Growing up in a Material World: Age Differences in Materialism in Children and Adolescents

By L. Chaplin, Deborah Roedder John. 2007

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Materialism: the good, the bad, and the ugly (2014, background): “For example, materialism is negatively correlated with several fundamental human needs: self-esteem (Chaplin & John, 2007; Solberg, Diener, & Robinson, 2004), a sense of belonging (Kashdan & Breen, 2007; Rose & DeJesus, 2007), feelings of a meaningful existence (Kashdan & Breen, 2007), and control…”
More than meets the eye: The influence of implicit and explicit self-esteem on materialism (2011, methodology): “Experimental evidence shows that inducing negative self-feelings increases materialism (Braun & Wicklund, 1989; Chang & Arkin, 2002), whereas inducing positive self-feelings decreases materialism (Chaplin & John, 2007).”
Social Support and Money as Pain Management Mechanisms (2008, background): “One experiment examined the effect of positive evaluations on materialistic values of children in three age groups (Chaplin & John, 2007).”
How Financial Constraints Influence Consumer Behavior: An Integrative Framework (2018, background): “Material goods provide a way for individuals to compensate for insecurity and negative feelings about the self, and desire for material goods as way to bolster one’s self-concept begins at an early age (Chaplin & John, 2007).”
Can't buy me friendship? Peer rejection and adolescent materialism: Implicit self-esteem as a mediator (2015, methodology): “The technique was regarded as a less provocativemethod in previous adolescentmaterialism research (Chaplin & John, 2007; Park & John, 2011), because it avoids using direct questions that can elevate social desirability bias (Mick, 1996), and because it includes material goods within a context of…”
Material Parenting: How the Use of Goods in Parenting Fosters Materialism in the Next Generation (2015, background): “…from https://academic.oup.com/jcr/article-abstract/41/6/1333/2379564 by guest on 27 July 2018 However, there may be an approach for inoculating against materialism based on the idea that increasing positive emotions can diminish strivings for material possessions (Chaplin and John 2007, 2010).”
Buying to Blunt Negative Feelings: Materialistic Escape from the Self (2016, background): “Chaplin and John (2007) found that age-related changes in materialism were mediated by changes in self-esteem from middle childhood to adolescence.”
Materialistic cues make us miserable: A meta‐analysis of the experimental evidence for the effects of materialism on individual and societal well‐being (2020, background): “…further research should investigate the causal link between well‐being and materialism, as there are a number of studies that have hinted at a possible bidirectional relationship between the two variables (Chang & Arkin, 2002; Chaplin & John, 2007; Lambert et al., 2009; Liu, Zhao, & Liu, 2018).”
Please May I Have a Bike? Better Yet, May I Have a Hug? An Examination of Children’s and Adolescents’ Happiness (2009, background): “Collages have proven to work well with adults (Zaltman and Coulter 1995) as well as children ( Chaplin and John 2005, 2007 ).”
Religiosity and consumer behavior: a summarizing review (2019, background): “It is known to influence the importance of material goods as well as the overall shopping experience (Chang and Arkin 2002; Roberts, Manolis, and Tanner Jr. 2003; Chaplin and John 2007).”
The relationship between materialism and personal well-being: A meta-analysis. (2014, unknown): “…(Bauer, Wilkie, Kim, & Bodenhausen, 2012; Kasser et al., 2014) or manipulated aspects of well-being and observed the impact on state materialism (Chang & Arkin, 2002; Chaplin & John, 2007; Sheldon & Kasser, 2008; Lambert, Fincham, Stillman, & Dean, 2009; Solberg, Diener, & Robinson, 2004).”
Reconceptualizing materialism as identity goal pursuits: Functions, processes, and consequences (2013, methodology): “Self-esteem has been linked to materialism in several lines of research (Chaplin & John, 2007; Kasser, 2002; Richins & Dawson, 1992; Sivanathan & Pettit, 2010).”