Are materialistic individuals less satisfied with life?

Pages: 1182-1185
Amreen Sekhon (Department of Psychology, Panjab University, Chandigarh)

Consistent evidence has shown that materialism is negatively related to satisfaction with life. This study is aimed to further investigate the relationship between materialism and atisfaction with life among the adolescents. It also measures the gender differences among adolescents on materialism and life satisfaction. The study consists of 100 participants with 50 males and 50 females who all are college students pursuing their graduation in the field of arts. The age range varied from 18-21 years. Moreover, this study has used the Materialism scale and Satisfaction with life scale to collect data from the research participants. Description statistics is used in addition to intercorrelation analysis to calculate the results.