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Material wealth and perceived identity: impressions of adolescents from different socio-economic backgrounds
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posted on 2023-06-09, 05:01 authored by Helga DittmarExplores the meanings women and men from different social-material strata in the UK attach to their personal possessions. 16 female and 20 male business commuters and 24 female and 26 male unemployed Ss listed their 5 most treasured possessions and wrote open-ended statements concerning the reasons why they considered each important. Men were mainly concerned with the instrumental and use-related features of possessions, whereas women equally emphasized that possessions symbolized emotional attachment and interpersonal relationships. Also, business commuters were mostly concerned with possessions as unique symbols of their personal history and self-development, in contrast to the unemployed Ss' focus on possessions' utilitarian aspects, financial value, and emotional, mood-adjusting features.
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Washington SingerVolume
2Page range
800-812Pages
554.0Book title
Applied economic psychology in the 1990sPlace of publication
Exeter, UKISBN
9781873053027Department affiliated with
- Psychology Publications
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Paul Webley, Brian M Young, Stephen E G LeaLegacy Posted Date
2017-02-02Usage metrics
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