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CONSUMERIST MATERIALISM AND (UN) HAPPINESS: A LITERATURE REVIEW

Authors

LÓPEZ CASQUETE DE PRADO, MANUEL, MUÑIZ VELÁZQUEZ, JOSÉ ANTONIO, GÓMEZ BAYA, DIEGO

External publication

No

Means

Arbor

Scope

Review

Nature

Científica

JCR Quartile

SJR Quartile

SJR Impact

0.153

Publication date

01/01/2018

ISI

000443950100013

Scopus Id

2-s2.0-85061830628

Abstract

In this paper we carry out an extensive review of the scientific literature on the links between materialism and happiness, from a multidisciplinary approach that includes psychology, communication, economics and ethics. The dominant line in the literature insists on linking greater materialism with a lower self-perception of happiness and well-being, and with a greater propensity for depression. In this review, we take into account the evidence accumulated in this regard, the current course of research and the challenges still not clarified by the academy.

Keywords

Materialism; civil economy; eudaimonia; happiness; depression