The relationship of materialism to spending tendencies, saving, and debt

By J. J. Watson. 2003

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Subfields: Marketing, Visual Arts and Performing Arts

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The Big Five personality traits, material values, and financial well-being of self-described money managers (2012, background): “…people do not manage their money, a number of studies have demonstrated that individual differences (Brandstatter, 1996; Brougham, Jacobs-Lawson, Hershey, & Trujillo, 2011; Warneryd, 1996) and financial values (Garoarsdottir & Dittmar, 2012; Walker, 1996; Watson, 2003) impact financial well-being.”
A closer look into the materialism construct: the antecedents and consequences of materialism and its three facets (2015, background): “Control variables The extant research has yielded mixed findings about the impact of demographic variables on materialism (Browne and Kaldenberg, 1997; La Barbera and Gurhan, 1997; Ryan and Dziurawiec, 2001; Watson, 2003).”
The relationship between materialism and personal well-being: A meta-analysis. (2014, neutral): “…class Wasser (2011) 71 ".42 ".51 MVS–18 RSE Thesis U.S.A. 75 49 General $10,000 79 J. J. Watson (1998) 285 ".21 ".28 MVS–18 Spending Journal article New Zealand 45 Over 18 Student J. J. Watson (2003) 176 ".43 ".49 MVS–18 Spending Journal article U.S.A. 59 Over 18 General Average individual income !”
Money Attitudes and Emotional Intelligence (2006, background): “…prior research has further shown that budget-minded individuals are less prone to excessive spending and have less favorable attitudes toward borrowing money than people who endorse items reminiscent of those of the Power-Prestige factor (e.g., Heath & Soll, 1996; Lea & Webley, 1995; Watson, 2003).”
Psychological characteristics and household savings behavior: The importance of accounting for latent heterogeneity (2018, methodology): “The survey also included a savings attitude measure inspired by Davies and Lea (1995) and Watson (2003), which contains two items.”
The Silver Lining of Materialism: The Impact of Luxury Consumption on Subjective Well-Being (2012, background): “Luxury consumption may be especially appealing to materialistic consumers (Belk 1985, 1988; Fournier and Richins 1991; Holt 1995; Mason 1981; Prendergast and Wong 2003; Richins 1994; Rindfleisch et al. 2000; Tatzel 2002, 2003; Watson 2003; Wong 1997; Wong and Ahuvia 1998).”
Buying to Blunt Negative Feelings: Materialistic Escape from the Self (2016, background): “Materialism is also negatively related to ethical consumer attitudes (e.g., about benefitting at the expense of the seller, see Chowdhury & Fernando, 2013; Lu & Lu, 2009), negative judgment of deceptive practices (Muncy & Eastman, 1998), and concern over borrowing money (Watson, 1998, 2003).”