported the hypothesis that people’s well-being improves as they place relatively less importance on materialistic goals and values, whereas orienting toward materialistic goals relatively more is associated with decreases in well-being over time. Study 2 additionally demonstrated that this association was mediated by changes in psychological need satisfaction. A fourth, experimental study showed that highly materialistic US adolescents who received an intervention that decreased materialism also experienced increases in self-esteem over the next several months, relative to a control group. Thus, well-being changes as people change their relative focus on materialistic goals.
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Motivation and EmotionISSN
0146-7239Publisher
Springer VerlagExternal DOI
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1Volume
38Page range
1-22Department affiliated with
- Psychology Publications
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2013-11-21First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date
2013-11-21Usage metrics
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