News tagged with materialism
'End of Bling is Nigh' warns new study
Jun 10, 2009 |
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New research at the University of Leicester reveals that the recession will bring with it a new ‘economic ethic’ which will curtail the display of ostentation and conspicuous consumption.
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Researcher finds materialism in children and adolescents linked to self-esteem
Nov 26, 2007 |
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Peer pressure, targeted marketing campaigns and bad parenting have all been blamed for increasing materialism in children. Until now, there has been little evidence showing when this drive for material goods emerges in kids ...
Security blankets: Materialism and death anxiety lead to brand loyalty
Jan 26, 2009 |
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Materialistic people tend to form strong connections to particular product brands when their level of anxiety about death is high, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research.
Lord May: Scientific values are threatened
Nov 30, 2005 |
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England's outgoing Royal Society President Robert May of Oxford is urging scientists to speak out against the climate change "denial lobby."
Avoid raising ungrateful kids
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 13, 2007 |
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Reams of academic research abound across the country on how to raise happy children, but who has the time to read this myriad of findings, boil down the facts, and then turn them into practical parenting advice? The University ...
'60s generation is heading for conventional old age
Oct 09, 2008 |
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Britain's post-war baby boomers, associated throughout their lives with social change, are failing to break new ground in their approach to growing old.
Intrinsic Motivation Doesn't Exist, Researcher Says
May 17, 2005 |
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While some psychologists still argue that people perform better when they do something because they want to - rather than for some kind of reward, such as money - Steven Reiss suggests we shouldn't even make that distinction.
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