Materialistic happiness is negatively associated with meaning in life: A serial double mediation model.

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2024-08-15 DOI:10.1111/sjop.13063

On-Ting Lo, Sing-Hang Cheung, Veronica K W Lai

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Abstract

Background: Materialism refers to values that equate materialistic possessions with happiness and success. Gathering materialistic possessions is also central to materialists' life. Extant research has widely shown that materialism is detrimental to people's well-being, but its influences on meaning in life are less clear. In this article, we address two principal research questions within the framework of self-determination theory: First, we explore the association between varying dimensions of materialism and the perceived meaning in life; second, we investigate the factors that mediate the relationship between materialistic values and meaning in life.

Methods: Two cross-sectional online survey studies (Study 1: 190 Chinese participants; Study 2: 767 participants [mainly Caucasians] from Prolific) were conducted to test a hypothesized serial double mediation model, in which basic psychological needs satisfaction and subjective well-being were the two serial factors mediating the materialistic happiness to meaning in life relationship.

Results: Among the three materialism values, only materialistic happiness was negatively associated with meaning in life. Basic psychological needs satisfaction and subjective well-being serially mediated the relationship. Theoretical and practical implications were discussed.

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物质幸福与人生意义呈负相关：连续双重中介模型

背景：唯物主义是指将物质财富等同于幸福和成功的价值观。收集物质财富也是物质主义者生活的核心。现有研究广泛表明，物质主义不利于人们的幸福，但其对人生意义的影响却不甚明了。在本文中，我们将在自我决定理论的框架内探讨两个主要的研究问题：首先，我们探讨了不同维度的物质主义与感知到的人生意义之间的关联；其次，我们研究了物质主义价值观与人生意义之间的中介因素：两个横断面在线调查研究（研究1：190名中国参与者；研究2：767名来自Prolific的参与者（主要是白种人））检验了一个假设的序列双重中介模型，即基本心理需求满足和主观幸福感是中介物质幸福感与人生意义关系的两个序列因素：在三种物质主义价值观中，只有物质幸福感与人生意义呈负相关。结果：在三种物质主义价值观中，只有物质主义幸福感与人生意义负相关，而基本心理需求满足感和主观幸福感则在一定程度上调节了两者之间的关系。讨论了其理论和实践意义。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

自引率

1.10%

发文量

312

审稿时长

2 months

期刊介绍： Accounts of Chemical Research presents short, concise and critical articles offering easy-to-read overviews of basic research and applications in all areas of chemistry and biochemistry. These short reviews focus on research from the author’s own laboratory and are designed to teach the reader about a research project. In addition, Accounts of Chemical Research publishes commentaries that give an informed opinion on a current research problem. Special Issues online are devoted to a single topic of unusual activity and significance. Accounts of Chemical Research replaces the traditional article abstract with an article "Conspectus." These entries synopsize the research affording the reader a closer look at the content and significance of an article. Through this provision of a more detailed description of the article contents, the Conspectus enhances the article's discoverability by search engines and the exposure for the research.