Materialism, Transformation Expectations, and Spending: Implications for Credit Use

By Marsha L. Richins. 2011

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Marketing

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Reconceptualizing materialism as identity goal pursuits: Functions, processes, and consequences (2013, background): “Probably the most currently dominant conceptualization of materialism is that of Richins and colleagues (Fournier & Richins, 1991; Richins, 2011; Richins & Dawson, 1992), which views materialism as a personal value that is reflected by people's beliefs about the importance they ascribe to possession”
Material Parenting: How the Use of Goods in Parenting Fosters Materialism in the Next Generation (2015, methodology): “To test hypothesis 7, the survey also included the selftransformation subscale of the Transformation Expectations Scale (Richins 2011, 2013), which assesses beliefs about the effectiveness of acquisitions to transform the self (alpha p .91).”
Intrinsic factors affecting impulsive buying behaviour—Evidence from India (2014, background): “Also, as pointed out by (Richins, 2011), materialistic consumers were driven by the desire to attain social status through material possession, and thus, there was a possibility that such consumers would be impulsively spending money by succumbing to the trigger of temptation.”
Sharing economy: A comprehensive literature review (2020, background): “SE also poses challenges to traditional public relations activities (Gregory & Halff, 2017), and convincing customers to engage in SE can be challenging (Hazen et al., 2017) because many consumers prefer ownership (Richins, 2011).”
Buying to Blunt Negative Feelings: Materialistic Escape from the Self (2016, background): “…Mueller et al., 2011a; Mueller et al., 2011b; Pham, Yap, & Dowling, 2012; Ruvio et al., 2014; Xu, 2008), overspending (Gardarsdottir & Dittmar, 2012; Troisi, Christopher, & Marek, 2006), and credit card overuse (Donnelly et al., 2012; Pirog & Roberts, 2007; Ponchio & Aranha, 2008; Richins, 2011).”
A closer look into the materialism construct: the antecedents and consequences of materialism and its three facets (2015, background): “Concurrently with the global economic crisis, a mounting body of literature examining an array of individual factors related to materialism has emerged in an attempt to improve our understanding of this widespread phenomenon (Giddens et al., 2009; Karabati and Cemalcilar, 2010; Kilbourne and LaForge”
How Am I Doing? Perceived Financial Well-Being, Its Potential Antecedents, and Its Relation to Overall Well-Being (2018, unknown): “Other trait measures gathered were the six-item, short-form materialism scale (Richins 2004), the lack of self-control scale (Maloney et al. 2012), and a 13-item measure of financial literacy (Fernandes et al. 2014).”