Growing up in a Material World: Age Differences in Materialism in Children and Adolescents
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- 1 December 2007
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Consumer Research
- Vol. 34 (4) , 480-493
- https://doi.org/10.1086/518546
Abstract
We examine age differences in materialism with children and adolescents 8–18 years old. In study 1, we find materialism increases from middle childhoKeywords
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