Too Materialistic to Get Married and Have Children?

Li, Norman P.; Lim, Amy J.; Tsai, Ming‐Hong; Jiaqing, O

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0126543

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“…higher fertility and lower parental investment per child. Li et al [126] found university students in Singapore primed for materialism had more negative attitudes toward children and desired fewer children than students not primed for materialism.…”

Section: (O) Resource Stress and Limitationmentioning

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The evolved psychological mechanisms of fertility motivation: hunting for causation in a sea of correlation

McAllister

Pepper

Virgo

et al. 2016

Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B

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Cultural, ecological, familial and physiological factors consistently influence fertility behaviours, however, the proximate psychological mechanisms underlying fertility decisions in humans are poorly understood. Understanding the psychological mechanisms underlying human fertility may illuminate the final processes by which some of these known predictors have their influence. To date, research into the psychological mechanisms underlying fertility has been fragmented. Aspects of reproductive psychology have been examined by researchers in a range of fields, but the findings have not been systematically integrated in one review. We provide such a review, examining current theories and research on psychological mechanisms of fertility. We examine the methods and populations used in the research, as well as the disciplines and theoretical perspectives from which the work has come. Much of the work that has been done to date is methodologically limited to examining correlations between ecological, social and economic factors and fertility. We propose, and support with examples, the use of experimental methods to differentiate causal factors from correlates. We also discuss weaknesses in the experimental research, including limited work with non-WEIRD (western, educated, industrialized, rich and democratic) populations.

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Section: (O) Resource Stress and Limitationmentioning

confidence: 99%

The evolved psychological mechanisms of fertility motivation: hunting for causation in a sea of correlation

McAllister

Pepper

Virgo

et al. 2016

Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B

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“…When one or both spouses excessively value material possessions, the marriage tends to suffer (Dean et al, 2007). Perhaps materialism and marriage are incompatible, competing pursuits to some degree (Burroughs & Rindfleisch, 2002;Li, Lim, Tsai, & O, 2015;Li, Patel, Balliet, Tov, & Scollon, Marriage and Materialism: Actor and Partner Effects Between Materialism, Importance of Marriage, and Marital Satisfaction ISSN: 1945-7774 CC by-NC 4.0 2017 Financial Therapy Association 2 2011). As financial therapists interact with married couples, they may need to assess materialism not only as a financial but also a relational diagnostic.…”

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Marriage and Materialism: Actor and Partner Effects Between Materialism, Importance of Marriage, and Marital Satisfaction

LeBaron¹,

Allsop²,

Hill³

et al. 2017

Journal of Financial Therapy

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Drawing upon both the incompatibility of materialism and children model and marital paradigms theory, the purpose of the current study was to examine husband-wife actor and partner effects between materialism and marital satisfaction and to explore perception of the importance of marriage as a mediator of these relationships. Using a sample of 706 couples from the RELATE dataset, wives' materialism negatively predicted both their own marital satisfaction, as well as their husbands' marital satisfaction. However, when controlling for financial problems in marriage, these effects became non-significant. Additionally, upon adding both wives' and husbands' importance of marriage (as well as combined couples' "common fate" importance of marriage) to the model as mediators, indirect effects (actor and partner) between materialism and marital satisfaction were noted. Thus, when one partner (regardless of gender) places a high value on money and possessions, both spouses are less likely to place a high value on marriage, and are subsequently less likely to be satisfied in their marriage. Implications for financial therapists are discussed.

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“…[33] It is becoming clear that this economic development specifically is related to materialistic values which has been shown to negatively influence the value people place on having children. The issue is that materialistic values become prevalent and require a lot of time and attention that then competes with having children.…”

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“…Materialism is present in much of the developed world but is reported to be stronger in East Asia. [33] This is then all about owning the right goods and the fact that social status is measured by owning luxury goods. Social status is therefore driving materialism which in turn is negatively influencing the fertility rate.…”

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“…Helping people turn away from materialistic values has been shown to improve people's psychological wellbeing. [33] Decreasing people's priority on materialistic goal has successfully been achieved by Kasser and colleagues [38] who implemented a financial education program designed to help orientate adolescent children away from spending and towards sharing and saving. Part of this program was discussion on the distinction between needs and wants and promoting healthy money habits.…”

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Childbearing and quality of life decisions for women in Taiwan

Chen

Jones

Jackson

2018

IJH

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Taiwan has one of the lowest birth rates in the world and is predicted to lead to zero population growth. This study aimed to gain a comprehensive understanding of the personal, social and cultural factors influencing Taiwanese women's motherhood decision making.Semi structured interviews from first time mothers and theoretical sampling were applied to recruit participants from an antenatal clinic in a large metropolitan hospital from Taipei, Taiwan until data saturation was achieved with 34 women. A number of categories were identified from the data with this paper presenting only the category of "childbearing and the quality of life". Under this category a number of factors were identified that contributed to the decision on whether to have children. This included the couple's financial circumstances, existing pressure from living expenses, childbearing is costly and having children in a responsibility.Childbearing and quality of life was identified from the data as a crucial factor influencing participant's decision making choices to have children. This was because women wanted to maintain a certain quality of life and needed to then ascertain how much this would be influenced by having children. It is becoming clear that economic development specifically related to materialistic values, has negatively influenced the value people place on having children. Encouraging a return to traditional Taiwanese values as well as orienting people away from materialistic values maybe a way to turn the fertility rate around.

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Too Materialistic to Get Married and Have Children?

Cited by 25 publications

References 54 publications

The evolved psychological mechanisms of fertility motivation: hunting for causation in a sea of correlation

The evolved psychological mechanisms of fertility motivation: hunting for causation in a sea of correlation

Marriage and Materialism: Actor and Partner Effects Between Materialism, Importance of Marriage, and Marital Satisfaction

Childbearing and quality of life decisions for women in Taiwan

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