2016
DOI: 10.1111/joca.12103
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A World beyond Family: How External Factors Impact the Level of Materialism in Children

Abstract: This article explores and puts together eight important factors influencing materialism in children aged 8-12 years using a large sample from Spain. An analysis of the relationship of this set of factors with children's materialism using structural equation modeling is provided as well. Results suggest that external influences are more important for Spanish children than family influences. Finally, the article provides a road map for practitioners as well as government agencies, and suggestions for further res… Show more

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“…Research among children and adolescents is more limited but points in the same direction. Children who are more susceptible to peer influence can be said to have a less secure sense of self, and research consistently shows a strong relationship between this susceptibility and materialism among children (Dávila, Casabayó, & Singh, 2017;Opree, Buijzen, van Reijmersdal, & Valkenburg, 2011;Roberts, Manolis, & Tanner, 2008).…”
Section: The Unstable Self and Materialismmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Research among children and adolescents is more limited but points in the same direction. Children who are more susceptible to peer influence can be said to have a less secure sense of self, and research consistently shows a strong relationship between this susceptibility and materialism among children (Dávila, Casabayó, & Singh, 2017;Opree, Buijzen, van Reijmersdal, & Valkenburg, 2011;Roberts, Manolis, & Tanner, 2008).…”
Section: The Unstable Self and Materialismmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In terms of the influence of persuasive messaging, research has shown that advertising prompts children's immediate desires and informs their long‐term brand preferences (Connell, Brucks, and Nielsen ; Nairn, Ormrod, and Bottomley ). In addition, advertising shapes and influences children's broader consumption values, including their attitudes toward materialism, which in turn has impacts on their psychological well‐being (Buijzen and Valkenburg ; Dávila and Casabayó ; Dávila, Casabayó, and Singh ; Opree ). Materialism in children has been linked to lower self‐esteem, poorer relationships with parents (Nairn, Ormrod, and Bottomley ), unhappiness (Belk ), lower subjective well‐being, and depression (Kasser ), and is associated with less engagement in other kinds of social behavior such as reading books, doing homework, and performing household chores (Bottomley et al ).…”
Section: Literature Reviewmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Missing from this research, with little exception, has been an exploration of possible influences of schools on children's materialism. Only one study has explored the possible effect of educational environment as an influencer of children's materialism and this study explored school type only as a main effect (Dávila, Casabayó, & Singh, ). More research is needed since, as seen above, schools have an outsized role in teaching and socializing the world's youth.…”
Section: Schools and Valuesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Peers, parents, and socialization agents such as church or school also influence children's materialism. But the last two have been explored by very few studies, with a recent one finding children in religious schools to be less materialistic than children in secular schools (Dávila et al, ). However, this does not explain how a move to materialism occurs for children in these religious schools.…”
Section: Schools and Valuesmentioning
confidence: 99%