Is gratitude an alternative to materialism?

By Emily L. Polak, M. McCullough. 2006

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Subfields: Cognitive Neuroscience, Social Psychology

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Why Gratitude Enhances Well-Being: What We Know, What We Need to Know (2010, background): “Gratitude may aid well-being by motivating people to fulfi ll basic needs of personal growth, relationships, and community — motives that are incompatible with materialism (Polak & McCullough, 2006 ).”
Why are materialists less happy? The role of gratitude and need satisfaction in the relationship between materialism and life satisfaction. (2014, methodology): “This research has at times pointed to a causal relationship from state gratitude to temporary decreases in materialism (Lambert et al., 2009; Polak & McCullough, 2006).”
Is the Study of Happiness a Worthy Scientific Pursuit? (2008, background): “negative consequences on individual well-being and relationships because wealth and material goods distract individuals from sources that lead to true happiness and psycho logical fulfilment (Polak and McCullough 2006; Van Boven 2005). According to Wilson and Gilbert's (2005) theory of affective for”
What Predicts Positive Life Events that Influence the Course of Depression? A Longitudinal Examination of Gratitude and Meaning in Life (2017, background): “Positive associations with life satisfaction, positive affect, forgiveness, and empathy, as well as negative associations with revenge and negative affect demonstrates GQ-6’s construct validity (Kashdan and Breen 2007; McCullough et al. 2004; Polak and McCullough 2006).”
Material Parenting: How the Use of Goods in Parenting Fosters Materialism in the Next Generation (2015, background): “For this reason, encouraging gratitude in children may reduce materialistic strivings (Lambert et al. 2009; Polak and McCullough 2006).”
Gratitude and the Reduced Costs of Materialism in Adolescents (2011, background): “, possessions of comfort and safety) (Kasser 2002; Polak and McCullough 2006).”
More gratitude, less materialism: The mediating role of life satisfaction (2009, background): “Polak and McCullough (2006) posited that gratitude should cause people to feel that their life is imbued with the good will of other people, and the security and completeness from such an experience would likely reduce materialistic strivings.”