http://thesituationist.wordpress.com/2012/09/02/materialism-consumerism-and-happiness/ Tue, 21 May 2013 14:56:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://thesituationist.wordpress.com/2012/09/02/materialism-consumerism-and-happiness/#comment-58224 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 17:55:45 +0000 http://thesituationist.wordpress.com/?p=18676#comment-58224 [...] Materialism, Consumerism, and Happiness – via thesituationist.wordpress.com – In two of four experiments, university students were put in a materialistic frame of mind by tasks that exposed them to images of luxury goods or words mobilizing consumerist values (versus neutral scenes devoid of consumer products or words without such connotations). Completing questionnaires afterwards, those who looked at the pictures of cars, electronics, and jewelry rated themselves higher in depression and anxiety, less interested in social activities like parties, and more in solitary pursuits than the others. Those primed to materialism by exposure to certain words evinced more competitiveness and less desire to invest their time in pro-social activities like working for a good cause. [...]

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