The dual nature of materialism. How personality shapes materialistic value orientation

Górnik-Durose, Małgorzata; Pilch, Irena

doi:10.1016/j.joep.2016.09.008

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“…Overall, the findings add to the understanding of future-negative TP and how it is related to materialism and well-being. The results show some differences in TP for the two types of materialists that are consistent with their personality profiles, in that the "peacock" materialist is more present-hedonistic as grandiose narcissism and extraversion are also associated with this TP (Gornik-Durose, 2020;Gornik-Durose & Pilch, 2016). The relationship between the "mouse" materialist and both future-negative and past-negative TP is consistent with the relationship between neuroticism and both of these TPs.…”

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“…The dual-nature model may explain two different motivations for compulsive buying: neuroticism and narcissism. High neuroticism individuals may engage in compulsive buying in order to seek an idealized self-identity, whereas highly narcissistic individuals buy in order to maintain and increasing a grandiose self-image (Gornik-Durose & Pilch, 2016). Another possible application of the dual-nature model of materialism is an investigation of how the two types of materialists may differ in terms of temporal perspective (TP).…”

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Well-Being, Temporal Orientation, and the Dual Nature of Materialism

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2020

Imagination, Cognition and Personality

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The present research examined the dual nature of the materialistic personality in terms of temporal perspective, subjective well-being, and materialism. The dual-nature model hypothesizes an anxious “mouse” type and a more flamboyant “peacock” type of materialist. Previous research has found a relationship between materialism and past-negative and present fatalistic temporal orientation. This study extended this research by examining the future-negative perspective and its relationship to materialism and well-being. It was hypothesized that the two types of materialists would have different temporal profiles. In addition, it was predicted that a future-negative perspective would mediate the relationship between materialism and well-being as was previously found with past-negative temporal orientation. The results indicated higher dark-future, future-negative, and past-negative scores with the “mouse” type materialists and higher present hedonistic scores in the “peacock” type materialists. Mediation analysis showed an indirect effect of a future-negative perspective in the relationship between materialism and well-being.

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Well-Being, Temporal Orientation, and the Dual Nature of Materialism

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2020

Imagination, Cognition and Personality

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“…However, Donnelly et al (2016) also describe materialists as people aiming at self-aggrandizement, highly concerned with their public image and viewing consumption as strategic image management, thus buying goods that are highly visible to others and symbolize high status. This brings to mind the narcissistic consumption pattern (Sedikides et al 2007;Lee et al 2013;Górnik-Durose and Pilch 2016). Campbell and Foster (2007) suggest that materialism is inherent in narcissism as one of the self-regulatory strategies to enhance selfworth.…”

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Materialism and Well-Being Revisited: The Impact of Personality

Górnik-Durose

2019

J Happiness Stud

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Although the negative link between materialism and well-being has been confirmed by results from many empirical studies, mechanisms underlying this association still remain partially unexplained. The issue is addressed in this article in two ways. Firstly, the nature of the components of materialism is examined, and secondly-the article demonstrates that personality (particularly neuroticism and narcissism) is one of the important factors linking materialism and well-being. The article presents the results of three empirical studies, in which three main assumptions were verified-that the components of materialism, i.e. acquisition centrality, acquisition as a pursuit of happiness and possession-defined success, have dissimilar impacts on well-being, that materialists with high and low levels of neuroticism and narcissism differ with regard to well-being, and that neuroticism and narcissism mediate the relationship between materialism and well-being. The studies were based on self-reports and utilized well-known, established questionnaire measures of materialism, personality and well-being. The results showed that each component of materialism was associated with well-being in a slightly different way. Of the three possession-defined happiness was the strongest predictor of all aspects of well-being examined and the centrality component was not associated with any of them. Materialists with a high level of neuroticism and low level of grandiose narcissism experienced diminished well-being in comparison to materialism with a low level of neuroticism and high level of grandiose narcissism. Neuroticism and grandiose narcissism were both significant mediators, acting contrary to each other-neuroticism lowered well-being, whereas grandiose narcissism elevated it.

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“…Altruism has been negatively related to materialism (e.g., Leyva, 2019 ) and materialism has a negative impact on interpersonal relationships (e.g., Pieters, 2013 ). Therefore, it is likely that the components of emotionality that are involved with attachment with others (sentimentality and dependence) will be negatively related to materialism and may have an effect upon the anxiety, fearfulness component of emotionality which is likely related to the anxiety-based or “mouse” type materialism described by Górnik-Durose and Pilch (2016) . In addition, sentimentality and dependence are related to empathy and emotional attachment with other people and materialism has the effect of reducing the connections with others (e.g., Mikulincer and Shaver, 2008 ).…”

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“…Given these findings it is likely that withdrawal will mediate the relationship between materialism and well-being rather than the volatility facet. The withdrawal facet is more likely to be related to the anxiety-based “mouse” type materialist versus the more grandiose “peacock” type materialist described by Górnik-Durose and Pilch (2016) . As these two sets of facets may have a different relationship between materialism and well-being compared to the full measures and as the HEXACO model has a different facet structure compared to the five-factor model, a facet-level analysis may provide some additional insight into the materialism-well-being relationship.…”

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Neuroticism versus emotionality as mediators of the negative relationship between materialism and well-being

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2021

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The purpose of the study was to investigate the relationship between, neuroticism, emotionality well-being and materialism. A series of mediation analyses were conducted with data obtained from a set of questionnaires completed by University students. The results indicated that neuroticism and emotionality were mediators in the well-being-materialism relationship. However, this relationship is dependent upon whether neuroticism or emotionality is measured as the three neuroticism measures utilized were significant mediators whereas the HEXACO emotionality scale was not. A facet-level analysis was conducted with the IPIP-NEO facets of volatility and withdrawal and with the HEXACO facets of sentimentality/dependence and withdrawal. In either case, withdrawal was a significant mediator in the materialism well-being relationship, whereas volatility or sentimentality/dependence was not. The results highlight the differences between neuroticism and HEXACO emotionality and add additional insight into the relationship between materialism and lower well-being. These findings suggest possible methods of decreasing materialistic tendencies and increasing subjective well-being.

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The dual nature of materialism. How personality shapes materialistic value orientation

Cited by 33 publications

References 38 publications

Well-Being, Temporal Orientation, and the Dual Nature of Materialism

Well-Being, Temporal Orientation, and the Dual Nature of Materialism

Materialism and Well-Being Revisited: The Impact of Personality

Neuroticism versus emotionality as mediators of the negative relationship between materialism and well-being

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