Consumption and Well-Being in the Material World / edited by Miriam Tatzel.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tatzel, Miriam, Editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Positive psychology.

Business.

Management science.

Quality of life.

Marketing.

Positive Psychology.

Business and Management, general.

Quality of Life Research.

Local Subjects:

Positive Psychology.

Business and Management, general.

Quality of Life Research.

Marketing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (199 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2014.

Place of Publication:

Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume addresses how we can find happiness and well-being in the material world. It builds on previous works that find that materialism is associated with lowered well-being (materialists are less happy) and that consumerism, in all its profusion, is harmful to environmental well-being. How can we use the money and possessions in our lives in the service of well-being? Apparently not by being materialistic. Can we benefit from the many wonders of the marketplace -- in technology, convenience and aesthetics -- without falling prey to the lures and dangers of excessive material preoccupation? Can we meet our material needs in ways that nourish growth and well-being? The authors of the chapters in this volume are on-going researchers into such questions. Herein you can learn about the hedonic benefits of thrift and of spending on experiences; how possessions can be beneficial; how different types of consumers spend money; cultural variations in conceptions of the "good life;" how we might reconcile environmental and consumer well-being; and how to measure the whole of human, economic, and environmental well-being. Taken all together, this collection finds grounds for compatibility between what's good for the consumer and what's good for the environment. This volume appeals to academics, professionals, students and others interested in materialism and consumer well-being. .

Contents:

Introduction

Chapter 1: Consumption and Well-Being, An Introduction; Miriam Tatzel

PART I: Money and Consumption for Well-Being

Chapter 2: Money for Happiness: The Hedonic Benefits of Thrift; Joseph Chancellor and Sonja Lyubomirsky

Chapter 3: Getting the Most for the Money: The Hedonic Return on Experiential and Material Purchases; Travis J. Carter and Thomas Gilovich

Chapter 4: Loneliness, Material Possession Love and Consumers' Physical Well-Being; John L. Lastovicka and Laurel Anderson

PART II: Individual and Cultural Variations

Chapter 5: Value Seekers, Big Spenders, Non-Spenders and Experiencers: Consumption, Personality and Well-Being; Miriam Tatzel

Chapter 6: Money, Materialism and the Good Life: Cultural Perspectives; Christie Napa Scollon and Derrick Wirtz

PART III: Consumption and Sustainable Well-Being

Chapter 7: Happy Planet, Happy Economy, Happy Consumers? Charles Seaford

Chapter 8: Measuring What Matters; Eric Zencey

Conclusion

Chapter 9: Confessions of a Closet Materialist: Lessons Learned about Money, Possessions and Happiness; Miriam Tatzel.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

94-007-7368-4

OCLC:

861080705