Does Our Well-Being Decrease When We Value High Materialistic Aspirations or When We Attain Them?

Abstract: The purpose of the study was to explore the relationships between materialistic and non-materialistic aspirations and well-being (cognitive, emotional, and social well-being). The novelty of this study is that besides examining the relationships between the importance of materialistic and non-materialistic aspirations and well-being, it also tested the relationships between the attainment of materialistic and non-materialistic goals and different aspects of well-being. The findings of the study indicate that both attaching importance to non-materialistic aspirations and their attainment are linked with well-being (emotional, cognitive and social well-being). The relationship between the attainment of materialistic aspirations and well-being is complex; the attainment of financial success fosters well-being (cognitive, emotional and social well-being) and the attainment of popularity inhibits well-being. However, the relationship between the attachment of importance to materialistic.... https://spb.psychopen.eu/index.php/spb/article/view/2427

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Does Our Well-Being Decrease When We Value High Materialistic Aspirations or When We Attain Them? ; volume:13 ; number:1 ; day:11 ; month:04 ; year:2018 ; Social psychological bulletin ; 13, Heft 1 (11.04.2018)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Anna Maria Zawadzka ; Małgorzata Niesiobędzka ; Magdalena Żemojtel-Piotrowska

Further information

• DOI: 10.5964/spb.v13i1.25504
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2020101416340957474670
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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