Las aspiraciones materialistas y el bienestar subjetivo en una muestra catalana deadolescentes

• I. Bertrán ^[1] ; F. Casas ^[1] ; M. González ^[1] ; S. Malo ^[1]
  1. [1] Universitat de Girona

     Universitat de Girona

     Gerona, España

     
• Localización: Actas del XI Congreso Nacional de Psicología Social: Tarragona, 1, 2 y 3 de octubre de 2009 / coord. por Jordi Tous Pallarès, Joan Manel Fabra Sopeña, Vol. 3, 2009, ISBN 9788469256848, pág. 195
• Idioma: español
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  • Materialistic aspirations and well-being in a sample of catalanadolescents
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  • This study has the objective of analysing the relationship between materialisticaspirations among a Spanish-adolescent sample (degree to which they would like to bevalued by other people for their image, money and power when they are 21 years old),their personal well-being (measured through Diener et al.’s SWLS, Cummins et al.’sPWI and a single item about satisfaction with life as a whole). The perceived socialsupport from family and friends (obtained from the application of Vaux’s SocialSupport Appraisals Scale) and the self-attituted family social class has been alsoconsidered. The sample is composed of 5,140 adolescents between 12 and 16 years old.The results show that materialistic values are more appreciated by boys, by the youngestadolescents and by those who self-categorise as belonging to a family of higher socialclasses. In relation to the perceived social support, adolescents with high materialisticaspirations perceive less social support from friends, higher social support from familyand also higher lack of social support.Personal well-being and materialistic aspirations are positively correlated, so thatadolescents with high materialistic aspirations express more satisfaction with their lifeas a whole and get higher scores to the PWI and the SWLS than the adolescents withlow materialistic aspirations. Additionally, they feel more satisfied with interpersonalrelationships, with their own security, with their free time and with the things they learnthan the adolescents with low materialistic aspirations.