Materialism and Its Relationship to Life Satisfaction

By L. Ryan, S. Dziurawiec. 2001

208 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Marketing

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In Clinical Psychology

1. Roy F. Baumeister
2. Kathleen D. Vohs
3. Yossi Gavish
4. C. L. Jurkiewicz
5. James A. Roberts
6. Grant E. Donnelly
7. Mario Pandelaere
8. Sigal Segev

In Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

1. Kathleen D. Vohs
2. Roy F. Baumeister
3. Yossi Gavish
4. John R. Deckop
5. C. L. Jurkiewicz
6. James A. Roberts
7. Mario Pandelaere
8. Sigal Segev

In Marketing

1. Roy F. Baumeister
2. James A. Roberts
3. Ryan T. Howell
4. Grant E. Donnelly
5. Kathleen D. Vohs
6. Yossi Gavish
7. John R. Deckop
8. Masha Ksendzova

Citations in the corpus

• Materialism and Satisfaction with Over-All Quality Of Life and Eight Life Domains (2007, background): “Of particular interest are a few inconsistencies between the current study's findings and Ryan and Dziurawiec's (2001) findings.”
• Effects of materialism on work-related personal well-being (2010, result): “In terms of magnitude of effect, the average of the correlation of materialism and the four work-related PWB indicators in our study of .25 is similar to reported correlations between materialism and non-work PWB indicators (e.g. Roberts and Clement, 2007; Ryan and Dziurawiec, 2001).”
• The Silver Lining of Materialism: The Impact of Luxury Consumption on Subjective Well-Being (2012, background): “Previous research mainly focused on the link between materialism and the cognitive aspect of subjective well-being, i.e. satisfaction with life (see e.g., Christopher et al. 2007; Keng et al. 2000; Ryan and Dziurawiec 2001).”
• Why are materialists less happy? The role of gratitude and need satisfaction in the relationship between materialism and life satisfaction. (2014, unknown): “…with one’s friends, along with dissatisfaction with life as a whole (Richins & Dawson, 1992; see also Burroughs & Rindfleisch, 2002; Christopher, Saliba, & Deadmarsh, 2009; Froh, Emmons, Card, Bono, & Wilson, 2011; Kasser, 2002; Otero-Lo9pez, Pol, Bolaño, & Mariño, 2011; Ryan & Dziurawiec, 2001).”
• Religiosity and consumer behavior: a summarizing review (2019, background): “Materialists are generally unhappier and more dissatisfied with life than non-materialists (Belk 1985; Ryan and Dziurawiec 2001; Chang and Arkin 2002), and stress is strongly related to materialistic values (Roberts, Manolis, and Tanner Jr. 2003; Kasser 2004; Weaver, Moschis, and Davis 2011).”
• A closer look into the materialism construct: the antecedents and consequences of materialism and its three facets (2015, methodology): “This study uses Richins and Dawson’s (1992) three-component conceptualization of materialism (centrality of acquisitions, possession-defined success and acquisition in pursuit of happiness) because of its documented validity (Giddens et al., 2009; Richins, 2004; Ryan and Dziurawiec, 2001), strong in”
• Buying to Blunt Negative Feelings: Materialistic Escape from the Self (2016, background): “They even complain that their lives lack satisfactory amounts of fun and enjoyment (Roberts & Clement, 2007; Ryan & Dziurawiec, 2001).”