The “Joy of Letting Go”: Decluttering and Apparel

Eike, Rachel; Burton, Michelle; Hustvedt, Gwendolyn; Cho, Sunhyung

doi:10.1080/17569370.2021.1987654

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“…Additionally, the results indicate that a preference for quality discourages sustainable purchase and post-purchase actions among men and older persons. These negative relationships between the preference for quality and durability and the purchase of secondhand clothing are consistent with the study by Eike et al [ 95 ], who found that people discard clothing that they perceive to be of poor quality or poor fit. However, in the group of young people, no significant and negative regression coefficients were found between the search for quality and sustainable purchase and post-purchase behaviours, and in the women group, only one significant negative regression coefficient was found.…”

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Influence of product selection criteria on clothing purchase and post-purchase behaviours: A gender and generational comparison

Barrera-Verdugo

Villarroel-Villarroel

2022

PLoS ONE

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Purchasing and consumption behaviour is a factor with an important impact on sustainable development. In this regard, the clothing category plays a key role due to the high volume of products that are manufactured in countries with poor environmental and social conditions. While some research has investigated personal, social and cultural conditions that influence these behaviours, little is currently known about the influence of the attributes of sustainable clothing selection on the frequency of sustainable purchase and post-purchase actions in this category. This research seeks to evaluate this effect by comparing the results among genders and age/generation and measuring sustainable consumption using the Young Consumers’ Sustainable Consumption Behaviour method, which has two dimensions: purchase choices and sufficient and frugal consumption. Responses to online surveys of 240 university students in Chile are analysed using descriptive statistics, the Mann-Whitney-Wilcoxon test and ologit regressions. The findings show significant differences between the groups analysed with respect to the influence of attributes for sustainable clothing selection and highlight the negative effect of the search for quality in men and in older people. The evidence highlights the need to inform the population about the characteristics of sustainable clothing that positively affect purchase and post-purchase actions such as buying secondhand clothing, repairing, exchanging and donating clothing. This study also suggests that it is important to strengthen the relationship between sustainability and clothing quality among older generations and men.

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Influence of product selection criteria on clothing purchase and post-purchase behaviours: A gender and generational comparison

Barrera-Verdugo

Villarroel-Villarroel

2022

PLoS ONE

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“…However, emissions depend on actual consumption patterns. Decluttering may make room for more possessions resulting in a continuous purchase and purge cycle (Eike et al, 2022). Minimalists might have fewer possessions but upgrade them frequently for something more aesthetically pleasing (Zavestoski & DeLaure, 2022), or use extra time for carbon intensive hobbies (Hanbury et al, 2019) or use surplus money to travel overseas.…”

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Could a minimalist lifestyle reduce carbon emissions and improve wellbeing? A review of minimalism and other low consumption lifestyles

Blackburn,

Leviston,

Walker

et al. 2023

WIREs Climate Change

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Everyone must consume, but the wealthy consume more than most. Half of global household emissions come from the world's top 10% of income earners. In this review, we investigate the minimalist lifestyle to find out if minimalism could deliver the dual benefit of reduced carbon emissions and increased wellbeing. Minimalists have voluntarily chosen to have few possessions, despite economic and social structures that encourage consumption. Having fewer possessions suggests they might have a lower carbon emissions. A review of three other low‐consumption lifestyles: frugalism, tightwadism and voluntary simplicity, offers some support for this hypothesis, but the empirical evidence regarding minimalism is scant. We also review minimalist motivations, finding some support for a positive association between wellbeing and minimalism. We conclude that while minimalism might offer wellbeing benefits, research on carbon emissions is inconclusive. Furthermore, even if minimalism did result in reduced emissions, the minimalist lifestyle maybe too individualistic to create social change.This article is categorized under: Perceptions, Behavior, and Communication of Climate Change > Behavior Change and Responses The Carbon Economy and Climate Mitigation > Policies, Instruments, Lifestyles, Behavior Climate and Development > Sustainability and Human Well‐Being

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Evolving Consumer Representations and Roles

Mutum,

Ghazali

2023

CSR, Sustainability, Ethics &Amp; Governance

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The “Joy of Letting Go”: Decluttering and Apparel

Cited by 3 publications

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Influence of product selection criteria on clothing purchase and post-purchase behaviours: A gender and generational comparison

Influence of product selection criteria on clothing purchase and post-purchase behaviours: A gender and generational comparison

Could a minimalist lifestyle reduce carbon emissions and improve wellbeing? A review of minimalism and other low consumption lifestyles

Evolving Consumer Representations and Roles

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