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| Original language | English |
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| Qualification | Doctor of Philosophy |
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| Award date | 5 Dec 2018 |
| Place of Publication | Tilburg |
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| Print ISBNs | 978 90 5668 577 5 |
| Publication status | Published - 2018 |
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Opening up on consumer materialism. / Jaspers, Esther.
Tilburg : CentER, Center for Economic Research, 2018. 183 p.Research output: Thesis › Doctoral Thesis › Scientific
TY - THES
T1 - Opening up on consumer materialism
AU - Jaspers, Esther
N1 - CentER Dissertation Series Volume: 576
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - This dissertation comprises three main empirical essays, and a final chapter that synthesizes the findings and provides additional empirical evidence. The dissertation challenges current dominant theories of consumer materialism that have an overly aggregated, and overly negative, perspective of this consumer value. It shows that the three materialism dimensions have vastly different relationships with related variables, and even have positive consequences for consumers. The first essay examines age effects on materialism while controlling for birth cohort and period effects. It finds that materialism follows a curvilinear trajectory across the lifespan, with the lowest levels at middle age and higher levels before and after that. Essay 2 examines the implications of materialism for consumer savings and finds that materialism has both negative and positive effects on savings over time. Essay 3 examines the dynamic relationships between materialism and subjective well-being over time, and finds that the negative relationship between materialism and well-being is reciprocal, and due to only one of the three materialism dimensions. The other two materialism dimensions have positive effects on consumer well-being. The final chapter provides additional evidence demonstrating the differential and sometimes positive consequences of the materialism dimensions for consumers, and interrelates the findings.
AB - This dissertation comprises three main empirical essays, and a final chapter that synthesizes the findings and provides additional empirical evidence. The dissertation challenges current dominant theories of consumer materialism that have an overly aggregated, and overly negative, perspective of this consumer value. It shows that the three materialism dimensions have vastly different relationships with related variables, and even have positive consequences for consumers. The first essay examines age effects on materialism while controlling for birth cohort and period effects. It finds that materialism follows a curvilinear trajectory across the lifespan, with the lowest levels at middle age and higher levels before and after that. Essay 2 examines the implications of materialism for consumer savings and finds that materialism has both negative and positive effects on savings over time. Essay 3 examines the dynamic relationships between materialism and subjective well-being over time, and finds that the negative relationship between materialism and well-being is reciprocal, and due to only one of the three materialism dimensions. The other two materialism dimensions have positive effects on consumer well-being. The final chapter provides additional evidence demonstrating the differential and sometimes positive consequences of the materialism dimensions for consumers, and interrelates the findings.
M3 - Doctoral Thesis
SN - 978 90 5668 577 5
VL - 576
T3 - CentER Dissertation Series
PB - CentER, Center for Economic Research
CY - Tilburg
ER -