Sense of belonging, international migrants’ spending, and implications for their subjective well‐being

Abstract

A lack of a sense of belonging in the host country has become one of the most common challenges facing international migrants in today's sociopolitical environment.Our two online experiments with 881 international migrant workers in the United States jointly demonstrate that, to cope with their lack of a sense of belonging in the host country, international migrants may spend money suboptimally: more on material purchases but less on experiential and prosocial purchases. More importantly, our studies suggest that prosocial purchases are more effective than experiential purchases in increasing international migrants' subjective well-being. This is because prosocial purchases can lead to both relatedness need satisfaction and beneficence, with each independently contributing to international migrants' subjective well-being.Our research suggests that public policymakers should address the social exclusion international migrants experience when moving to a new country because it can have a negative impact on their subjective well-being. Our research further suggests that one way to mitigate social exclusion is to encourage international migrants to spend money on others rather than themselves.

Mood management through metaverse enhancing life satisfaction

“…The feelings of relatedness from socialization belong to the third‐level need category of love and belongingness, the feelings of autonomy and competency belong to the fourth‐level need category of esteem, and the feelings of creative entertainment belong to the fifth‐level need category of self‐actualization (Oleson, 2004). Given that satisfaction of needs contributes to the quality of life (Costanza et al, 2007; Hang & Zhong, 2022), we expect that the metaverse consumers whose needs are satisfied would experience increased life satisfaction. Particularly, adopting the application of the mood management theory of Reinecke et al (2012) that the desire for mood management through media is to satisfy intrinsic needs, we hypothesize that social metaverse consumption as mood management (i.e., positive mood enhancement and negative mood alleviation) can positively influence life satisfaction of users.Hypothesis Social metaverse consumption as (a) positive mood enhancement and (b) negative mood alleviation positively influences consumers' life satisfaction.…”

“…Given that satisfaction of needs contributes to the quality of life (Costanza et al, 2007;Hang & Zhong, 2022), we expect that the metaverse consumers whose needs are satisfied would experience increased life satisfaction. Particularly, adopting the application of the mood management theory of Reinecke et al (2012) that the desire for mood management through media is to satisfy intrinsic needs, we hypothesize that social metaverse consumption as mood management (i.e., positive mood enhancement and negative mood alleviation) can positively influence life satisfaction of users.…”

Give me the newest! Effect of social exclusion on new products adoption

“…Social exclusion can affect individuals' emotions, cognition, and behavior. It can threaten an individual's existential value and self-identity (Blackhart et al, 2009;Hang & Zhong, 2023). In serious cases, it can induce aggressive driving (Li et al, 2022), antisocial behaviors (Perchtold-Stefan et al, 2022), indirect misbehaviors (Gong et al, 2022), and unethical behaviors (Liu et al, 2023;Tuncel & Kavak, 2022).…”

Could classic psychedelics influence immigrants’ acculturation process? A narrative review contemplating how

“…Immigrants' selfidentification with natives in their host country, also referred to as their host national identity (Fuller-Rowell et al, 2012), is an affective aspect of their acculturation experience (Schwartz et al, 2011) associated with the fundamental human need to belong (Ellemers et al, 2002). It plays an important role in the integration process and is linked to a diverse array of important outcomes including immigrants' well-being, educational attainment, drive to adapt to their host country, and even the extent to which they make (sub)optimal financial decisions (Hang and Zhong, 2022;Janke et al, 2023;Phinney et al, 2001). From a broader perspective, immigrants' host national identity has been considered of particular import to host countries because a sense of shared national identity is believed to be required for a well-functioning society (Parekh, 2000).…”