Consumption and Well-Being in the Material World

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Tatzel, Miriam (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Θέματα: Psychology.; Business.; Management science.; Marketing.; Medical research.; Quality of life.; Positive psychology.; Positive Psychology.; Business and Management, general.; Quality of Life Research.

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...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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.