Materialism and its influence on the subjective quality of life of Brazilian adolescents

Janine Silva Nascimento Cunha; Nelsio Rodrigues de Abreu; João Agnaldo do Nascimento

doi:10.18046/j.estger.2018.148.2582

Autores

Janine Silva Nascimento Cunha, M.Sc. Pesquisador do Centro de Ciências Sociais Aplicadas da Faculdade de Administração da Universidade Federal da Paraíba, João Pessoa, Brasil. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4287-4964
Nelsio Rodrigues de Abreu, Ph.D. Pesquisador do Centro de Ciências Sociais Aplicadas da Faculdade de Administração da Universidade Federal da Paraíba, João Pessoa, Brasil. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7024-5642
João Agnaldo do Nascimento, Ph.D. Pesquisador do Centro de Ciências Exatas e da Natureza da Faculdade de Estatística da Universidade Federal da Paraíba, João Pessoa, Brasil.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18046/j.estger.2018.148.2582

Palavras-chave:

materialismo, qualidade de vida subjetiva, adolescentes

Resumo

O principal objetivo deste estudo foi analisar a influência do materialismo na qualidade de vida subjetiva dos adolescentes. Para a pesquisa empírica foram aplicados 705 questionários nas escolas públicas e particulares da cidade de João Pessoa (Brasil), resultando em 667 respostas válidas de adolescentes entre 12 y 18 anos de idade, a maioria mulheres e de estudantes de escolas particulares. A amostragem foi por conglomerados e análise dos dados foi quantitativa. A partir dos resultados, não foi possível confirmar a influência direta do nível de materialismo nível de qualidade de vida subjetiva. As limitações foram apresentadas por não ter identificado um alto nível de materialismo entre os adolescentes pesquisados. A contribuição social deste estudo é a identificação de fatores que podem aumentar o consumo dos adolescentes.

Downloads

Os dados de download ainda não estão disponíveis.

Referências

Achenreiner, G. B. (1997). Materialistic values and susceptibility to influence in children.NA-Advances in Consumer Research, 24, 82-88.

Albuquerque, A. S., & Tróccoli, B. T. (2004). Desenvolvimento de uma escala de bem-estar subjetivo.Psicologia: teoria e pesquisa,20(2), 153-164.

Andrews, F. M. (1974). Social indicators of perceived life quality.Social Indicators Research, 1(3), 279-299.

Baker, A. M., Moschis, G. P., Benmoyal-Bouzaglo, S., & Dos Santos, C. P. (2013). How family resources affect materialism and compulsive buying: A cross-country life course perspective.Cross-Cultural Research, 47(4), 335-362. https://doi.org/10.1177/1069397112473074

Barros, L. P. D., Gropo, L. N., Petribú, K., & Colares, V. (2008). Quality of life assessment for adolescents: a literature review.Jornal Brasileiro de Psiquiatria,57(3), 212-217.

Belk, R. W. (1984). Three scales to measure constructs related to materialism: Reliability, validity, and relationships to measures of happiness. NA-Advances in Consumer Research, 11, 291-297.

Belk, R. W. (1985). Materialism: Trait aspects of living in the material world. Journal of Consumer research, 12(3), 265-280.

Belk, R. W. (1988). Possessions and the extended self.Journal of consumer research,15(2), 139-168.

Bottomley, P. A., Nairn, A., Kasser, T., Ferguson, Y. L., & Ormrod, J. (2010). Measuring childhood materialism: refining and validating Schor’s Consumer Involvement Scale. Psychology & Marketing, 27(7), 717-739.

Carr, D. J., Gotlieb, M. R., Lee, N. J., & Shah, D. V. (2012). Examining Overconsumption, Competitive Consumption, and Conscious Consumption from 1994 to 2004 Disentangling Cohort and Period Effects. The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science,644(1), 220-233.

Carvalho, J. D., Vieira, S. R., & Moran, R. C. C. P. (2002). Análise de correspondência-uma ferramenta útil na comparação de mapas de produtividade. Revista brasileira de ciência do solo, 26, 435-443.

Chaplin, L. N., & John, D. R. (2007). Growing up in a material world: Age differences in materialism in children and adolescents.Journal of Consumer Research,34(4), 480-493.

Chaplin, L. N., & John, D. R. (2010). Interpersonal influences on adolescent materialism: A new look at the role of parents and peers.Journal of Consumer Psychology,20(2), 176-184.

Churchill, G. A., & Moschis, G. P. (1979). Television and interpersonal influences on adolescent consumer learning.Journal of consumer research, 6(1), 23-35.

Costanza, R., Fisher, B., Ali, S., Beer, C., Bond, L., Boumans, R., & Gayer, D. E. (2007). Quality of life: An approach integrating opportunities, human needs, and subjective well-being.Ecological economics,61(2), 267-276.

Diener, E., & Suh, E. (1997). Measuring quality of life: Economic, social, and subjective indicators.Social indicators research,40(1-2), 189-216.

Dittmar, H., & Pepper, L. (1994). To have is to be: Materialism and person perception in working-class and middle-class British adolescents.Journal of Economic Psychology,15(2), 233-251.

Dos Santos, T., & De Souza, M. J. B. (2013). Materialismo entre crianças e adolescentes: O comportamento do consumidor infantil de Santa Catarina. Revista Gestão Organizacional, 6(1), 45-58.

Duh, H. I. (2015). Antecedents and Consequences of Materialism: An Integrated Theoretical Framework.Journal of Economics and Behavioral Studies, 7(1), 20-35.

Duh, H. I., Benmoyal-Bouzaglo, S., Moschis, G. P and Smaoui, L. (2015) Examination of young adults’ materialism in France and South Africa using two life-course theoretical perspectives. Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 36, 251-262.

Edwards, T. C., Huebner, C. E., Connell, F. A., & Patrick, D. L. (2002). Adolescent quality of life, part I: conceptual and measurement model.Journal of adolescence,25(3), 275-286.

Flouri, E. (2005). Adult materialism/postmaterialism and later mental health: The role of self-efficacy.Social Indicators Research,73(1), 1-18.

Gentina, E., & Chandon, J. L. (2014). The role of gender on the frequency of shopping with friends during adolescence: Between the need for individuation and the need for assimilation.Recherche et Applications en Marketing (English Edition),29(4), 32-59.

Goldberg, M. E., Gorn, G. J., Peracchio, L. A., & Bamossy, G. (2003). Understanding materialism among youth.Journal of Consumer Psychology,13(3), 278-288.

Hair, J. F., Anderson, R. E., Tatham, R. L., & Black, W. C. (2005). Análise multivariada de dados (5ª Edição). Porto Alegre: Bookman.

Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisas Educacionais Anísio Teixeira - INEP. (2015). Resultados das matrículas iniciais na Creche, Pré-Escola, Ensino Fundamental e Ensino Médio no Ensino Regular das redes estaduais e municipais e o total de matrículas nessas redes de ensino. Retrieved from (11-nov-2015): Retrieved from (11-nov-2015): http://download.inep.gov.br/educacao_basica/censo_escolar/resultado/2015/Anexo_I_Preliminar_2015.pdf .

Karabati, S., & Cemalcilar, Z. (2010). Values, materialism, and well-being: A study with Turkish university students.Journal of Economic Psychology,31(4), 624-633.

Kasser, T., & Ahuvia, A. (2002). Materialistic values and well-being in business students.European Journal of Social Psychology,32(1), 137-146.

Lee, D. J., & Sirgy, M. J. (2004). Quality-of-life (QOL) marketing: Proposed antecedents and consequences.Journal of Macromarketing , 24(1), 44-58.

Moore, R. L., & Moschis, G. P. (1981). The role of family communication in consumer learning.Journal of Communication , 31(4), 42-51.

Moschis, G. P., & Moore, R. L. (1982). A longitudinal study of television advertising effects.Journal of Consumer Research ,9(3), 279-286.

Nepomuceno, M. V., & Laroche, M. (2015). When materialists intend to resist consumption: the moderating role of self-control and long term orientation. Journal of Business Ethics, 143, 467-483.

Oleś, M. (2016). Dimensions of Identity and Subjective Quality of Life in Adolescents.Social indicators research , 126(3), 1401-1419.

Patrick, D. L., Edwards, T. C., & Topolski, T. D. (2002). Adolescent quality of life, part II: initial validation of a new instrument.Journal of adolescence,25(3), 287-300.

Paschoal, T., & Tamayo, A. (2008). Construção e validação da escala de bem-estar no trabalho.Avaliação psicológica, 7(1), 11-22.

Richins, M. L., & Dawson, S. (1992). A consumer values orientation for materialism and its measurement: Scale development and validation.Journal of consumer research,19(3), 303-316.

Ryff, C. D., & Keyes, C. L. M. (1995). The structure of psychological well-being revisited.Journal of personality and social psychology,69(4), 719.

Roberts, J. A., Tanner, J. F., & Manolis, C. (2005). Materialism and the family structure-stress relation.Journal of Consumer Psychology,15(2), 183-190.

Rossi, C. A. V., & Hor-Meyll, L. F. (2001). Explorando novas trilhas na pesquisa do consumidor.Encontro Nacional da Associação de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa em Administração, n° 25, Campinas, Brasil.

Salum, G. A., Patrick, D. L., Isolan, L. R., Manfro, G. G., & Fleck, M. P. (2012). Youth Quality of Life Instrument-Research version (YQOL): psychometric properties in a community sample.Jornal de pediatria,88(5), 443-448.

Schalock, R. L., Bonham, G. S., & Marchand, C. B. (2000). Consumer based quality of life assessment: A path model of perceived satisfaction.Evaluation and program Planning,23(1), 77-87.

Sharma, A., & Malhotra, D. (2010). Social-psychological correlates of happiness in adolescents.European Journal of Social Sciences,12(4), 651-61.

Sheldon, K. M., & Krieger, L. S. (2014). Service job lawyers are happier than money job lawyers, despite their lower income.The Journal of Positive Psychology, 9(3), 219-226.

Siqueira, M. M. M., & Padovam, V. A. R. (2008). Bases teóricas de bem-estar subjetivo, bem-estar psicológico e bem-estar no trabalho.Psicologia: teoria e pesquisa,24(2), 201-209.

Sirgy, M. J. (1998). Materialism and quality of life.Social indicators research,43(3), 227-260.

Sirgy, M. J. (2009). Can QOL Researchers Learn Anything “Scientifically” Meaningful from Popular Cultural Icons Who Speak on Happiness and Well-Being?Journal of Happiness Studies,10(6), 769-771.

Sirgy, M. J. (2011). Theoretical perspectives guiding QOL indicator projects.Social Indicators Research,103(1), 1-22.

Srikant, M. (2013). Materialism in consumer behavior and marketing: a review. Management and Marketing Challenges for the Knowledge Society, 8(2), 329-352.

The WHOQOL Group. (1995). The World Health Organization quality of life assessment (WHOQOL): position paper from the World Health Organization. Social Science and Medicine, 41(10), 1403-1409.

Watson, J. J. (2003). The relationship of materialism to spending tendencies, saving, and debt. Journal of Economic Psychology, 24(6), 723-739.

Wong, N., Shrum, L. J., Arif, F., Chugani, S., Gunz, A., Lowrey, T. M., & Scott, K. (2011). Rethinking materialism: A process view and some transformative consumer research implications.Journal of Research for Consumers, (19), 1-4.

Zerach, G. (2016). The Mediating Role of Emptiness and Materialism in the Association Between Pathological Narcissism and Compulsive Buying. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 14(4), 424-437.