Materialism and Well-Being: A Conflicting Values Perspective

By James E. Burroughs, A. Rindfleisch. 2002

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Subfields: Cognitive Neuroscience, Marketing, Social Psychology

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Explaining the Paradox: How Pro-Environmental Behaviour can both Thwart and Foster Well-Being (2013, neutral): “Another often used argument for why a sustainable consumption pattern may even increase eudaimonic well-being, is that solely focusing on the pursuit of more consumer products detracts from well-being [32,61–64].”
The Silver Lining of Materialism: The Impact of Luxury Consumption on Subjective Well-Being (2012, background): “…experience little flow, are more anxious and depressed, have less vitality, report more psychological and behavioral problems and are less healthy (Burroughs and Rindfleisch 2002; Csikszentmihaliyi 1997; Flouri 2004; Kasser 2002; Kasser and Ahuvia 2002; Kasser and Ryan 1993; Richins and Dawson…”
Why are materialists less happy? The role of gratitude and need satisfaction in the relationship between materialism and life satisfaction. (2014, background): “As in past research, we found that materialism was negatively associated with well-being, with comparable effect sizes (Burroughs & Rindfleisch, 2002; Christopher et al., 2009; Richins & Dawson, 1992).”
Some Costs of American Corporate Capitalism: A Psychological Exploration of Value and Goal Conflicts (2007, background): “Further evidence that power and achievement values reflect the dominant concerns of ACC comes from multi-dimensional scaling analyses showing that Richins and Dawson's (1992) widely-used measure of materialism lands quite close to power and achievement values in Schwartz's circumplex ( Burroughs a”
Testing a social-cognitive model of moral behavior: the interactive influence of situations and moral identity centrality. (2009, background): “Consequently, the simultaneous activation of moral identity and self-interested facets of identity within the working self-concept can be expected to create a dissonant psychological state ( Burroughs & Rindfleisch, 2002 ), resulting in the temporary deactivation of moral identity in the working sel”
Autonomy and Relatedness among Chinese Sojourners and Applicants: Conflictual or Independent Predictors of Well-Being and Adjustment? (2006, background): “Thus, because of its conflict with relatedness-striving, which is emphasized in collectivistic cultures at large, pursuing independence, individuality, and autonomy would create inner tension and result in lowered adjustment and well-being (Burroughs & Rindfleisch, 2002; Sagiv & Schwartz, 2000).”
More gratitude, less materialism: The mediating role of life satisfaction (2009, background): “However, an excessive focus on the accumulation of material goods leads to a variety of negative consequences, such as decreased happiness and wellbeing (Belk, 1985; Burroughs & Rindfleisch, 2002; Richins & Dawson, 1992), as well as greater anxiety and less vitality (Kasser & Ahuvia, 2002).”
Material Parenting: How the Use of Goods in Parenting Fosters Materialism in the Next Generation (2015, background): “At the personal level, materialism in adulthood has been linked to reduced well-being (Burroughs and Rindfleisch 2002), marital problems (Dean et al. 2007), and financial difficulties (Watson 2003).”
Impulse buying: the role of affect, social influence, and subjective wellbeing (2008, background): “Although having material wealth seems to be slightly beneficial for life satisfaction, wanting material wealth is not – strong materialistic values tend to be negatively related to life satisfaction (Burroughs and Rindfleisch, 2002).”