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Materialistic value orientation and wellbeing

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Current Opinion in Psychology, Volume: 46, Start page: 101337

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DOI (Published version): 10.1016/j.copsyc.2022.101337

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People with a strong materialistic value orientation (MVO) believe that the acquisition of more money and expensive material possessions will improve their wellbeing and social standing. Paradoxically, striving for evermore money and material goods as a means of improving wellbeing often undermines...

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ISSN: 2352-250X
Published: Elsevier BV 2022
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