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Materialism and well-being in the UK and Chile: basic need satisfaction and basic need frustration as underlying psychological processes
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posted on 2023-06-08, 21:57 authored by Wenceslao Unanue-Manriquez, Helga Dittmar, Vivian VignolesVivian Vignoles, Maarten VansteenkisteA growing body of evidence shows that materialistic values are linked to lower well-being. Self-determination theory offers an explanation through the low fulfilment of the basic psychological needs for autonomy, competence, and relatedness. However, recent research suggests that frustration of these psychological needs may also play an additional role. Using structural equation modelling in adult samples from an established mass-consumer society (UK: N = 958) and a fast-developing new economy (Chile: N = 257) and employing more comprehensive measures to tap into a materialistic orientation than used in previous studies, we found that a materialistic value orientation related negatively to well-being and positively to ill-being and that both psychological need satisfaction and psychological need frustration played an explanatory role herein. The model was found to be highly equivalent across both samples, supporting the cross-cultural generality of the mechanisms involved.
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European Journal of PersonalityISSN
0890-2070Publisher
John Wiley and SonsExternal DOI
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6Volume
28Page range
569-585Department affiliated with
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