The Incompatibility of Materialism and the Desire for Children: Psychological Insights into the Fertility Discrepancy Among Modern Countries

The Incompatibility of Materialism and the Desire for Children: Psychological Insights into the Fertility Discrepancy Among Modern Countries

We examined factors related to attitudes toward marriage and the importance of having children in both the US and Singapore. Path analysis indicated that life dissatisfaction leads to materialism, and both of these factors lead to favorable attitudes toward marriage, which leads to greater desire fo...

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Main Authors: LI, Norman P., PATEL, Lily, BALLIET, Daniel, TOV, William, SCOLLON, Christie N.
Format: text
Language:English
Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2011
Subjects:
Materialism
Life satisfaction Mate preferences
Marriage
Children
Cross-cultural
Fertility
Singapore
Asian Studies
Family, Life Course, and Society
Multicultural Psychology
Social Psychology
Online Access:https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/1048
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/2304/viewcontent/auto_convert.pdf
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Institution: Singapore Management University
Language: English

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