Personal Relative Deprivation Boosts Materialism

Zhang, Hong; Tian, Yuan; Lei, Boran; Shuo, Yu; Liu, Man

doi:10.1080/01973533.2015.1072090

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“…Consistent with the preceding theoretical analysis, Zhang, Tian, Lei, Yu, and Liu () found that self‐reported PRD correlated positively with endorsement of material values. One issue that has yet to be resolved, however, is whether PRD uniquely contributes to materialism over and above relevant individual difference factors that might confound their relationship.…”

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“…This manipulation has been shown to increase resentment and a sense of unfairness (Callan et al ., ) and lower subjective social status (Brown‐Iannuzzi, Lundberg, Kay, & Payne, ), even though actual financial position is held constant between experimental conditions. In contrast to other manipulations (e.g., those involving unjust vs. no government decisions within a hypothetical commons dilemma game; Zhang et al ., ), this manipulation specifically varies adverse social comparisons with similar others and therefore is directly tied to the construct of PRD. Following Smith et al .…”

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Social comparison, personal relative deprivation, and materialism

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Gheorghiu

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British J Social Psychol

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Across five studies, we found consistent evidence for the idea that personal relative deprivation (PRD), which refers to resentment stemming from the belief that one is deprived of deserved outcomes compared to others, uniquely contributes to materialism. In Study 1, self‐reports of PRD positively predicted materialistic values over and above socioeconomic status, personal power, self‐esteem, and emotional uncertainty. The experience of PRD starts with social comparison, and Studies 2 and 3 found that PRD mediated the positive relation between a tendency to make social comparisons of abilities and materialism. In Study 4, participants who learned that they had less (vs. similar) discretionary income than people like them reported a stronger desire for more money relative to donating more to charity. In Study 5, during a windfall‐spending task, participants higher in PRD spent more on things they wanted relative to other spending categories (e.g., paying off debts).

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Social comparison, personal relative deprivation, and materialism

Kim

Callan

Gheorghiu

et al. 2016

British J Social Psychol

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“…Previous research from our laboratory has shown that personal relative deprivation increases materialism ( Zhang et al, 2015 ). The current studies, however, show that the reverse is also true.…”

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Materialistic Cues Boosts Personal Relative Deprivation

Zhang

2016

Front. Psychol.

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Three studies investigated whether exposure to materialistic cues would increase perceptions of personal relative deprivation and related emotional reactions. In Study 1, individuals who were surveyed in front of a luxury store reported higher levels of personal relative deprivation than those surveyed in front of an ordinary building. In Study 2, participants who viewed pictures of luxurious goods experienced greater personal relative deprivation than those viewed pictures of neutral scenes. Study 3 replicated the results from Study 2, with a larger sample size and a more refined assessment of relative deprivation. Implications of these findings for future studies on relative deprivation and materialism are discussed.

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“…A higher family income also provides a child with a larger supply of tangible resources, making it easier for the child to rely heavily on things (e.g., branded clothing, electronic equipment) in developmental task processes. There may be other effects as well, as when a child perceives that others have more than he/she does, resulting in feelings of inferiority and a desire to remove those feelings by acquiring more things (Zhang, Tian, Lei, Yu, & Liu, 2015).…”

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Materialism pathways: The processes that create and perpetuate materialism

2017

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Materialism has been examined in many social science disciplines from multiple perspectives. This review synthesizes this extensive literature into two organizing frameworks that describe how materialism develops in children and how materialism is reinforced and perpetuated in adulthood. The major components of the developmental model are the daily event cycle, developmental tasks, cultural influence, and family environment, all of which interact to influence how materialistic a child becomes. The reinforcement model describes how personal qualities that materialists tend to possess make them more vulnerable to threats in daily events, resulting in psychological discomfort. The desire to reduce this discomfort, in conjunction with the transformative powers that materialists ascribe to acquisition, results in actions and outcomes that reinforce materialistic tendencies. Suggestions for furthering the study of materialism are also included.

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Personal Relative Deprivation Boosts Materialism

Cited by 36 publications

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Social comparison, personal relative deprivation, and materialism

Social comparison, personal relative deprivation, and materialism

Materialistic Cues Boosts Personal Relative Deprivation

Materialism pathways: The processes that create and perpetuate materialism

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