Unanue, Wenceslao, Martela, Frank, Vignoles, Vivian and Dittmar, Helga (2023) Clarifying the link between psychological need satisfaction and positive affect: longitudinal within-person tests for bi-directional influence in two cultures. European Journal of Personality. ISSN 0890-2070

Moldes, Olaya, Banerjee, Robin, Easterbrook, Matthew, Harris, Peter and Dittmar, Helga (2019) Identity changes and well-being gains of spending money on material and experiential consumer products. Journal of Economic Psychology, 72. pp. 229-244. ISSN 01674870

Gardarsdottir, Ragna B, Bond, Rod, Vilhjalmsdottir, Arndis and Dittmar, Helga (2018) Shifts in subjective well-being of different status groups: a longitudinal case-study during declining income inequality. Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 54. pp. 46-55. ISSN 0276-5624

Dittmar, Helga and Hurst, Megan (2018) The impact of a materialistic value orientation on well-being. In: Maddux, James E (ed.) Subjective well-being and life satisfaction. Frontiers of Social Psychology . Routledge, Oxon, pp. 311-336. ISBN 9781138282070

Hurst, Megan, Dittmar, Helga, Banerjee, Robin and Bond, Rod (2017) 'I just feel so guilty': the role of introjected regulation in linking appearance goals for exercise with women’s body image. Body Image, 20. pp. 120-129. ISSN 1740-1445

Ashikali, Eleni-Marina, Dittmar, Helga and Ayers, Susan (2017) The impact of cosmetic surgery advertising on Swiss women’s body image and attitudes toward cosmetic surgery. Swiss Journal of Psychology, 76 (1). pp. 13-21. ISSN 1421-0185

Hurst, Megan, Dittmar, Helga, Halliwell, Emma and Diedrichs, Phillippa C (2016) Does size matter? Media influences and body image. In: Jansson-Boyd, Cathrine V and Zawisza, Magdalena J (eds.) Routledge international handbook of consumer psychology. Routledge international handbook . Taylor & Francis, New York, pp. 232-249. ISBN 9781138846494

Unanue, Wenceslao, Vignoles, Vivian L, Dittmar, Helga and Vansteenkiste, Maarten (2016) Life goals predict environmental behavior: cross-cultural and longitudinal evidence. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 46. pp. 10-22. ISSN 0272-4944

Ashikali, Eleni-Marina, Dittmar, Helga and Ayers, Susan (2016) Adolescent girls' views on cosmetic surgery: a focus group study. Journal of Health Psychology, 21 (1). pp. 112-121. ISSN 1461-7277

Shaefer, Lauren M, Burke, Natasha L, Thompson, J Kevin, Dedrick, Robert F, Heinberg, Leslie J, Calogero, Rachel M, Bardone-Cone, Anna M, Higgins, Mary K, Frederick, David A, Kelly, Mackenzie, Anderson, Drew A, Schaumberg, Katherine, Nerini, Amanda, Stefanile, Cristina, Dittmar, Helga, Clark, Elizabeth, Adams, Zoe, Macwana, Susan, Klump, Kelly L, Vercellone, Allison C, Paxton, Susan J and Swami, Viren (2015) Development and validation of the Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Questionnaire-4 (SATAQ-4). Psychological Assessment, 27 (1). pp. 54-67. ISSN 1040-3590

Ashikali, Eleni-Marina, Dittmar, Helga and Ayers, Susan (2015) The impact of cosmetic surgery advertising on women’s body image and attitudes towards cosmetic surgery. Psychology of Popular Media Culture, Dec 14. pp. 1-19. ISSN 2160-4134

Dittmar, Helga, Bond, Rod, Hurst, Megan and Kasser, Tim (2014) The relationship between materialism and personal well-being: a meta-analysis. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 107 (5). pp. 879-924. ISSN 0022-3514

Ku, Lisbeth, Dittmar, Helga and Banerjee, Robin (2014) To have or to learn? The effects of materialism on British and Chinese children's learning. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 106 (5). pp. 803-821. ISSN 0022-3514

Unanue-Manriquez, Wenceslao, Dittmar, Helga, Vignoles, Vivian and Vansteenkiste, Maarten (2014) Materialism and well-being in the UK and Chile: basic need satisfaction and basic need frustration as underlying psychological processes. European Journal of Personality, 28 (6). pp. 569-585. ISSN 0890-2070

Kasser, Tim, Rosenblum, Katherine L., Sameroff, Arnold J., Deci, Edward L., Niemiec, Christopher P., Ryan, Richard M., Árnadóttir, Osp, Bond, Rod, Dittmar, Helga, Dungan, Nathan and Hawks, Susan (2014) Changes in materialism, changes in psychological well-being: evidence from three longitudinal studies and an intervention experiment. Motivation and Emotion, 38 (1). pp. 1-22. ISSN 0146-7239

Easterbrook, Matthew J, Wright, Mark L, Dittmar, Helga and Banerjee, Robin (2014) Consumer culture ideals, extrinsic motivations, and well-being in children. European Journal of Social Psychology, 44 (4). pp. 349-359. ISSN 0046-2772

Ashikali, Eleni-Marina, Dittmar, Helga and Ayers, Susan (2014) The effect of cosmetic surgery reality TV shows on adolescent girls’ body image. Psychology of Popular Media Culture, 3 (3). pp. 141-153. ISSN 2160-4134

Hurst, Megan, Dittmar, Helga, Bond, Rod and Kasser, Tim (2013) The relationship between materialistic values and environmental attitudes and behaviors: a meta-analysis. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 36. pp. 257-269. ISSN 0272-4944

Garðarsdóttir, Ragna B and Dittmar, Helga (2012) The relationship of materialism to debt and financial well-being: the case of Iceland’s perceived prosperity. Journal of Economic Psychology, 33 (3). pp. 471-481. ISSN 0167-4870

Ashikali, Eleni-Marina and Dittmar, Helga (2012) The effect of priming materialism on women's responses to thin-ideal media. British Journal of Social Psychology, 51 (4). pp. 514-533. ISSN 0144-6665

Dittmar, H (2012) Dolls and action figures. In: Cash, Thomas F (ed.) Encyclopedia of body image and human appearance. Elsevier, London, pp. 386-391. ISBN 9780123849250

Ku, Lisbeth, Dittmar, Helga and Banerjee, Robin (2012) Are materialistic teenagers less motivated to learn? Cross-sectional and longitudinal evidence from UK and Hong Kong. Journal of Educational Psychology, 104 (1). pp. 74-86. ISSN 0022-0663

Graham-Rowe, Ella, Gardner, Benjamin, Abraham, Charles, Skippon, Stephen, Dittmar, Helga, Hutchins, Rebecca and Stannard, Jenny (2012) Mainstream consumers driving plug-in battery-electric and plug-in hybrid electric cars: a qualitative analysis of responses and evaluations. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 46 (1). pp. 140-153. ISSN 0965-8564

Brown, Rupert, deVisser, Richard, Dittmar, Helga, Drury, John, Farsides, Tom, Jessop, Donna and Sparks, Paul (2012) Social psychology and policy-making: past neglect, future promise. Public Policy Research, 18 (4). pp. 227-234. ISSN 1744-5396

Bell, Beth Teresa and Dittmar, Helga (2011) Does media type matter? The role of identification in adolescent girls’ media consumption and the impact of different thin-ideal media on body image. Sex Roles, 65 (7-8). pp. 478-490. ISSN 0360-0025

Dittmar, Helga and Kapur, Pallavi (2011) Consumerism and well-being in India and the UK: identity projection and emotion regulation as underlying psychological processes. Psychological Studies, 56 (1). pp. 71-85. ISSN 0033-2968

Árnadóttir, Ösp and Dittmar, Helga (2011) Ádur vildum við vera útrásarvíkingar en nú viljum við ekki vera feik hedur gódar manneskjur: efnishyggia, gildisbreything og velliðan í kreppu (Once we were entrepreneurs, now we just want to be good people: value shift and well-being in recession). In: Jóhannesson, Gunnar Þór and Björnsdóttir, Helga (eds.) Rannsóknir í Félagsvísindum X. Félagsvísindastofnun Háskóla Íslands, Reykjavík, pp. 827-838. ISBN 9789979995609

Dittmar, Helga (2011) Material and consumer identities. In: Schwartz, Seth J, Luyckx, Koen and Vignoles, Vivian L (eds.) Handbook of identity theory and research: domains and categories. Springer, New York, pp. 745-769. ISBN 9781441979872

Dittmar, Helga and Bond, Rod (2010) I want it and I want it now: using a temporal discounting paradigm to examine predictors of consumer impulsivity. British Journal of Psychology, 101 (4). pp. 751-776. ISSN 0007-1269

Ashikali, Eleni-Marina and Dittmar, Helga (2010) Body image and restrained eating in blind and sighted women: a preliminary study. Body Image, 7 (2). pp. 172-175. ISSN 1740-1445

Benson, April Lane, Dittmar, Helga and Wolfsohn, Reeta (2010) Compulsive buying: cultural contributors and consequences. In: Aboujaoude, Elias and Koran, Lorrin M (eds.) Impulse control disorders. Cambridge University Press, New York, pp. 23-33. ISBN 9780521898706

Garđarsdóttir, Ragna B, Dittmar, Helga and Aspinall, Catherine (2009) It's not the money, it's the quest for a happier self: the role of happiness and success motives in the link between financial goals and subjective well-being. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 28 (9). pp. 1100-1127. ISSN 0736-7236

Dittmar, Helga, Halliwell, Emma and Stirling, Emma (2009) Understanding the impact of thin media models on women’s body-focused affect: the roles of thin-ideal internalization and weight-related self-discrepancy activation in experimental exposure effects. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 28 (1). pp. 43-72. ISSN 0736-7236

Dittmar, Helga (2009) How do "body perfect" ideals in the media have a negative impact on body image and behaviors? Factors and processes related to self and identity. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 28 (1). pp. 1-8. ISSN 0736-7236

Garðarsdóttir, Ragna Benedikta and Dittmar, Helga (2009) Sálfræðileg forspá um skuldir (Psychological predictors of debt). In: Jóhannesson, Gunnar Þór and Björnsdóttir, Helga (eds.) Rannsóknir í félagsvísindum X. Félagsvísindastofnun Háskóla Íslands, Reykjavík, pp. 813-826. ISBN 9789979995609

Hutton, S B, Polley, S and Dittmar, H (2009) Using eye-tracking to measure the impact of individual differences in materialism on advertising effectiveness. In: Pelsmacker, Patrick de and Dens, Nathalie (eds.) Advertising research: message, medium and context. Garant, Belgium, pp. 353-361. ISBN 9789044123876

Banerjee, Robin and Dittmar, Helga (2008) Individual differences in children's materialism: the role of peer relations. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 34 (1). pp. 17-31. ISSN 0146-1672

Banerjee, Robin and Dittmar, Helga (2008) What is beautiful and who is 'cool'? Consumer culture and socialisation. In: Consumer culture, identity and well-being: the search for the 'good life' and the 'body perfect'. European monographs in social psychology . Psychology Press, pp. 173-198. ISBN 9781841696089

Dittmar, Helga (2008) Consumer culture, identity and well-being : the search for the "good life" and the "body perfect". European Monographs in Social Psychology . Psychology Press. ISBN 9781841696089

Dittmar, Helga (2007) [Commentary] The costs of consumer culture and the 'cage within': the impact of the material 'good life' and 'body perfect' ideals on individuals' identity and well-being. Psychological Inquiry, 18 (1). pp. 23-31. ISSN 1047-840X

Halliwell, Emma, Dittmar, Helga and Orsborn, Amber (2007) The effects of exposure to muscular male models amongst men who use the gym and non-exercisers: the moderating role of exercising to increase muscle strength. Body Image, 4 (3). pp. 278-287. ISSN 1740-1445

Bell, Beth T, Lawton, Rebecca and Dittmar, Helga (2007) The impact of thin models in music videos on adolescent girls' body dissatisfaction. Body Image, 4 (2). pp. 137-145. ISSN 1740-1445

Dittmar, Helga, Long, Karen and Bond, Rod (2007) When a better self is only a button click away: associations between materialistic values, emotional and identity-related buying motivations, and compulsive buying tendency online. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 26 (3). pp. 334-361. ISSN 0736-7236

Dittmar, Helga, Long, Karen and Bond, Rod (2007) When a better self is only a button click away: associations between materialistic values, emotional and identity-related buying motives, and compulsive buying tendency online. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 26 (3). pp. 334-361. ISSN 0736-7236

Halliwell, Emma and Dittmar, Helga (2006) Associations between appearance-related self-discrepancies and young women's and men's affect, body satisfaction, and emotional eating: a comparison of fixed-item and participant-generated self-discrepancies. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 32 (4). pp. 447-458. ISSN 0146-1672

Dittmar, Helga, Halliwell, Emma and Ive, Suzanne (2006) Does Barbie make girls want to be thin? The effect of experimental exposure to images of dolls on the body image of 5- to 8-year-old girls. Developmental Psychology, 42 (2). pp. 283-292. ISSN 0012-1649

Janković, Judit F and Dittmar, Helga (2006) The componential nature of materialistic values and subjective well-being: a comparison of students in Croatia, Germany and the UK. In: Dimensions of well-being: research and intervention. Franco Angeli, Milan, pp. 34-52. ISBN 9788846473622

Clay, Daniel, Vignoles, Vivian L. and Dittmar, Helga (2005) Body image and self-esteem among adolescent girls: Testing the influence of sociocultural factors. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 15 (4). pp. 451-477. ISSN 0743-5584

Dittmar, Helga (2005) Compulsive buying - a growing concern? An examination of gender, age, and endorsement of materialistic values as predictors. British Journal of Psychology, 96 (4). pp. 467-491. ISSN 0007-1269

Halliwell, Emma, Dittmar, Helga and Howe, Jessica (2005) The impact of advertisements featuring ultra-thin or average-size models on women with a history of eating disorders. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 15 (5). pp. 406-413. ISSN 1052-9284

Halliwell, Emma and Dittmar, Helga (2005) The role of self-improvement and self-evaluation motives in social comparisons with idealised female bodies in the media. Body Image, 2 (3). pp. 249-261. ISSN 1740-1445

Dittmar, Helga (2005) A new look at "compulsive buying": self-discrepancies and materialistic values as predictors of compulsive buying tendency. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 24 (6). pp. 832-859. ISSN 0736-7236

Dittmar, Helga (2005) Introduction to the special issue: Body image - Vulnerability factors and processes linking sociocultural pressures and body dissatisfaction. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 24 (8). pp. 1081-1087. ISSN 0736-7236

Dittmar, Helga (2005) Compulsive buying behaviour – a growing concern? An empirical exploration of the role of gender, age, and materialism. British Journal of Psychology, 96 (4). pp. 467-491. ISSN 0007-1269

Brown, Amy and Dittmar, Helga (2005) Think 'thin' and feel bad: the role of appearance schema activation, attention level, and thin-ideal internalization for young women's responses to ultra-thin media ideals. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 24 (8). pp. 1088-1113. ISSN 0736-7236

Dittmar, Helga (2005) A new look at “compulsive buying”: self-discrepancies and materialistic values as predictors of compulsive buying tendency. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 24 (6). pp. 806-833. ISSN 0736-7236

Dittmar, Helga and Howard, Sarah (2004) Professional hazards? The impact of model’s body size on advertising effectiveness and women’s body-focused anxiety in professions that do and do not emphasize the cultural ideal of thinness. British Journal of Social Psychology, 43 (4). pp. 477-497. ISSN 0144-6665

Dittmar, Helga and Howard, Sarah (2004) Thin-ideal internalization and social comparison tendency as moderators of thin media models’ impact on women’s body-focused anxiety. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 23 (6). pp. 768-791. ISSN 0736-7236

Dittmar, Helga (2004) Are you what you have? Consumer society and our sense of identity. Psychologist, 17 (4). pp. 206-210. ISSN 0952-8229

Dittmar, Helga, Long, Karen and Meek, Rosie (2004) Buying on the internet: gender differences in on-line and conventional buying motivations. Sex Roles, 50 (5). pp. 423-444. ISSN 0360-0025

Halliwell, Emma and Dittmar, Helga (2004) Does size matter? The impact of model's body size on advertising effectiveness and women's body-focused anxiety and advertising effectiveness. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 23 (1). pp. 104-122. ISSN 0736-7236

Dittmar, Helga (2004) Understanding and diagnosing compulsive buying. In: Coombs, Robert Holman (ed.) Handbook of addictive disorders: a practical guide to diagnosis and treatment. Wiley Desktop Editions . Wiley, New York, pp. 451-494. ISBN 9780471235026

Halliwell, Emma and Dittmar, Helga (2003) A qualitative investigation of women's and men's body image concerns and their attitudes towards aging. Sex Roles, 49 (11). pp. 675-685. ISSN 0360-0025

Dittmar, Helga (2003) The psychology of buying and selling in the home. Documentation. Office of Fair Trading.

Dittmar, Helga (2001) I shop threfore I am: excessive buying and search for self. In: Garcia Ureta, Irene and Olabarri Fernandez, Elena (eds.) El consumo y la adicción a las compras: diferentes perspectivas (Consumption and addictive buying: different perspectives). Universidad del País Vasco, Bilbao, pp. 47-63. ISBN 9788483734049

Dittmar, Helga (2001) Impulse buying in ordinary and "compulsive" consumers. In: Weber, Elke U, Baron, Jonathan and Loomes, Graham (eds.) Conflicts and tradeoffs in decision making. Cambridge series on judgment and decision making . Cambridge University Press, New York, pp. 110-135. ISBN 9780521772389

Dittmar, Helga, Lloyd, Barbara, Dugan, Shaun, Halliwell, Emma, Jacobs, Neil and Cramer, Helen (2000) The 'body beautiful': English adolescents' images of ideal bodies. Sex Roles, 42 (9). pp. 887-915. ISSN 0360-0025

Dittmar, Helga and Drury, John (2000) Self-image - is it in the bag? A qualitative comparison between 'ordinary' and 'excessive' consumers. Journal of Economic Psychology, 21 (2). pp. 109-142. ISSN 0167-4870

Dittmar, Helga (2000) The role of self-image in excessive buying. In: Benson, April Lane (ed.) I shop, therefore I am: compulsive buying and the search for self. Jason Aronson / Rowman & Littlefield, New York, pp. 105-132. ISBN 9780765702425

Stammers, Neil, Dittmar, Helga and Henney, Janet (1999) Teaching and learning politics: a survey of practices and change in uk universities. Political Studies, 47 (1). 114 - 126. ISSN 0032-3217

Dittmar, Helga, Beattie, Jane and Friese, Susanne (1998) Impulsive and excessive buying behaviour. In: Taylor-Gooby, Peter (ed.) Choice and public policy: the limits to welfare markets. Palgrave Macmillan, London, pp. 123-144. ISBN 9780333678206

Dittmar, Helga (1997) Ekonomicheskie predstavleniya podrostkov (The economic representations of adolescents). Inostrannaya Psihologiya, 9. pp. 25-36.

Dittmar, Helga and Blayney, Miranda (1996) Women's self-reported eating behaviours and their responses to food and non-food TV advertisements. European Eating Disorders Review, 4 (4). pp. 217-231. ISSN 1072-4133

Dittmar, Helga, Beattie, Jane and Friese, Susanne (1996) Objects, decision considerations and self-image in men's and women's impulse purchases. Acta Psychologica, 93 (1-3). pp. 187-206. ISSN 0001-6918

Dittmar, Helga (1996) Adolescents' economic beliefs and social class. In: Lunt, Peter and Furnham, Adrian (eds.) Economic socialization: the economic beliefs and behaviours of young people. Elgar, London, pp. 69-92. ISBN 9781858984162

Dittmar, Helga (1996) Social psychology of economic and consumer behaviour. In: Semin, Gün R and Fiedler, Klaus (eds.) Applied social psychology. SAGE Publications, London, pp. 145-172. ISBN 9780803979253

Dittmar, Helga, Beattie, Jane and Friese, Susanne (1995) Gender identity and material symbols: objects and decision considerations in impulse purchases. Journal of Economic Psychology, 16 (3). pp. 491-511. ISSN 0167-4870

Cox, Jason and Dittmar, Helga (1995) The functions of clothes and clothing (dis)satisfaction: A gender analysis among British students. Journal of Consumer Policy, 18 (2). pp. 237-265. ISSN 0168-7034

Tomas, Annabel and Dittmar, Helga (1995) The experience of homeless women: an exploration of housing histories and the meaning of home. Housing Studies, 10 (4). pp. 493-515. ISSN 0267-3037

Dittmar, Helga (1994) Material possessions as stereotypes: material images of different socio-economic groups. Journal of Economic Psychology, 15 (4). pp. 561-585. ISSN 0167-4870

Dittmar, Helga and Pepper, Lucy (1994) To have is to be: materialism and person perception in working-class and middle-class British adolescents. Journal of Economic Psychology, 15 (2). pp. 233-251. ISSN 0167-4870

Schruijer, Sandra, Blanz, Mathias, Mummendey, Amélie, Tedeschi, Jim, Banfai, Beata, Dittmar, Helga, Kleibaumhüter, Petra, Mahjoub, Abdelwahab, Mondrosz-Wrobelwska, Joanna, Molinari, Luisa and Petillon, Xavier (1994) The group-serving bias in evaluating and explaining harmful behavior. Journal of Social Psychology, 134 (1). pp. 47-53. ISSN 0022-4545

Dittmar, Helga and Dickinson, Julie (1993) The perceived relationship between the belief in a just world and sociopolitical ideology. Social Justice Research, 6 (3). pp. 257-271. ISSN 0885-7466

Dittmar, Helga and Van Duuren, Mike (1993) Human nature beliefs and perceptions of the economic world. Abhigyan (Apr). pp. 49-62. ISSN 0970-2385

Dittmar, Helga (1992) Perceived material wealth and first impressions. British Journal of Social Psychology, 31 (4). pp. 379-392. ISSN 0144-6665

Dittmar, Helga (1992) The social psychology of material possessions: to have is to be. Harvester Wheatsheaf and St. Martin's Press, Hemel Hempstead. ISBN 9780312085384

Dittmar, Helga (1991) Meanings of material possessions as reflections of identity: gender and social-material position in society. Journal of Social Behavior and Personality, 6 (6). pp. 165-186. ISSN 0886-1641

Dittmar, Helga (1990) Material wealth and perceived identity: impressions of adolescents from different socio-economic backgrounds. In: Lea, Stephen E G, Webley, Paul and Young, Brian M (eds.) Applied economic psychology in the 1990s. Washington Singer, Exeter, UK, pp. 800-812. ISBN 9781873053027

Dittmar, Helga (1989) Gender identity-related meanings of personal possessions. British Journal of Social Psychology, 28 (2). pp. 159-171. ISSN 0144-6665

Dittmar, Helga, Mannetti, Lucia and Semin, Gün R (1989) Fine feathers make fine birds: a comparative study of the impact of material wealth on perceived identities in England and Italy. Social Behaviour, 4 (3). pp. 195-200. ISSN 0885-6249

Dittmar, Helga and Bates, Brian (1987) Humanistic approaches to the understanding and treatment of anorexia nervosa. Journal of Adolescence, 10 (1). pp. 57-69. ISSN 0140-1971