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A Consumer Values Orientation for Materialism and Its Measurement: Scale Development and Validation

, 1992
This article reviews the construct and measurement of materialism and concludes that materialism is appropriately conceptualized as a consumer value. The development of a values-oriented materialism scale with three components--acquisition centrality ...
Marsha L. Richins, S. Dawson
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Materialism: Trait Aspects of Living in the Material World

, 1985
The relevance of materialism to consumer behavior is discussed. Materialism is advanced as a critical but neglected macro consumer-behavior issue. Measures for materialism and three subtraits—envy, nongenerosity, and possessiveness—are presented and ...
R. Belk
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Toward a More-Than-Human Analysis of Digital Health: Inspirations From Feminist New Materialism

Qualitative Health Research, 2019
New feminist materialism theories potentially offer a foundation for innovative ways to research health-related experiences from a more-than-human perspective.
Deborah Lupton
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I (do not) consume; therefore, I am: Investigating materialism and voluntary simplicity through a moderated mediation model

, 2020
Correspondence Abhisek Kuanr, Department of Marketing, Xavier School of Management, XLRI, Jamshedpur 831001, India. Email: r13002@astra.xlri.ac.in Abstract With the burgeoning of consumer culture and materialism on a global scale, a counter‐culture ...
Abhisek Kuanr, Debasis Pradhan, Himadri Roy Chaudhuri   +2 more
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Consumers’ decision to boycott “unethical” products: the role of materialism/post materialism

, 2020
Although boycotting campaigns have been increasing, a limited amount of academic research has been focussed on the antecedents of consumers’ participation in the retail field.
A. Delistavrou, A. Krystallis, I. Tilikidou   +2 more
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The Moderating Role of Individualism/Collectivism and Materialism: An Application of the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) in Halal Food Purchasing

, 2020
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the determinants of halal meat consumption within Chinese and German Muslims population using the Theory of Planned Behavior as a conceptual framework.
Afzaal Ali, Mehkar Sherwani, Adnan Ali, Zeeshan Ali, Shahid Sherwani   +4 more
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Passive social network site use and adolescent materialism: Upward social comparison as a mediator

, 2020
We examined the role of upward social comparison in the relationship between passive social network site use and adolescent materialism. A sample of 718 Chinese adolescents completed measures of passive social network site use, upward social comparison ...
Yu-ting Hu, Qingqi Liu
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Influence of Materialism on Compulsive Buying Behavior: General Similarities and Differences Related to Studies on Young Adult Consumers in Poland and US

, 2020
Although materialism has a robust relationship with compulsive buying in the US and Western Europe, consumer theories suggest that materialism might also significantly predict compulsive buying in developing economies of Eastern Europe. The present study
P. Tarka
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From postmaterialism to sustainable materialism: the environmental politics of practice-based movements

Environmental Politics, 2019
There are some key and unique properties of groups concerned with environmental practices in the material flows of everyday life, here called sustainable materialism. These movements embody a range of motivations and discourses, in particular in response
D. Schlosberg
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Investigating the Role of Knowledge, Materialism, Product Availability, and Involvement in Predicting the Organic Clothing Purchase Behavior of Consumers in the Indian Market

, 2020
The present study examined the influence of organic clothing product involvement, consumption involvement, organic clothing knowledge, perceived product availability, and materialism on Indian consumers’ decision to purchase organic clothing.
A. Khare, A. Sadachar, S. Manchiraju
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