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Subjective Well-Being among Adolescent Consumers: The Effects of Materialism, Compulsive Buying, and Time Affluence

Abstract  

The burgeoning world-wide consumer culture brings with it certain baggage. Materialistic attitudes and compulsive buying have
both been linked to lower levels of subjective well-being in consumers. Additionally, time is becoming an increasingly precious
commodity as denizens of the consumer culture increase their work load and activities in an attempt to fully achieve the happiness
promised by a lifestyle of consumption. The purpose of the present research is to investigate whether the negative impact
of materialism and compulsive buying on well-being is moderated by a person’s perceived time affluence (the time one perceives
he/she has available for life’s many activities). Using a large sample of adolescents (n = 1,329), the present study finds that (1) materialism and compulsive buying negatively impact subjective well-being, and
that (2) time affluence moderates the relationship between materialism and compulsive buying and well-being. Specifically,
perceptions of time affluence were found to negate the negative relationship between both materialism and SWB and compulsive
buying and SWB. And (3), the present research appears to have uncovered a “sweet spot” when it comes to the influence of time
affluence on the above relationships. Too little or too much time affluence was found to be associated with lower well-being.
A simple slope analysis suggests that moderate levels of time affluence are most conducive to our well-being as consumers.
In addition to discussing these findings, the authors also note certain limitations and offer directions for future research.

  • Content Type Journal Article
  • Pages 1-19
  • DOI 10.1007/s11482-011-9155-5
  • Authors
    • Chris Manolis, Department of Marketing, Xavier University, Williams College of Business, 3800 Victory Parkway, Cincinnati, OH 45207-1214, USA
    • James A. Roberts, Marketing Department, Baylor University, Hankamer School of Business, Waco, TX 76798-8007, USA
    • Journal Applied Research in Quality of Life
    • Online ISSN 1871-2576
    • Print ISSN 1871-2584
Posted in: Journal Article Abstracts on 10/16/2011 | Link to this post on IFP |
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