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Life Satisfaction, Self-Determination, and Consumption Adequacy at the Bottom of the Pyramid
Kelly D. Martin,Ronald Paul Hill +1 more
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This article investigated bottom-of-the-pyramid, or impoverished, consumers to better comprehend the relationship between societal poverty and individual life satisfaction as moderated by psychological need deprivation and described by self-determination theory.Abstract:
Concentration on consumption in material environments characterized by too much rather than too little creates important gaps in the understanding of how much of the earth’s population navigates the marketplace. This study investigates bottom-of-the-pyramid, or impoverished, consumers to better comprehend the relationship between societal poverty and individual life satisfaction as moderated by psychological need deprivation and described by self-determination theory. Data were gathered from more than 77,000 individuals in 51 of the world’s poorest countries. Using hierarchical linear models, results show that relatedness and autonomy improve poverty’s negative influence on life satisfaction, but only if basic life necessities are available, described as consumption adequacy. Findings illustrate that without consumption adequacy, psychological need fulfillment has little effect on the poverty–well-being relationship, emphasizing the hopelessness of individuals living in extreme poverty. Findings also sugg...read more
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Prosocial Spending and Well-Being: Cross-Cultural Evidence for a Psychological Universal
Lara B. Aknin,Christopher Barrington-Leigh,Elizabeth W. Dunn,John F. Helliwell,John F. Helliwell,Robert Biswas-Diener,Imelda Kemeza,Paul Nyende,Claire E. Ashton-James,Michael I. Norton +9 more
TL;DR: This article found that prosocial spending is consistently associated with greater happiness and that the reward experienced from helping others may be deeply ingrained in human nature, emerging in diverse cultural and economic contexts.
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The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid: Eradicating Poverty through Profits
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Prosocial Spending and Well-Being: Cross-Cultural Evidence for a Psychological Universal
Lara B. Aknin,Christopher Barrington-Leigh,Elizabeth W. Dunn,John F. Helliwell,Justine Burns,Robert Biswas-Diener,Imelda Kemeza,Paul Nyende,Claire E. Ashton-James,Michael I. Norton +9 more
TL;DR: This article found that prosocial spending is associated with greater happiness around the world, in poor and rich countries alike, and that the reward experienced from helping others is deeply ingrained in human nature, emerging in diverse cultural and economic contexts.
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Bidirectional Dynamics of Materialism and Loneliness: Not Just a Vicious Cycle
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