How Family Resources Affect Materialism and Compulsive Buying: A Cross-Country Life Course Perspective

被引:38
作者
Baker, Andrew M. [1 ]
Moschis, George P. [2 ,3 ]
Benmoyal-Bouzaglo, Sarah [4 ]
dos Santos, Cristiane Pizzutti [5 ]
机构
[1] San Diego State Univ, Coll Business Adm, San Diego, CA 92182 USA
[2] Georgia State Univ, J Mack Robinson Coll Business, Atlanta, GA 30303 USA
[3] Georgia State Univ, Ctr Mature Consumer Studies, Atlanta, GA 30303 USA
[4] Univ Paris 05, Paris, France
[5] Univ Fed Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
关键词
family structure; compulsive buying; materialism; life course; cross-country research; MEASUREMENT INVARIANCE; CONSUMPTION; STRESS; IMPACT; RISK;
D O I
10.1177/1069397112473074
中图分类号
C [社会科学总论];
学科分类号
03 ; 0303 ;
摘要
We test a theoretical model that explains the development of materialistic beliefs and compulsive buying. The model uses the life course framework, a paradigm that has recently been given attention in the marketing literature. To address the calls of prior consumer researchers, we investigate how these consumption orientations develop in 3 country contexts: the United States, France, and Brazil. We assess the level of measurement invariance and evaluate the model. Findings support family resources playing a mediating role between childhood family disruptions and young adulthood consumption orientations; they are relatively consistent across countries and suggest that some life course explanation of the two consumption orientations may be similar across diverse cultural settings.
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页码:335 / 362
页数:28
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