Happiness lies not in chasing big posessions but in appreciating the little things : a cross-cultural review of the relationship between gratitude, materialism, and subjective well-being

A large part of the positive psychology literature highlights that materialism has negative effects on subjective well-being. Gratitude, often cited as an antecedent to materialism, has been shown to be beneficial for our subjective well-being and buffers against the negative effects of materialism....

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Main Authors: Wong, Marcus Glenn, Tang, Nicole Rui Qi
Other Authors: Tan Chin Hong
Format: Final Year Project
Language:English
Published: Nanyang Technological University 2022
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-1564442023-03-05T15:45:00Z Happiness lies not in chasing big posessions but in appreciating the little things : a cross-cultural review of the relationship between gratitude, materialism, and subjective well-being Wong, Marcus Glenn Tang, Nicole Rui Qi Tan Chin Hong School of Social Sciences chinhong.tan@ntu.edu.sg Social sciences::Psychology A large part of the positive psychology literature highlights that materialism has negative effects on subjective well-being. Gratitude, often cited as an antecedent to materialism, has been shown to be beneficial for our subjective well-being and buffers against the negative effects of materialism. Most studies, however, have been done in individualistic nations without questioning the cross-cultural validity of these findings to collectivist nations. Furthermore, most research has not accounted for the collective effects of materialism and gratitude on subjective well-being in relation to one another. Therefore, this review aims to evaluate existing literature, identify gaps, and directions for future research. This review finds that the individual relationship between materialism on subjective well-being and gratitude on subjective well-being may be moderated by culture. A novel moderator mediated model is put forth describing the relationship between materialism, gratitude and subjective well-being with culture as a moderator. Future research can seek to conduct cross-cultural experimental studies to validate the proposed model in efforts to extend cross-cultural validity. Bachelor of Social Sciences in Psychology 2022-04-16T14:13:13Z 2022-04-16T14:13:13Z 2022 Final Year Project (FYP) Wong, M. G. & Tang, N. R. Q. (2022). Happiness lies not in chasing big posessions but in appreciating the little things : a cross-cultural review of the relationship between gratitude, materialism, and subjective well-being. Final Year Project (FYP), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/156444 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/156444 en application/pdf Nanyang Technological University
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Wong, Marcus Glenn
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Happiness lies not in chasing big posessions but in appreciating the little things : a cross-cultural review of the relationship between gratitude, materialism, and subjective well-being
description A large part of the positive psychology literature highlights that materialism has negative effects on subjective well-being. Gratitude, often cited as an antecedent to materialism, has been shown to be beneficial for our subjective well-being and buffers against the negative effects of materialism. Most studies, however, have been done in individualistic nations without questioning the cross-cultural validity of these findings to collectivist nations. Furthermore, most research has not accounted for the collective effects of materialism and gratitude on subjective well-being in relation to one another. Therefore, this review aims to evaluate existing literature, identify gaps, and directions for future research. This review finds that the individual relationship between materialism on subjective well-being and gratitude on subjective well-being may be moderated by culture. A novel moderator mediated model is put forth describing the relationship between materialism, gratitude and subjective well-being with culture as a moderator. Future research can seek to conduct cross-cultural experimental studies to validate the proposed model in efforts to extend cross-cultural validity.
author2 Tan Chin Hong
author_facet Tan Chin Hong
Wong, Marcus Glenn
Tang, Nicole Rui Qi
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author Wong, Marcus Glenn
Tang, Nicole Rui Qi
author_sort Wong, Marcus Glenn
title Happiness lies not in chasing big posessions but in appreciating the little things : a cross-cultural review of the relationship between gratitude, materialism, and subjective well-being
title_short Happiness lies not in chasing big posessions but in appreciating the little things : a cross-cultural review of the relationship between gratitude, materialism, and subjective well-being
title_full Happiness lies not in chasing big posessions but in appreciating the little things : a cross-cultural review of the relationship between gratitude, materialism, and subjective well-being
title_fullStr Happiness lies not in chasing big posessions but in appreciating the little things : a cross-cultural review of the relationship between gratitude, materialism, and subjective well-being
title_full_unstemmed Happiness lies not in chasing big posessions but in appreciating the little things : a cross-cultural review of the relationship between gratitude, materialism, and subjective well-being
title_sort happiness lies not in chasing big posessions but in appreciating the little things : a cross-cultural review of the relationship between gratitude, materialism, and subjective well-being
publisher Nanyang Technological University
publishDate 2022
url https://hdl.handle.net/10356/156444
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