Materialism and Life Satisfaction Relations Between and Within People Over Time: Results of a Three-Wave Longitudinal Study

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dc.contributor.authorJaspers E
dc.contributor.authorPandelaere M
dc.contributor.authorPieters R
dc.contributor.authorShrum LJ
dc.date.accessioned2023-04-17T02:58:34Z
dc.date.available2023-03-24
dc.date.available2023-04-17T02:58:34Z
dc.date.issued24/03/2023
dc.descriptionCAUL read and publish agreement 2023
dc.description.abstractThe negative association between materialism and life satisfaction is well-documented, but it is unclear what the directionality of the association is. To address this issue, we (a) conducted a 3-wave longitudinal study (N = 6,551) over 3 years and examined the bidirectional relations between life satisfaction and materialism as a composite measure and with each of its three facets (happiness, success, centrality), and (b) estimated Random Intercept Cross-Lagged Panel Models (RI-CLPMs) that separate inter- and intra-individual effects and compared them with traditional CLPMs that do not. The traditional CLPM showed bidirectional negative associations between composite materialism and life satisfaction and strong negative bidirectional association for the happiness facet, but positive effects of the centrality facet on life satisfaction. However, and importantly, the RI-CLPM revealed that these relations exist predominantly between people. Within people, materialism does not impact life satisfaction, but life satisfaction does impact the happiness facet negatively. These findings challenge common ideas that the direction of the effect is from materialism to life satisfaction and that it is unilaterally negative.
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dc.identifier.citationJournal of Consumer Psychology, 2023
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/jcpy.1350
dc.identifier.elements-id460561
dc.identifier.harvestedMassey_Dark
dc.identifier.issn1057-7408
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10179/18175
dc.publisherWiley
dc.relation.isPartOfJournal of Consumer Psychology
dc.relation.urihttps://doi.org/10.1002/jcpy.1350
dc.subject.anzsrc1505 Marketing
dc.subject.anzsrc1701 Psychology
dc.titleMaterialism and Life Satisfaction Relations Between and Within People Over Time: Results of a Three-Wave Longitudinal Study
dc.typeJournal article
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pubs.organisational-group/Massey University
pubs.organisational-group/Massey University/Massey Business School
pubs.organisational-group/Massey University/Massey Business School/School of Communication, Journalism and Marketing
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