Materialism: Profiles of agreeableness and neuroticism |
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Affiliation: | 1. Health Advances LLC, Weston, MA;2. Zafgen, Boston, MA;3. Niecko Health Economics, LLC, St Pete Beach, FL;4. Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL;5. Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL;6. Division of Endocrinology, Harvard Medical School, Boston Children''s Hospital, Boston, MA;7. Division of Research and Genetics, Departments of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and Pediatrics, Kansas University Medical Center, Kansas City, KS;1. Center for Advanced Study of Teaching and Learning, Curry School of Education, University of Virginia, PO Box 800784, Charlottesville, VA 22904, United States;2. Department of Psychology, University of Virginia, PO Box 400400, Charlottesville, VA 22904, United States;1. Research Institute of Business Analytics and Supply Chain Management, College of Management, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China;2. EM Normandie Business School, Métis Lab, Le Havre, France;3. School of Management, Xi''an Jiaotong University, Xi''an, China |
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Abstract: | The major personality correlates of materialism are high neuroticism and low agreeableness. While neuroticism and materialism have been examined in the literature, there is little research with agreeableness and materialism. In this study, three large samples of University students were tested comparing four neuroticism–agreeableness profile combinations. High materialists had the profile of low agreeableness–high neuroticism. Medium materialists had the profiles of either high agreeableness–high neuroticism or low agreeableness–low neuroticism. Low materialists were high agreeableness–low neuroticism. This pattern may be found because low agreeableness is related to lower effortful control so therefore, an inability to regulate materialistic impulses. With neuroticism, materialistic tendencies may be the anxious attempt to compensate for past experiences of feelings of deprivation. |
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Keywords: | Materialism Agreeableness Neuroticism Personality traits |
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