Our possessions, our selves: Domains of self-worth and the possession–self link

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I Own, So I Help Out: How Psychological Ownership Increases Prosocial Behavior (2020, background): “Past research has also shown that the monetary value of a possession does not affect the link between the possession and the self (Ferraro et al. 2011).”
Evolution of Consumption: A Psychological Ownership Framework (2020, background): “Psychological ownership for a good, and a more general attachment to goods (Ferraro, Escalas, and Bettman 2011), should thus be key predictors of engaging in the supply side of the sharing economy.”
Exploring brand attachment, its determinants and outcomes (2014, methodology): “This conceptualisation is parallel with the conceptualisation of possession attachment, consisting of three dimensions: (1) possession–self link, (2) importance, and (3) positive emotions (cf. Ferraro et al., 2011).”
To have in order to do: Exploring the effects of consuming experiential products on well-being (2015, unknown): “We know that extrinsic concerns directly undermine the well-being provided by material items (Carmon, Wertenbroch, & Zeelenberg, 2003; Ferraro, Escalas, & Bettman, 2011; Hsee, Yang, Li, & Shen, 2009; Rosenzweig & Gilovich, 2012; Zhang, Howell, & Caprariello, 2013; Zhang & Markman, 2001) in part…”