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Commodified Self-Worth: How Self-Regard Links to Materialistic Values /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Commodified Self-Worth: How Self-Regard Links to Materialistic Values // Yan Zhang.
Author:	Zhang, Yan,
Description:	1 electronic resource (182 pages)
Notes:	Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 79-10, Section: B.
Contained By:	Dissertations Abstracts International79-10B.
Subject:	Social psychology. -
Online resource:	https://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=10798747
ISBN:	9780355770872

Commodified Self-Worth: How Self-Regard Links to Materialistic Values /
Zhang, Yan,

Commodified Self-Worth: How Self-Regard Links to Materialistic Values /Yan Zhang. - 1 electronic resource (182 pages)

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 79-10, Section: B.

Huge growth of economic power in many societies brings the issue of overemphasis on and pursuit of material possessions. The strategy to achieve short-term happiness by fulfilling materialistic goals might hurt people's well-being in the long run. Hence, factors contributing to materialistic values and the underlying mechanisms are crucial. Based on a psychosocial view, this dissertation examined the link between people's self-regard and materialistic values, and the moderating role of environmental factors. It examined three characteristics of self-regard, including level of self-esteem, external contingent self-worth, and self-esteem stability. Meanwhile, three factors related to context were also included as moderators, namely interdependent self-construal, culture of individualism-collectivism, and social norms about materialism. The dissertation has five chapters. Chapter 1 introduced the research background and the framework of the three empirical chapters based on a person-environment interaction perspective. Chapter 2 included one correlational survey and two experiments. It examined the link between level of self-esteem and materialistic values, as well as the moderating role of interdependent self-construal among Chinese participants. Findings were that level of self-esteem was negatively linked with materialistic values for the individuals holding low interdependent self-construal, but not for the high interdependent individuals. Chapter 3 included a cross-cultural correlational survey, examining the link between external contingent self-worth and materialistic values under both collectivist (i.e., Chinese) and individualist (i.e., Dutch) cultures. It also explored need to belong and need for self-enhancement as the underlying processes in both cultures. Findings were that external contingent self-worth was positively linked with materialistic values under both cultures; both need to belong and need for self-enhancement played a mediating role between external contingent self-worth and materialistic values under collectivist culture, but only need for self-enhancement was the mediator under individualist culture; need for self-enhancement showed an equivalent mediating effect in both cultures. Chapter 4 examined how stability of self-esteem and social norms about materialism interacted in predicting materialistic values in a five-week longitudinal survey and an experiment among Chinese participants. Results demonstrated that self-esteem stability was negatively linked to materialistic values when social norms about materialism were high, but not when the norms were low. Chapter 5 summarized the findings of the three empirical chapters, discussed the strengths, contributions, limitations of this dissertation, and suggested several future directions. The dissertation employed a person-environment interaction perspective, and showed that individuals' emphasis on materialism was related with both trait and contextual factors, suggesting a more comprehensive understanding beyond former research about why individuals adopted materialistic values.

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ISBN: 9780355770872Subjects--Topical Terms:

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Social psychology.
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Consuming behaviors

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