Gender Issues in Consumer Materialism: The Case of Mexico

Felix, Reto; Ahmed, Zafar U.; Hinck, Wolfgang

doi:10.1080/15475778.2013.782230

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“…In other words, the tendency to accept property acquisition as a source of happiness and success was stronger in men than in women. This result was consistent with the findings of some previous studies (Felix et al, 2013;Kamineni, 2005;Karabati & Cemalcilar, 2010;Segal & Podoshen, 2013;Workman & Lee, 2011). On the subject, Browne and Kaldenberg (1997) reported that males may be more likely to feel that owning material goods increases their happiness.…”

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confidence: 92%

An Investigation of The Relationship Between Ecological and Materialistic Values of Turkish Teacher Candidates

Özdemir¹

2020

Review of International Geographical Education Online

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Materialistic values are important factors that guide individuals' philosophy of life. For this reason, it is thought that individuals' environmental attitudes and ecological world views may be related to their materialistic values. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to examine whether there is a relationship between the materialistic and ecological values of prospective teachers. The study sample consists of 685 prospective teachers studying in a Faculty of Education at a university in northern Turkey. In the 2016-2017 academic year, prospective teachers who participated in this study were studying in first and last grade level of five different departments: Social Studies (n=115); Science (n=149); primary education (n=151); Mathematics (n=134); and pre-school teaching (n=136). A questionnaire including the New Ecological Paradigm Scale (NEPS), and the Material Values Scale (MVS) was used to gather data. The mean scores of both scales were based on the interpretation of the research findings, and the relationship between materialistic and environmental values of sample and variables such as gender, grade level, the field of teaching, and environmental education were examined. The correlations among materialistic and environmental values and environmental education were also examined. The results of the study demonstrated that prospective teachers have high levels of ecocentric values and moderate levels of materialistic values; also, these values have significant relations with some of the variables. The findings indicated there were negative or positive weak correlations between some variables.

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confidence: 92%

An Investigation of The Relationship Between Ecological and Materialistic Values of Turkish Teacher Candidates

Özdemir¹

2020

Review of International Geographical Education Online

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“…The role of gender as an antecedent of materialistic attitudes is unclear and the relevant conclusions vary (Felix, Ahmed, & Hinck, 2013;Handa & Khare, 2013;Karabati & Cemalcilar, 2010). Apparently, gender role needs further investigation.…”

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confidence: 98%

Materialism, Stress and Health Behaviors among Future Educators

Brouskeli

Loumakou

2014

Journal of Education and Training Studies

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In this study we investigated materialism among future educators and its relationship with stress and a number of health behaviors. Participants were 228 students (Mean= 20.64 years of age, S.D= 2.571) of the Department of Education Sciences in Early Childhood of the University of Thrace, Greece.The instrument consisted of a short form of the Material Values Scale with three subscales, pertaining to the following three domains: possession-defined success, acquisition centrality and acquisition as the pursuit of happiness. Measurements also included the Perceived Stress Scale and questions on several health behaviors. The findings suggested that materialism values were held by 40% of the participants whereas the component of materialism as happiness pursuit particularly was related to higher levels of stress. Finally, the younger the future educators were the more materialistic values they held. Suggestions for further research are discussed and, considering that children use their educators as models, health promoting interventions that take into account materialism effects are suggested.

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“…Adolescence involves a significant increase in self-awareness (e.g., Tice, Buder, & Baumeister, 1985), and also coincides with a substantial increase in materialism (e.g., Bindah & Othman, 2012b; Christopher et al, 2006; Christopher, Saliba, & Deadmarsh, 2009; Cleveland, Laroche, & Papadopoulos, 2009; Dawson & Bamossy, 1990; Felix, Ahmed, & Hinck, 2013; La Barbera & Gurhan, 1997; Lerman & Maxwell, 2006; Manchiraju & Son, 2014; Pepper, Jackson, & Uzzell, 2009; Promislo, Deckop, Giacalone, & Jurkiewicz, 2010; Ruvio et al, 2014; Saunders, 2007; Tang et al, 2014; Watson, 1998). The general trend is that materialism seems to peak during late adolescence, between the ages of 16 to 19 (Brouskeli & Loumakou, 2014; Burroughs & Rindfleisch, 2002; Chan, 2013; Chang et al, 2006; Dittmar & Kapur, 2011; Flouri, 2004), or perhaps even into early adulthood (Keng et al, 2000).…”

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Buying to Blunt Negative Feelings: Materialistic Escape from the Self

Donnelly¹,

Ksendzova

Howell

et al. 2016

Review of General Psychology

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We propose that escape theory, which describes how individuals seek to free themselves from aversive states of self-awareness, helps explain key patterns of materialistic people's behavior. As predicted by escape theory, materialistic individuals may feel dissatisfied with their standard of living, cope with failed expectations and life stressors less effectively than others, suffer from aversive self-awareness, and experience negative emotions as a result. To cope with negative, self-directed emotions, materialistic people may enter a narrow, cognitively deconstructed mindset in order to temporarily blunt the capacity for self-reflection. Cognitive narrowing decreases inhibitions thereby engendering impulsivity, passivity, irrational thought, and disinhibited behaviors, including maladaptive consumption.

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Gender Issues in Consumer Materialism: The Case of Mexico

Cited by 6 publications

References 39 publications

An Investigation of The Relationship Between Ecological and Materialistic Values of Turkish Teacher Candidates

An Investigation of The Relationship Between Ecological and Materialistic Values of Turkish Teacher Candidates

Materialism, Stress and Health Behaviors among Future Educators

Buying to Blunt Negative Feelings: Materialistic Escape from the Self

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