TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kasser,Tim
AU  - Kanner,Allen D.
TI  - Psychology and consumer culture: the struggle for a good life in a materialistic world 
SN  - 1591470463
AV  - HC110.C6 P76 2004
U1  - 306.3 21
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Washington, D.C.
PB  - American Psychological Association
KW  - Consumption (Economics)
KW  - United States
KW  - Psychological aspects
KW  - Materialism
KW  - Acquisitiveness
KW  - Identity (Psychology)
KW  - Consumers
KW  - Psychology
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; Ch. 1. Where Is the Psychology of Consumer Culture? / Tim Kasser and Allen D. Kanner.  I.  Problems of Materialism, Capitalism, and Consumption : Ch. 2. Materialistic Values: Their Causes and Consequences / Tim Kasser, Richard M. Ryan, Charles E. Couchman, and Kennon M. Sheldon -- Ch. 3. Why Are Materialists Less Satisfied? / Emily G. Solberg, Edward Diener, and Michael D. Robinson -- Ch. 4. Globalization, Corporate Culture, and Freedom / Allen D. Kanner and Renee G. Soule -- Ch. 5. Shopping for Sustainability: Psychological Solutions to Overconsumption / Deborah Du Nann Winter.  II.  Theoretical Perspectives : Ch. 6. Materialism and the Evolution of Consciousness / Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi -- Ch. 7. Mindfulness and Consumerism / Erika L. Rosenberg -- Ch. 8. Lethal Consumption: Death-Denying Materialism / Sheldon Solomon, Jeffrey L. Greenberg, and Thomas A. Pyszczynski.  III.  Clinical Issues : Ch. 9. Acquisitive Desire: Assessment and Treatment / Jeffrey Kottler, Marilyn Montgomery, and David Shepard -- Ch. 10. Self-Control and Compulsive Buying / Ronald J. Faber -- Ch. 11. Money, Meaning, and Identity: Coming to Terms With Being Wealthy / Stephen Goldbart, Dennis T. Jaffe, and Joan DiFuria.  IV.  The Influence of Commercialism on Child Development : Ch. 12. The Commercialization of Childhood: Understanding the Problem and Finding Solutions / Diane E. Levin and Susan Linn -- Ch. 13. Commercialism's Influence on Black Youth: The Case of Dress-Related Challenges / Velma D. LaPoint and Priscilla J. Hambrick-Dixon -- Ch. 14. "The More You Subtract, the More You Add": Cutting Girls Down to Size / Jean Kilbourne
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