How Attachment Affects the Strength of Peer Influence on Adolescent Consumer Behavior

Huang, Yunhui; Wang, Lei; Shi, Junqi

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“…An important theoretical line of inquiry related to behavioural development and formation is that of the peer attachment theory. According to Huang, Wang, and Shi ( 2012 ), attachment and relationship with peers among youth have proven to be significant in influencing behaviour. A peer is considered the family's substitute outside the home, and is one of the transition mechanisms from childhood into teenage years and adulthood.…”

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Youth hedonistic behaviour: moderating role of peer attachment on the effect of religiosity and worldview

Hamzah

Suandi

Krauss

et al. 2014

International Journal of Adolescence and Youth

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This study was carried out on the moderating effect of peer attachment on the relationships between religiosity and worldview, and on how hedonistic behaviour among Malaysian undergraduate students is shaped by such influences. With regard to peer attachment, the study focused on the influences of communication, trust and alienation among youth. Bronfenbrenner's theory of human ecology and Armsden and Greenberg's attachment model were used as the framework. Drawing on a quantitative survey of 394 Malaysian university students (M age = 21.0, SD = 0.40), structural equation modelling and path analysis revealed a significant relationship between worldview and hedonistic behaviour. Peer attachment moderated the relationships between religiosity and religious worldview. The results further showed that the unique moderating effect of the lower level of attachment with peers is positively related to the hedonistic behaviour. Implications from the findings are discussed.

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Section: Peer Attachment and Its Influence On Youth Behaviourmentioning

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Youth hedonistic behaviour: moderating role of peer attachment on the effect of religiosity and worldview

Hamzah

Suandi

Krauss

et al. 2014

International Journal of Adolescence and Youth

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“…That is, anxiously attached individuals may express a need for consumer goods out of a more fundamental need for social connectedness. For instance, anxiously attached individuals are particularly susceptible to peer influence on consumption (Huang, Wang, & Shi, ), indicative of a strong connection between consumer behaviors and underlying social motives.…”

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What Do We Really Need? Goals and Values, Security, and the Perception of Consumer Necessity

Norris

Williams

2016

Psychology and Marketing

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There is a general trend for consumer goods considered luxuries to become thought of as necessities. Although the luxury/necessity distinction is central to the fields of marketing and economics, little research has examined the perception of necessity as a psychological phenomenon. Three studies examined the relationship of the perceived necessity of a variety of consumer goods to goals, values, and insecurity. In Study 1, the number of goods considered necessities as opposed to luxuries correlated negatively with intrinsic and positively with extrinsic goal pursuit. In Study 2, this pattern generalized to the distinction between needs and wants, the extent to which participants reported needing their possessions, and to materialistic values. In Study 3, the perception of necessity mediated the relationship between anxious attachment and materialism, suggesting that needing consumer products has in part a basis in interpersonal insecurity. In turn, it may facilitate materialistic consumption.

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“…The impact of such environmental factors on youth consumption behaviors can also be found in other relevant researches (e.g. Story, Neumark-Sztainer, & French, 2002;Chaplin & John, 2010;Huang, Wang, & Shi, 2012).…”

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Psychosocial Factors Correlated with Sufficient Consumption Behavior of Students in Thailand and Malaysia

Pimthong¹

2015

ASS

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The purpose of this study was to examine and compare the structural equation model of psychosocial factors related to sufficient consumption behavior between students in Thailand and Malaysia. For the sample of this study, 364 undergraduate students from Thailand and 360 from Malaysia were recruited, a total of 724 students. A series of 8 structured questionnaires with summated rating scales and 1 questionnaire on demographic characteristics were used to measure the aforementioned constructs of the hypothesized model. The findings are as follows: 1) The structural equation model of sufficient consumption behavior of the Thai and Malaysian students was adjusted. The sufficient consumption behavior was directly affected by materialism (-.54), attitude towards sufficient consumption behavior (.37), and character strengths (.21). The total causal variables accounted for 89% of the variance in the students' sufficient consumption behavior. 2) There was a difference in the structural model of the causal factors between students in Thailand and Malaysia. The direct effect of future orientation & self control on their attitude towards sufficient consumption behavior was different, showing that the effect of students from Malaysia (.70) was higher than that of students from Thailand (.17). 3) Latent means of sufficient consumption behavior, attitude towards sufficient consumption behavior, materialism, future orientation & self control, character strengths, family upbringing, peer influence, and media influence among Malaysian students scored higher than the Thai students.

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How Attachment Affects the Strength of Peer Influence on Adolescent Consumer Behavior

Cited by 25 publications

References 59 publications

Youth hedonistic behaviour: moderating role of peer attachment on the effect of religiosity and worldview

Youth hedonistic behaviour: moderating role of peer attachment on the effect of religiosity and worldview

What Do We Really Need? Goals and Values, Security, and the Perception of Consumer Necessity

Psychosocial Factors Correlated with Sufficient Consumption Behavior of Students in Thailand and Malaysia

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