The Silver Lining of Materialism: The Impact of Luxury Consumption on Subjective Well-Being

Journal of Happiness Studies

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 411-437

  Hudders, Liselot ^a   Pandelaere, Mario ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Hedonic product usage; Luxury consumption; Materialism; Reinforcement theory; Status consumption; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860915457     PISSN: 13894978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10902-011-9271-9     Document Type: Article

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