Consumer Culture, Identity, and Well-being
Subtitle: Consumer Cult, Iden, & Well-being (European Monographs in Social Psychology)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Psychology Press
Published: September 17, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 271
ISBN-13: 9781841696089
Subjects: Social, group or collective psychology; Psychology; Archaeology / Anthropology; Anthropology - Cultural; Social Psychology; Acquisitiveness; Consumption (Economics); Identity (Psychology); Psychological aspects
Description: This volume documents the negative psychological impact consumer culture is having on how individuals view themselves and on their emotional welfare. It looks at the social psychological dimensions of having, buying and wanting material goods.