Psychology and Consumer Culture: The Struggle for a Good Life in a Materialistic World.

By L. Riebel. 2005

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Subfields: Marketing, Strategy and Management

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Heavy social networking and online compulsive buying: the mediating role of financial social comparison and materialism (2021, background): “Therefore, the inclination toward compulsive buying is becoming more pronounced as the possession of material wealth often leads to perceptions of enhanced image, status, and happiness (Dittmar, 2004; Dittmar et al., 2007; Islam et al., 2018; Kasser & Kanner, 2004).”
Experiencing Connection With Nature: The Matrix of Psychological Well-Being, Mindfulness, and Outdoor Recreation (2013, neutral): “…contexts that reward a path of narcissistic and materialistic pursuits—a pattern that many contend is a potent recipe for anxiety, depression, and associated psychopathology (Kanner, 1998; Kasser & Kanner, 2003; Kasser et al., 2007; Leary, 2004; Twenge & Campbell, 2009; Wayment & Bauer, 2008).”
Parental autonomy support, community feeling and student expectations as contributors to later achievement among adolescents (2017, background): “Intrinsic life goals in general have been repeatedly linked to psychological health and happiness (e.g. Froiland, 2011; Kasser & Ryan, 1996; Kasser et al., 2004; North, Holahan, Carlson, & Pahl, 2014), but few studies have specifically examined whether the intrinsic life goal of helping others…”
Prosperity without Growth? – The transition to a sustainable economy (2010, neutral): “19 Csikszentmihalyi 2000, 2003.”
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 (2007, background): “…of consumption” (Arnould and Thompson, 2005, p. 868), now characterized in mass consumer societies by an obsession with “to have is to be” (Fromm, 1978; Kasser and Kanner, 2004), and a cult of perfect beauty, however exacting (Thompson, Heinberg, Altabe, and Tantleff-Dunn, 1999; Pope, Phillips,…”
The Way Forward in Mindfulness and Sustainability: a Critical Review and Research Agenda (2020, background): “Cognisant of the lack of empirical evidence to support these statements, Rosenberg (2004) concluded by drafting an empirical agenda to explore this unresearched field.”
Subjective Well-Being: A General Overview (2009, background): “Moreover, people who are heavily invested in the importance of money and material possessions tend to feel less satisfied with their lives and experience less positive affect and more negative affect (Kasser & Kanner, 2004).”
The Happiness of Giving: The Time-Ask Effect (2008, background): “Caveats and Calls for Future Research This research was inspired in part by calls for more research on charitable giving and insights into consumer welfare and happiness (Kasser and Kanner 2004; Mick 1999).”
The material and immaterial in conflict: Spirituality reduces conspicuous consumption (2012, background): “Despite what its endorsers might believe, it is clear that conspicuous consumption does not promote long-term happiness (cf. Kasser & Kanner, 2004).”
Meditating for the Planet: Effects of a Mindfulness-Based Intervention on Sustainable Consumption Behaviors (2020, background): “Rosenberg (2004) was among the first to discuss how cultivating mindfulness might counteract mindless, habit-formed consumption behavior.”
Religiosity and consumer behavior: a summarizing review (2019, background): “Materialism has been treated as a coping mechanism for dealing with unpleasant thoughts or situations (Kasser 2004; Weaver, Moschis, and Davis 2011).”
The preference for experiences over possessions: Measurement and construct validation of the Experiential Buying Tendency Scale (2012, background): “Because they express less empathy and objectify people, materialists may feel alienated from others (Kasser et al., 2004).”
Mindfulness: Its Transformative Potential for Consumer, Societal, and Environmental Well-Being (2016, background): “Further, greater awareness and acceptance of one’s thoughts, feelings, and actions helps in recognizing and accepting the same in others, and thus the practice of mindfulness entails compassion not only for self but also for others (Rosenberg 2004).”