Changes in materialism, changes in psychological well-being: Evidence from three longitudinal studies and an intervention experiment

Motivation and Emotion

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-22

  Kasser, Tim ^a   Rosenblum, Katherine L ^b   Sameroff, Arnold J ^b   Deci, Edward L ^c   Niemiec, Christopher P ^c   Ryan, Richard M ^c   Árnadóttir, Osp ^d   Bond, Rod ^d   Dittmar, Helga ^d   Dungan, Nathan ^e   Hawks, Susan ^e  

^a KNOX COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^e ShareSaveSpend   (United States)

Author keywords

Goals; Interventions; Materialism; Values; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84895902108     PISSN: 01467239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11031-013-9371-4     Document Type: Article

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