Reconceptualizing materialism as identity goal pursuits: Functions, processes, and consequences

What is materialism? Testing two dominant perspectives on materialism in the marketing literature

“…Finally, in recent years, several scholars have recommended the materialism conceptualization should be changed (e.g., Shrum et al, 2012).…”

“…Second, different perspectives (i.e., personality trait or value) yield different measurement scales that produce different results, as in the present study, providing the impression the effects of materialism are inconsistent, when, in fact, it is the underlying conceptualizations (and the way they are measured) that differ. Furthermore, Shrum et al (2012) provided a newer definition for materialism that is broader, straightforward, and more concise, namely materialism as "the extent to which individuals attempt to engage in constructions and maintenance of self through the acquisition and use of products…perceived to provide desirable symbolic value." This definition is value free (neither positive nor negative priori) and allows materialism, as a construct, to have negative as well as positive consequences.…”

“…Critically, various scholars have conceptualized individual differences in materialism in distinct ways (Shrum et al, 2012). Materialism has been conceptualized as an attitude, belief, lifestyle, state (i.e., mood), trait, and value (e.g., Ahuvia, 2008;Belk, 1985;Chang and Arkin, 2002;Richins and Dawson, 1992).…”

“…However, scholars have noted that existing conceptualizations, and by extension materialism measurement scales, have important drawbacks such as negative mutual associations and poor scale reliability (Larsen et al, 1999;Shrum et al, 2012). Given the importance of the topic, in the present study we empirically evaluate the two dominant perspectives on [individual] materialism by systematically assessing individual differences in both personality-based (hereafter personality materialism) and value-based materialism (hereafter value materialism) (Ahuvia and Wong, 2002).…”

Una revisión del constructo consumo simbólico desde la perspectiva de la experiencia turística

“…Debido a la necesidad de resumir la gran cantidad de estudios que se centran en los mencionados puntos de vista del análisis del consumo simbólico, en la tabla 1, y posteriormente en la Figura 1, se recogen de forma ordenada las investigaciones más importantes. Orizo, 1979Orizo, , 1982Cueto, 1981;Naredo, 1981;Martín, 1982;Castillo, 1987;Alonso, 1985Alonso, , 1986Alonso, , 1990 Análisis del materialismo como parte de la personalidad Belk, 1985;Belk, 1987;Lipscomb, 1988;Dawson, 1988;Dawson y Bamossy, 1991;Ahuvia y Wong, 1995;Schroeder y Dugal, 1995;Sirgy et al, 1995Sirgy et al, , 1998La Barbera y Gurhan, 1997;Ahuvia et al, 2005;Shrum, et al, 2013. Análisis del materialismo como valor Richins y Dowson, 1992;Richins, 1994aRichins, , 1994bRichins, , 1997Mick, 1996;Burroughs y Rindfleish, 1997Wang y Wallendorf, 2003Lerman y Maxwell, 2006;Fenollar y Ruíz, 2006;Sangkhawasi y Johri, 2007;Hartman, 2012.…”