Money, materialism, and the good life: Cultural perspectives

• Main Authors: SCOLLON, Christie N., WIRTZ, Derrick
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2014
• Subjects: Happiness; Materialism; Culture; Subjective well-being; Quality of life; Positive Psychology; Consumption; Social Psychology
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/1497; https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7368-4_6
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Is the good life happy, meaningful, or rich? This chapter examines folk theories or lay conceptions of the good life using a person perception paradigm. We review studies that compare how respondents weigh the importance of happiness, meaning, and wealth in judgments of quality of life. Although hap...