Consumption and Well-Being in the Material World

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

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...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Tatzel, Miriam (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Edition:1st ed. 2014.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Positive psychology.
Business.
Management science.
Quality of life.
Marketing.
Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:Click to view e-book
Holy Cross Note:Loaded electronically.
Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
Table of 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.

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