Money, possessions and happiness: The relationships beetwen subjective and relative assessment of young adults’ material situation, materialism and well-being

• Authors: Poraj-Weder Magdalena , Pasternak Aneta , Poraj Grażyna

Abstracts

EN

The aim of this paper was to explore both direct and indirect associations between subjective and relative economic well-being, materialism and SWB of young adults of the post-transformation generation. In particular, the moderating role of materialism on the relationship between subjective and relative assessment and SWB was explored. The study was conducted on a group of 207 evening/weekend students, from public and private Warsaw colleges and universities. Correlational design was used and hierarchical regression analysis and moderation analysis using Hayes Model macro # 1 were done. The study’s results indicate that young people’s well-being is positively associated with their material situation assessment (subjective and relative) and negatively with materialism. The study’s results also show that a high level of materialism weakens or eliminates the relationship between subjective and relative assessment of one’s material situation and SWB.

Keywords

EN

subjective well-being; subjective and relative assessment of material situation; materialism; young adults

• Publisher: Akademia Pedagogiki Specjalnej im. Marii Grzegorzewskiej. Wydawnictwo APS
• Journal: Psychologia Wychowawcza
• Year: 2020
• Issue: 59(17)
• Pages: 65-80

Dates

published

2020

Contributors

author

Poraj-Weder Magdalena

• Akademia Pedagogiki Specjalnej, Instytut Psychologii

author

Pasternak Aneta

• Wyższa Szkoła Menedżerska, Instytut Pedagogiki i Psychologii

author

Poraj Grażyna

• Uniwersytet Łódzki, Instytut Psychologii

Identifiers

DOI

10.5604/01.3001.0014.2650

Biblioteka Nauki

896591