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Commodified Self-Worth : = How Self-Regard Links to Materialistic Values.

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Title/Author:	Commodified Self-Worth :/
Reminder of title:	How Self-Regard Links to Materialistic Values.
Author:	Zhang, Yan.
Description:	1 online resource (182 pages)
Notes:	Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 79-10, Section: B.
Contained By:	Dissertations Abstracts International79-10B.
Subject:	Social psychology. -
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ISBN:	9780355770872

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

Commodified Self-Worth :How Self-Regard Links to Materialistic Values. - 1 online resource (182 pages)

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

Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong), 2017.

Includes bibliographical references

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.

Electronic reproduction.
Ann Arbor, Mich. :
ProQuest,
2024

Mode of access: World Wide Web

ISBN: 9780355770872Subjects--Topical Terms:

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Social psychology.
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Consuming behaviorsIndex Terms--Genre/Form:

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Commodified Self-Worth : = How Self-Regard Links to Materialistic Values.
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