%0 Journal Article
%T Does Our Well-Being Decrease When We Value High Materialistic Aspirations or When We Attain Them?
%A Anna Maria Zawadzka
%A Magdalena £¿emojtel-Piotrowska
%A Ma£¿gorzata Niesiob£¿dzka
%J -
%D 2018
%R 10.5964/spb.v13i1.25504
%X The purpose of the study was to explore the relationships between materialistic and non-materialistic aspirations and well-being (cognitive, emotional, and social well-being). The novelty of this study is that besides examining the relationships between the importance of materialistic and non-materialistic aspirations and well-being, it also tested the relationships between the attainment of materialistic and non-materialistic goals and different aspects of well-being. The findings of the study indicate that both attaching importance to non-materialistic aspirations and their attainment are linked with well-being (emotional, cognitive and social well-being). The relationship between the attainment of materialistic aspirations and well-being is complex; the attainment of financial success fosters well-being (cognitive, emotional and social well-being) and the attainment of popularity inhibits well-being. However, the relationship between the attachment of importance to materialistic aspirations and well-being is insignificant
%K [life aspirations
%K materialism
%K subjective well-being
%K social-well-being]
%U https://spb.psychopen.eu/index.php/spb/article/view/2427