Stigmatizing materialism: On stereotypes and impressions of materialistic and experiential pursuits

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 551-563

  van Boven, Leaf ^a   Campbell, Margaret C ^a   Gilovich, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Materialism; Social cognition; Stereotypes; Well being

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CLASS; STEREOTYPING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950322377     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167210362790     Document Type: Article

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