Consumption and Well-Being in the Material World

1. Consumption and Well-Being, An Introduction
Miriam Tatzel

Part I. Money and Consumption for Well-Being

2. Money for Happiness: The Hedonic Benefits of Thrift
Joseph Chancellor, Sonja Lyubomirsky

3. Getting the Most for the Money: The Hedonic Return on Experiential and Material Purchases
Travis J. Carter, Thomas Gilovich

4. Loneliness, Material Possession Love, and Consumers’ Physical Well-Being
John L. Lastovicka, Laurel Anderson

Part II. Individual and Cultural Variations

5. Value Seekers, Big Spenders, Non-Spenders, and Experiencers: Consumption, Personality, and Well-Being
Miriam Tatzel

6. Money, Materialism, and the Good Life: Cultural Perspectives
Christie Napa Scollon, Derrick Wirtz

Part III. Consumption and Sustainable Well-Being

7. Happy Planet, Happy Economy, Happy Consumers?
Charles Seaford

8. Measuring What Matters
Eric Zencey

9. Epilogue- Confessions of a Closet Materialist:Lessons Learned about Money, Possessions, and Happiness
Miriam Tatzel

Keywords: Psychology, Positive Psychology, Business/Management Science, general, Quality of Life Research, Marketing