“…The studies on childhood materialism listed in the preceding table reveal that there are four main pathways to materialism: (i) parenting style, where parenting styles and the materialism values of parents cultivate a materialistic worldview in children (Chaplin & Roedder John, 2010;Richins & Chaplin, 2015;Richins, 2017;Russell & Shrum, 2021); (ii) peer influence, where peers effect materialism by modelling materialistic attitudes for their friends, through peer pressure and through the ways in which they discuss material possessions (Chaplin & Roedder John, 2010;Richins 2017;Freeman & Dardis, 2022;Rasmussen, 2022); (iii) income inequality, whereby the social insecurity that comes from inequality leads to materialistic tendencies to compensate for economic deprivation (Chaplin et al, 2014;Ku, 2015;Nairn & Opree, 2021;Rozer et al, 2022); and (iv) marketing and advertising, whereby studies have shown links between exposure to television advertising and increased materialism and participation in consumer culture (Opree et al, 2012;Lenka, 2014;Opree et al, 2020;Russell & Shrum, 2021;Nairn & Opree, 2021). In addition to understanding the pathways to materialism, researchers have been interested in how materialism affects children.…”