Material Parenting: How the Use of Goods in Parenting Fosters Materialism in the Next Generation
Material Parenting: How the Use of Goods in Parenting Fosters Materialism in the Next Generation
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DOI：
10.1086/680087
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发表时间：
2015-04
影响因子：
7.2
通讯作者：
Marsha L. Richins;L. Chaplin
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作者：
Marsha L. Richins;L. Chaplin
本研究引入了物质养育的概念，即父母使用物质物品来表达他们的爱或塑造孩子的行为。尽管物质产品通常用于这些目的，但尚未研究物质养育做法可能产生的长期影响。本文通过研究物质养育对孩子长大后物质价值观的潜在影响来解决这一疏忽。这项研究提出并测试了一种物质养育途径，在这种途径中，温暖和支持的父母为孩子提供物质奖励，从长远来看，这些奖励会在成年后培养物质主义。一个不安全的途径唯物主义，以前在文献中提出的，也检查。三项调查研究的结果为这两种途径提供了支持。结果还表明，物质养育可能会影响儿童的物质价值观（可能是无意的），鼓励他们使用财产来塑造和改造自我。
This research introduces the concept of material parenting, in which parents use material goods to express their love or to shape children’s behavior. Despite the common use of material goods for these purposes, possible long term effects of material parenting practices have not been studied. This article addresses this oversight by examining the potential effects of material parenting on the material values of children once they’re grown. This research proposes and tests a material parenting pathway, in which warm and supportive parents provide children with material rewards that in the long run foster materialism in adulthood. An insecurity pathway to materialism, previously proposed in the literature, is also examined. Results from three survey studies provide support for both pathways. Results also suggest that material parenting may influence children’s material values by (possibly unintentionally) encouraging them to use possessions to shape and transform the self.