Family Structure, Materialism, and Compulsive Consumption

Rindfleisch, Aric; Burroughs, James E.; Denton, Frank T.

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“…The constructs of materialism and impulsiveness have been shown to be associated with credit card misuse, compulsive buying and other consumer pathologies (e.g., Manolis, Roberts & Kashyap, 2008;Pirog & Roberts, 2007;Rindfleisch, Burroughs & Denton, 1997;Roberts, Manolis & Tanner, 2008;, 2002Xu, 2008). An important bridge between the two areas of research is that materialism is often viewed as a coping mechanism in the consumer behavior and psychology literature Chang & Arkin, 2002;Kasser, 2002;Roberts et al, 2006Roberts et al, , 2008.…”

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A preliminary investigation of materialism and impulsiveness as predictors of technological addictions among young adults

Roberts¹,

Pirog²

2013

Journal of Behavioral Addictions

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Background and aims:The primary objective of the present research is to investigate the drivers of technological addiction in college students -heavy users of Information and Communication Technology (ICT). The study places cell phone and instant messaging addiction in the broader context of consumption pathologies, investigating the influence of materialism and impulsiveness on these two technologies. Clearly, cell phones serve more than just a utilitarian purpose. Cell phones are used in public and play a vital role in the lives of young adults. The accessibility of new technologies, like cell phones, which have the advantages of portability and an ever increasing array of functions, makes their over-use increasingly likely. Methods: College undergraduates (N = 191) from two U.S. universities completed a paper and pencil survey instrument during class. The questionnaire took approximately 15-20 minutes to complete and contained scales that measured materialism, impulsiveness, and mobile phone and instant messaging addiction. Results: Factor analysis supported the discriminant validity of Ehrenberg, Juckes, White and Walsh's (2008) Mobile Phone and Instant Messaging Addictive Tendencies Scale. The path model indicates that both materialism and impulsiveness impact the two addictive tendencies, and that materialism's direct impact on these addictions has a noticeably larger effect on cell phone use than instant messaging. Conclusions: The present study finds that materialism and impulsiveness drive both a dependence on cell phones and instant messaging. As Griffiths (2012) rightly warns, however, researchers must be aware that one's addiction may not simply be to the cell phone, but to a particular activity or function of the cell phone. The emergence of multi-function smart phones requires that research must dig beneath the technology being used to the activities that draw the user to the particular technology.

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A preliminary investigation of materialism and impulsiveness as predictors of technological addictions among young adults

Roberts¹,

Pirog²

2013

Journal of Behavioral Addictions

101

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“…Income and education were added because higher levels tend to improve subjective well-being (Martin and Hill 2012;Nickerson et al 2003) and perhaps reduce loneliness (Cacioppo et al 2010) and materialism (Ger and Belk 1996;Roberts and Clement 2007). Finally, relationship status, being single or not, was included as an important determinant of loneliness (Cacioppo and Patrick 2008;de Jong-Gierveld 1987) and potential factor in materialism (Lastovicka and Syrianni 2011;Rindfleisch et al 1997). In the first wave, 53% were male, 22% were single, the average age was 47.6 years (SD p 16.4, range 16-90 years), the average educational level was 2.9 (SD p 1.20, range 0, "primary school," to 5, "university level"), and average net monthly household income was 2,471 Euros (SD p 3,829).…”

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“…In a representative survey, tendencies to experience social insecurity were associated with higher levels of materialism (Rindfleisch, Burroughs, and Wong 2009). Young adults who came from broken rather than from intact families held stronger materialistic values (Rindfleisch et al 1997). Together this makes it likely that loneliness increases materialism over time (hypothesis 2).…”

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Bidirectional Dynamics of Materialism and Loneliness: Not Just a Vicious Cycle

2013

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This research is the first to test the hypothesis that consumers face a "material trap" in which materialism fosters social isolation which in turn reinforces materialism. It provides evidence that materialism and loneliness are engaged in bidirectional relationships over time. Importantly, it finds that loneliness contributes more to materialism than the other way around. Moreover, it finds that materialism's contribution to loneliness is not uniformly vicious but critically differs between specific subtypes of materialism. That is, valuing possessions as a happiness medicine or as a success measure increased loneliness, and these subtypes also increased most due to loneliness. Yet seeking possessions for material mirth decreased loneliness and was unaffected by it. These findings are based on longitudinal data from over 2,500 consumers across 6 years and a new latent growth model. They reveal how materialism and loneliness form a self-perpetuating vicious and virtuous cycle depending on the materialism subtype.

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“…Among them, the MVS is one of the most widely used and validated measures of materialism, which showed good reliability among American respondents (Richins & Dawson, 1992;Richins, 2004;Rindfleisch, Burroughs & Deton, 1997). In a study by Wong, Rindfleisch and Burroughs (2003), the applicability of the cross-cultural MVS was tested among respondents from America, Singapore, Thailand, Japan and Korea.…”

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Materialism and life satisfaction among older people in Hong Kong : a case study and comparison with younger people

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The rapidly ageing global population reminds us to pay attention to the psychology of ageing. As research on materialism among older people is rare, this study aimed to explore the relationships between materialism and life satisfaction among older people in Hong Kong, a rapidly ageing Chinese society. It also suggested a novel concept -intergenerational material expectations (IME) -to understand older people's material expectations regarding their children. The data were compared with a younger group to find out if age differences existed. The study was a survey design among two age groups: older people aged 65+ and younger people aged 15-34.Questionnaires were collected from 170 older people aged 65+ and 186 youths aged 15-34. The Material Value Scale, the Satisfaction with Life Scale and a newly constructed scale measuring intergenerational material expectations (IME) were used.Multiple regression, ANCOVA and t-test were used for data analysis. After controlling for gender, age, education level and socio-economic status: 1) materialism and IME were positively related; 2) both materialism and IME were negatively related to life satisfaction (correlations between IME and life satisfaction disappear after controlling for self materialism); 3) older people scored higher on IME than on materialism; and 4) materialism was significantly lower among the older people than the younger. Although older respondents scored lower on materialism than younger respondents, it was still negatively correlated with life satisfaction. The higher IME score may imply that older people would transmit their material aspirations to their offspring as an expression of generative concerns. Future research might investigate if IME exists in other cultures and how older people's expectations of their children would affect their well-being. Table 4.4 Multiple regression of IME on materialism …………………….. 57 Table 4.5 Multiple regression of life satisfaction on IME …………………. 58 Table 4.6 Multiple regression of life satisfaction on IME (controlling for MVS) ……………………………………………. 59 Table 4.7 Inter-group statistics on materialism and life satisfaction……….. 60 Table 4.8 Results of analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) on materialism and life satisfaction between the older and the young groups…… 60 REFERENCES………………………………………………………………. 90 iv LIST OF TABLES

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Family Structure, Materialism, and Compulsive Consumption

Cited by 427 publications

References 38 publications

A preliminary investigation of materialism and impulsiveness as predictors of technological addictions among young adults

A preliminary investigation of materialism and impulsiveness as predictors of technological addictions among young adults

Bidirectional Dynamics of Materialism and Loneliness: Not Just a Vicious Cycle

Materialism and life satisfaction among older people in Hong Kong : a case study and comparison with younger people

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