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Watson, David C. "Well-Being, Temporal Orientation, and the Dual Nature of Materialism." Imagination, Cognition and Personality 40, no. 1 (2020): 65–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0276236620911602.
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The present research examined the dual nature of the materialistic personality in terms of temporal perspective, subjective well-being, and materialism. The dual-nature model hypothesizes an anxious “mouse” type and a more flamboyant “peacock” type of materialist. Previous research has found a relationship between materialism and past-negative and present fatalistic temporal orientation. This study extended this research by examining the future-negative perspective and its relationship to materialism and well-being. It was hypothesized that the two types of materialists would have different temporal profiles. In addition, it was predicted that a future-negative perspective would mediate the relationship between materialism and well-being as was previously found with past-negative temporal orientation. The results indicated higher dark-future, future-negative, and past-negative scores with the “mouse” type materialists and higher present hedonistic scores in the “peacock” type materialists. Mediation analysis showed an indirect effect of a future-negative perspective in the relationship between materialism and well-being.
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Kornienko, Dmitriy S., Milena V. Balevab, and Nadezhda P. Yachmeneva. "Materialism, the Dark Triad Traits, and Money Management among Undergraduate Students." Psychology in Russia: State of the Art 17, no. 2 (2024): 50–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.11621/pir.2024.0204.
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Background. Previous studies have assumed that a materialistic value orientation is correlates with personality traits such as honesty, neuroticism, and agreeableness. Less is known about the relationship between features of a materialistic orientation such as acquisition centrality, acquisition as the pursuit of happiness, and possession-defined success, and the Dark Triad traits. This article presents a study on the relationship between materialism, the Dark Triad traits (Machiavellianism, narcissism, and psychopathy), and money management. Objective. The study aimed to investigate whether groups exhibiting various combinations of materialism and Dark Triad traits have disparities in financial control and accountability, which serve as indicators of money management. Design. Questionnaire-based surveys were conducted online, with a total of 442 undergraduate students age 18 to 25 participating. The participants filled out the Short Dark Triad measure, the Material Values Scale, and the Money Management Scale, in addition to providing their demographics. Results. Four combinations of materialistic and Dark Triad traits were revealed (Bright and Dark Materialists and Non-materialists). Bright and Dark Materialists were more self-centered and manipulative than Non-materialists. Strong materialism, paired with the lowest degree of Dark Triad characteristics, resulted in the worst financial management. On the contrary, individuals with low materialistic tendencies in addition to high Dark Triad traits tended to have better ability to managing their finances. Conclusion. It is possible to assume that materialism is a strategy for obtaining riches, positions, and reputation at the cost of others in the case of "dark" personalities. Nevertheless, those with low levels of materialism and low Dark Triad characteristics showed better abilities to handle their finances in terms of control and responsibility.
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Todorova, V. "ON THE INFLUENCE OF INSECURITY ON MATERIALISTIC ORIENTATION." Trakia Journal of Sciences 18, Suppl.1 (2020): 302–7. http://dx.doi.org/10.15547/tjs.2020.s.01.051.
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Materialistic orientation has long been related to various aspects of personality development and subjective wellbeing. Literature and research overview provides evidence that a higher level of materialistic orientation is related to increased external motivation (lack of internalisation of goals), extrinsic aspirations (such as possessions, power and image), overall lower levels of subjective wellbeing and physical health. Materialistic orientation also prevents the future exposure to different situations where a person could fulfil basic psychological needs as defined by Ryan and Deci – autonomy, capability and connectedness. People with higher materialistic orientation are easier influenced by advertisement and media, which in itself leads to strengthening of their materialistic orientation. Research in different countries conducted by T. Kasser and Sheldon and colleagues indicates that the materialistic orientation’s influence is not limited only to people in developed countries and it could be far worse in developing and underdeveloped countries as the capitalistic models spread throughout the world through the processes of globalization. The current article presents the data from an experiment conducted in Bulgaria applying the protocols from Tim Kasser and Ken Sheldon’s experiments in 2001 in the USA. The levels of insecurity of the participants in the experiment group are manipulated by asking them to think and write about their own death. Then all participants are asked to solve a social case by choosing between their own financial benefits and security (greed and fear) or do what is best for the group and others including the environmental sustainability (social interest). The results from the experiment concur with all previous data collected in the USA.
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Dittmar, Helga, and Amy Isham. "Materialistic value orientation and wellbeing." Current Opinion in Psychology 46 (August 2022): 101337. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2022.101337.
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Baleva, Milena V., Dmitry S. Kornienko, and Nadezhda P. Yachmeneva. "The Role of the Dark Triad and Materialistic Orientation in Evaluating an Ethically Unfounded Economic Decision." RUDN Journal of Psychology and Pedagogics 20, no. 1 (2023): 24–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.22363/2313-1683-2023-20-1-24-40.
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The authors consider the role of the Dark Triad traits in making an ethically unfounded economic decision caused by an artificial increase in prices against the background of forced consumer demand. They test hypotheses about the positive associations of dark traits with assessments of an ethically unfounded choice and the moderating (facilitating) role of materialistic orientation in the manifestation of these associations. It is assumed that the highest positive assessments of an unethical economic decision will be observed with a combination of high values in the dark traits and the materialistic orientation. The study involved 462 firstto fourth-year students aged 17 to 46 (M = 21.20; SD = 3.09), including 80 males (17.3%) and 382 females (82.7%). To diagnose moral choice in terms of economic behavior, the participants were asked to consider two situations, in each of which it was required to assess the degree of ethicality of financial decisions aimed at raising prices. In the first situation, this decision was justified, since it was aimed at compensating objective expenses, while, in the second situation, it was unjustified, since it had no objective economic prerequisites. The dark traits and materialistic orientation were measured by standardized questionnaires. The data were processed using correlation analysis (including partial correlations) and factorial ANOVA. It was found that, at high levels of the Dark Triad, there was a tendency to make ethically unfounded financial decisions, but the materialistic orientation did not increase this tendency. For the first time, it was revealed that the tendency to make ethically unjustified financial decisions manifests itself in a combination of high values of the Dark Triad (in particular, Machiavellianism) and low values of the materialistic orientation (in particular, the Acquisition centrality). Notably, that, for total indicators, this pattern can be traced only at the level of a statistical trend while, for Machiavellianism, it is at a statistically significant level. The results obtained indicate that the unethical economic decision of a ‘dark’ personality may be based on a non-utilitarian motivation, which manifests itself in the rejection of profit for the sake of the opportunity to cause harm.
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Unanue, Wenceslao, Helga Dittmar, Vivian L. Vignoles, and Maarten Vansteenkiste. "Materialism and Well–Being in the Uk and Chile: Basic Need Satisfaction and Basic Need Frustration as Underlying Psychological Processes." European Journal of Personality 28, no. 6 (2014): 569–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/per.1954.
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A growing body of evidence shows that materialistic values are linked to lower well–being. Self–determination theory offers an explanation through the low fulfilment of the basic psychological needs for autonomy, competence, and relatedness. However, recent research suggests that frustration of these psychological needs may also play an additional role. Using structural equation modelling in adult samples from an established mass–consumer society (UK: N = 958) and a fast–developing new economy (Chile: N = 257) and employing more comprehensive measures to tap into a materialistic orientation than used in previous studies, we found that a materialistic value orientation related negatively to well–being and positively to ill–being and that both psychological need satisfaction and psychological need frustration played an explanatory role herein. The model was found to be highly equivalent across both samples, supporting the cross–cultural generality of the mechanisms involved. Copyright © 2014 European Association of Personality Psychology
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Mostafa, Mohamed. "Egyptian public’s concern for global warming." World Journal of Science, Technology and Sustainable Development 13, no. 1 (2016): 31–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/wjstsd-07-2015-0039.
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Purpose – Despite the growing scientific evidence regarding risks caused by global warming and climate change, virtually no studies have been conducted to investigate general public’s attitudes toward this phenomenon in a non-Western context. The purpose of this paper is to investigate factors influencing concern for global warming in a representative sample of 2,551 respondents in Egypt. Design/methodology/approach – The study uses logistic and Bayesian logistic regression modeling techniques to test the influence of post-materialistic tendencies, religiosity, political orientation and locus of control on concern for global warming in Egypt. Findings – Results contradict the post-materialist hypothesis and show that concern for global warming is driven by religiosity, political orientation and internal locus of control. Originality/value – The findings highlight the importance of investigating the specificity of global warming and environmental concern in a non-Western context.
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Lim, Weng, Ding Ting, Benjamin Gan, Hwee Tan, and Martin Wong. "YOUNG CONSUMERS� PERCEPTION ON BRANDED GOODS AND MATERIALISTIC VALUE ORIENTATION." European Journal of Business Research 13, no. 2 (2013): 81–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.18374/ejbr-13-2.9.
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Toh, Seong-Yuen, Siew-Wai Yuan, and Ranita Kaur. "Do Materialistic Consumers Buy More During the COVID-19 Pandemic?" International Journal of Customer Relationship Marketing and Management 13, no. 1 (2022): 1–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijcrmm.289203.
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This study investigates the mediated moderating relationship of self-concept clarity, materialism, and social consumption motivation in the context of Covid-19 pandemic based on the terror management theory. The findings suggest that Malaysian consumers have high self-concept clarity about their materialistic orientation. This materialistic orientation may be of hedonistic-utilitarian nature that is internally directed for self-satisfaction and not exclusively directed externally in material consumption to portray an image to others. Furthermore, this study posits that cultural factors like collectivism and uncertainty avoidance delimits the applicability of terror management theory in Malaysia, suggesting that the development of the theory draw heavily from Western ideology of individualism not directly relevant in the Asian context. Finally, this study offers an understanding of the self-concept clarity from the Asian context, addressing the the appeal by Dunlop (2017) to investigate the construct of self-concept clarity particularly in non-Western context.
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Poraj-Weder, Magdalena. "Parenting and materialism in children." Problemy Opiekuńczo-Wychowawcze 589, no. 4 (2018): 3–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0012.0589.
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The aim of the present study was to investigate the relation between child-rearing styles of the mother and father, and their children's materialism. 346 subjects, aged 20-35, took part in the study. To measure the variables, the following scales were used: My Childhood Memories, designed by Arrindell et al. (2001); the Material Values Scale designed by Richins (2004); the Priorities in Life Scale (2001); and the Motives for Making Money Scale, designed by Srivastav, Locke and Bartol (2001). The study has shown that the formation of a materialistic orientation is facilitated by negative parenting attitudes: rejection in the case of the mother and excessive protection in the case of the father. Positive attitudes have a two-directional impact. The father's positive attitude hinders the development of the materialistic orientation, while a similar attitude on the part of the mother may foster it.
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Lee, Tak Yan, and Ben M. F. Law. "Teaching Money Literacy in a Positive Youth Development Program: The Project P.A.T.H.S. in Hong Kong." Scientific World JOURNAL 11 (2011): 2287–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/2011/650203.
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In view of the high impact of materialistic orientation among children and adolescents, financial educational programs are provided as preventive measures. Without a clear framework, it is impossible to evaluate these programs. The goals of this paper are threefold. Firstly, the phenomena related to adolescent materialistic orientation and its associated problems in Hong Kong are examined. Secondly, the concept of financial education as a preventive measure is reviewed. Both board and narrow definitions of money literacy are examined. A framework on money literacy for children and adolescents as a founding stone for financial education is proposed. The framework finds its support from a typology proposed by the authors and results from an integration of research findings on dimensions of the concepts of money and success. Finally, curriculum units for Grades 7 to 9 students in a positive youth development program (the Project P.A.T.H.S.) are developed using the framework.
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Bümen, Fatma, and Aybeniz Akdeniz Ar. "The effect of gadget-loving on service orientation: A study on the technology sales consultants." Business & Management Studies: An International Journal 11, no. 2 (2023): 481–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.15295/bmij.v11i2.2225.
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This study aims to determine the effect of gadget-loving sales consultants working in technology stores in Istanbul on the service orientation of the employees. In the model created in line with the purpose of the study, the effect of technological innovation, technical curiosity, technological optimism, need for uniqueness, materialistic personality traits on gadget-loving, and the effect of gadget-loving on technological opinion leadership were tried to be determined. Accordingly, a survey was conducted with the participation of 752 employees, and structural Equation Modelling analysis was performed. Findings show that gadget-loving has a positive effect on service orientation. Also, the high level of gadget-loving of the employees positively affects their technological opinion leadership. In conclusion, employees’ technological innovation, curiosity, optimism, and need for uniqueness. Materialistic personality traits affect gadget-loving, and gadget-loving emerges as a personal trait that should be taken into account by managers in human resources management for gaining a competitive advantage in technological product markets, increasing service quality, and ensuring customer satisfaction. Findings show that gadget loving has a positive effect on service orientation. Also, the high level of gadget loving of the employees positively affects their technological opinion leadership. In conclusion employees’ technological innovation, curiosity, optimism, need for uniqueness, and materialistic personality traits affect gadget loving and gadget loving emerges as a personal trait that should be taken into account by managers in human resources management for gaining a competitive advantage in technological product markets, increasing service quality, and ensuring customer satisfaction.
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Górnik-Durose, Małgorzata E., and Irena Pilch. "The dual nature of materialism. How personality shapes materialistic value orientation." Journal of Economic Psychology 57 (December 2016): 102–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.joep.2016.09.008.
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Essien, Essien Ekpenyong, Cecilia K. Essien, Aganyi Asu Ojong, Lucy Alorye Owan, and Imo M. Obot. "Materialistic Value Orientation and Attitude toward Environmental Management in Yakurr Local Government Area of Cross River State, Nigeria: Implication for Social Studies Education." Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences 11, no. 3 (2020): 105. http://dx.doi.org/10.36941/mjss-2020-0034.
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This investigation examined materialistic value orientation and attitude toward environmental management in Yakurr Local Government Area of Cross River State, Nigeria. A single theory was generated to control the examination. Review of initial researches was utilized. Survey blue print was utilized. An accidental sampling technique was used in choosing the 150 persons examined for the investigation. An approved 20 items four point adjusted likert scale poll was the instrument utilized for data assortment. The unwavering quality gauge of the tool for information accumulation was 0.80 utilizing Cronbach Alpha dependability technique. The information was dissected utilizing the simple and multiple linear regression statistical tools. The result of the study revealed that there is a significant influence of materialistic value orientation and attitude toward environmental management in Yakurr Local Government Area. It was recommended that People limit their rate of materialism, it is conceivable to get those people to consider more to be well disposed ways of life as a suitable and appealing decision.
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Todorova, Vera. "Materialistic Orientation and Psyhological Well Being in Adolescents from 11th-12th Grade." Педагогически форум 8, no. 1 (2020): 30–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.15547/pf.2020.004.
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The aim of the current study is to look for theoretically and empirically grounded proof for the correlation between aspirations – extrinsic and intrinsic- determining the motivation – and the psychological wellbeing of adolescents in 11th grade. Materialistic orientation is expressed in the preferences of extrinsic goals such as fame, wealth and image, while the intrinsic aspirations are related to preferences of aspirations for personal growth, personal relationships and community contribution. High level of psychological wellbeing is measured through the six elements from K. Ryff’s definition: self-acceptance, positive interaction with others, autonomy, managing of environment, meaning and personal growth. The research includes a group of 50 students in two Bulgarian high schools.
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Raube, Sławomir. "Rozum, wiara, tajemnica: Ralph Cudworth z angielskiej szkoły z Cambridge." Studia Podlaskie, no. 29 (2021): 109–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.15290/sp.2021.29.06.
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The text introduces the figure of Ralph Cudworth, the leading representative of the Cambridge Platonist school. The presentation of the views of the English philosopher and theologian aims to draw attention to the original and almost completely forgotten intellectual tradition of 17th-century England – typically perceived as dominated wholly by the currents of empiricist and materialistic orientation.
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Gołdyka, Leszek. "Identyfikacja regionalna mieszkańców pogranicza polsko-niemieckiego." Człowiek i Społeczeństwo 44 (December 15, 2017): 81–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.14746/cis.2017.44.6.
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According to the author about a half of the Polish-German borderland inhabitants are “the winners” of the systemic transformation, they are pragmatic individualists and materialists. In their case identification with any other person than themselves and members of the closest family is rare. The otherhalf are members of enclaves and “tribes”. Solidarity, which may be found in their system of values, is however limited to their “fellows of the same mind”, thus it has a particular character. These are the “losers” of the transformation. The feeling of material deprivation, their identification particularism generates and enhances a reluctant attitude to the reconstruction of the German cultural heritage in the Polish western borderland. According to the author, the reconstruction of this heritage creates the feeling of non-obviousness as to the possession of the western borderland, thus evoking a negative attitude to everything that is German or, generally, ethnically “strange”. The first ones treat land in a materialist, instrumental manner (as “plots of land” for development), they may recognize it as a subject of a profitable transaction, not making it the subject of a moral dilemma whether the achievement of their interest reduces the economic strength of the Polish state. For the other ones, land has got a symbolic value. In the Author’s opinion, the inhabitants of the western borderland, though in many objective aspects similar, are not subjectively close to one another. Dichotomously divided, they create a territorial group, not a community. On account of the individualistic, pragmatic and materialistic orientation of one half of the inhabitants, in this paper the Polish – German borderland is called a space of identification vacuum, whereas on account of the enclave-like and tribal orientation of the other half of its inhabitants it is called a space of identification failure.
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Díaz Lázaro, Carlos M., Claudia Castañeiras, Rubén D. Ledesma, Susana Verdinelli, and Avonelle Rand. "Right-wing authoritarianism, social dominance orientation, empathy, and materialistic value orientation as predictors of Intergroup prejudice in Argentina." Salud & Sociedad 5, no. 3 (2014): 282–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.22199/s07187475.2014.0003.00004.
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Yakovlev, Valentin V. "Explicit theological premises of John Toland’s natural philosophical views on matter and motion." Vestnik Tomskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta. Filosofiya, sotsiologiya, politologiya, no. 77 (2024): 111–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.17223/1998863x/77/9.
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John Toland (1670–1722) is known as one of the most extraordinary and bright representatives of the early British and certainly of the Western European Enlightenment as a whole. He is recognisable for his controversial religious-philosophical and natural philosophical ideas, usually qualified as deistic, materialistic, pantheistic. The historiography of Toland’s religious-philosophical views is quite extensive. As a rule, Russian and Western specialists emphasise deistic, materialistic-atheistic, pantheistic attributes of Toland’s religious-philosophical ideas, criticism and subversive nature of this ideas – orientation either against any Christian religious and theological doctrines, or against religion in general. The focus of this article is Toland’s natural philosophical views on matter and motion, as expressed in the fourth and fifth letters (addressed to an unnamed Dutch Spinozist) of the work Letters to Serena (1704). In general terms, Toland’s natural philosophical materialism has been and still is evaluated by many Russian and Western specialists only as a forerunner of modern forms of natural-scientific materialist discourse, as a predictable complement to his subversive religious-philosophical ideas. Toland is also predominantly identified as a thinker who sought to liberate natural philosophical views on matter and motion from theological constructs as much as possible. Vivid examples of the embodiment of such and similar interpretative attitudes when reading Toland’s reflections on matter and motion are presented in the studies of B.V. Meerovskiy and J. Brown. However, the author of this article is inclined to take the side of those scholars who, when interpreting Toland’s deistic and materialistic views, prefer to fix the presence of meaning-forming theological foundations in these views in a reasoned and justified manner. Such scholars include, for example, J. Champion and J. R. Wigelsworth. The article reviews a number of fragments of the fourth and fifth letters of Letters to Serena, which contain Toland’s conceptual judgements on matter and motion. The main ideas and propositions of these judgements are also highlighted. This allowed to identify and objectify some basic explicit (outlined directly in Letters) theological premises of Toland’s natural philosophical views on matter and motion.
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Masoom, Muhammad Rehan, Md Moniruzzaman Sarker, and Gordon Liu. "Rising materialism in the developing economy: Assessing materialistic value orientation in contemporary Bangladesh." Cogent Business & Management 4, no. 1 (2017): 1345049. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23311975.2017.1345049.
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Afzal, Farman, Shao Yunfei, Muhammad Sajid, and Fahim Afzal. "Market Sustainability: A Globalization and Consumer Culture Perspective in the Chinese Retail Market." Sustainability 11, no. 3 (2019): 575. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11030575.
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Consumer behavior is becoming increasingly heterogeneous due to the changing culture patterns and effects of globalization. This phenomenon increases the importance of focusing on the social dimension of sustainability in a consumer market. This research contributes to the body of knowledge by emphasizing the consequences of individual cultural values and individual materialistic values in the Chinese consumer market. In this endeavor, Hofstede’s framework of individual culture with materialistic effect is applied to understand consumer behavior in a processed food market. Rigorous research activity was conducted at the point of sale in different supermarkets to record the responses of random consumers. The results of multi-variate covariance-based structure equation modeling show that individual materialistic values have emerged as a key determinant, which reflects the individual culture for consumer buying behavior in a state of globalization. Power distance, long-term orientation, and uncertainty avoidance were found to be important measures of individual culture. The findings of the study are useful in assisting the industry for product launching and marketing strategies to achieve future sustainability in the processed food market. In the pursuit of a sustainable processed food market, the focus should shift toward individual cultural values away from national and group cultures.
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Masoom, Muhammad Rehan. "Acquisition Centrality, Locus of Control and the Influence of Religion in Everyday Life: The Case of Urban Consumer Class of Bangladesh." European Review Of Applied Sociology 13, no. 21 (2020): 1–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/eras-2020-0006.
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Abstract The present study addresses the consequences of materialistic value-orientation (i.e. Acquisition Centrality) on the effect of the sense of control on religious experiences of the urban consumer class of Bangladesh. The central thesis is that economic transformation may contribute to the materialistic value-orientation and exert a control on the social experience; nonetheless, it would not exert any effect between the relationship of the Locus of Control and the role of religion. To test the thesis, the research investigates; given the economic growth begets acquisition centrality on a larger scale and these values, in return, often form the new purpose of social lives and emerge as a potential social force of modernity. Can religion as a century-old social institution continue to have strong-hold on the definition of social reality? To answer the question, this Cross-sectional research administered a survey of 1246 respondents from ten randomly selected distinct areas of Dhaka city and analyzed the data within a structural equation modeling (SEM) framework. The findings suggest that the people with high (External) sense of control are more likely to be influenced by their religious experiences and the people with low (Internal) sense of control have high Acquisition Centrality; Acquisition Centrality strengthened the influence of External Locus of Control on the influence of religion.
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Masoom, Muhammad Rehan. "Acquisition Centrality, Locus of Control and the Influence of Religion in Everyday Life: The Case of Urban Consumer Class of Bangladesh." European Review Of Applied Sociology 13, no. 21 (2020): 1–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/eras-2020-0006.
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AbstractThe present study addresses the consequences of materialistic value-orientation (i.e. Acquisition Centrality) on the effect of the sense of control on religious experiences of the urban consumer class of Bangladesh. The central thesis is that economic transformation may contribute to the materialistic value-orientation and exert a control on the social experience; nonetheless, it would not exert any effect between the relationship of the Locus of Control and the role of religion. To test the thesis, the research investigates; given the economic growth begets acquisition centrality on a larger scale and these values, in return, often form the new purpose of social lives and emerge as a potential social force of modernity. Can religion as a century-old social institution continue to have strong-hold on the definition of social reality? To answer the question, this Cross-sectional research administered a survey of 1246 respondents from ten randomly selected distinct areas of Dhaka city and analyzed the data within a structural equation modeling (SEM) framework. The findings suggest that the people with high (External) sense of control are more likely to be influenced by their religious experiences and the people with low (Internal) sense of control have high Acquisition Centrality; Acquisition Centrality strengthened the influence of External Locus of Control on the influence of religion.
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Garzón Cuervo, Fabián. "Cultural traits and productive transformation: Colombia in international perspective." Revista CIFE: Lecturas de Economía Social 21, no. 35 (2019): 105–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.15332/22484914.5372.
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Drawing from the consideration of cultural values as an explanatory factor of economic development, this article correlates the cultural traits reported by Hofstede’s Cultural Dimension model with the results in terms of industrialization for Colombia and selected cultural clusters. By contrasting industrialization-oriented policy choices with the evolution of export composition and industrial competitiveness indicators, we conclude that guided by a short-term, materialistic, nepotistic, and intolerant to uncertainty orientation, Colombian economic authorities and elites have helped in the prolongation of an underdeveloped industrial structure by favoring closed groups through extractive institutions, while Asia, instead of adopting ‘western values’, has drawn upon a long-term orientation to implement risky but sound, coordinated, and convergent social and economic policies in order to industrialize.
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Saleem, Zeenat, and Omama Tariq. "Self-Esteem, Social Comparison and Materialism in University Students." Human Nature Journal of Social Sciences 6, no. 1 (2025): 1–13. https://doi.org/10.71016/hnjss/x0602f68.
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Aim of the Study: This study investigates the relationship among self-esteem, social comparison, and materialism in university students. It hypothesized that (a) self-esteem is negatively correlated to social comparison and positively correlated to materialism, (b) social comparison mediates the relationship between self-esteem and materialism, and (c) gender differences exist in self-esteem, social comparison, and materialism. Methodology: The study used a correlational research design and a purposive sampling method to obtain a sample of 265 undergraduate students (133 males and 132 females) recruited from two government universities. The assessment tools included the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES), Iowa Netherlands Comparison Orientation Measure (INCOM), and Material Value Scale (MVS), along with a demographics form. Statistical analyses encompassed descriptive statistics, reliability analysis, Pearson r correlations, independent sample t-tests, and mediation analysis. Findings: The results revealed that social comparison partially mediated the link between self-esteem and materialism. Furthermore, there were notable gender disparities that indicated men were more materialistic than women. Conclusion: The results imply that a greater inclination towards social comparison lowers self-esteem, which in turn causes university students to become more materialistic. Since males are usually seen as the providers of money, the gender disparities that have been identified could stem from societal norms. These findings indicate the necessity for programs aimed at nurturing self-esteem and reducing materialistic mindset among university students and provide valuable insight into the psychological factors that contribute towards materialism.
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유현재 and 안창현. "The Influence of Technology Acceptance Level and Materialistic Orientation on Individuals' Attitude toward Mobile Advertising." journal of consumer policy studies ll, no. 40 (2011): 1–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.15723/jcps..40.201110.1.
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Atlagic, Sinisa. "The Ideological and Value Bases of the Contemporary Foreign Policy of the Republic of Serbia." ISTORIYA 16, no. 2 (148) (2025): 0. https://doi.org/10.18254/s207987840034963-8.
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The purpose of the study is to reveal and systematize the ideological and value bases of the foreign policy of the Republic of Serbia in the 21st century. In academic and public discussions, the foreign policy of the Republic of Serbia is often characterized by the metaphor of “sitting on two chairs”. Hence, the authors examine the specifics of the Republic of Serbia’s foreign policy course in order to identify the ideological and value orientations underpinning it. Discourse analysis of the content of the texts of parliamentary resolutions, as well as speeches and statements of public officials revealed two different discursive directions: 1) the globalist discourse based on the idea of materialistic values prevalence, which is instrumentally connected to the foreign policy orientation towards the West; 2) the national discourse, the value and conceptual dominants of which are the maintenance and strengthening of national identity and which is instrumentally connected with foreign policy reliance on the Russian Federation.
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Pokharel, Bishnu Prasad. "Redeeming Humanity: Materiality and Spirituality in Bernard Shaw’s Major Barbara." English Language Teaching Perspectives 9, no. 1-2 (2024): 92–101. http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/eltp.v9i1-2.68723.
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George Bernard Shaw’s Major Barbara deals with the conflict between materialistic forces and spiritual values and the victory of the former over the latter to infuse the materialistic power of the contemporary society. The implication of material possession ultimately leads to the transformation of ethics and ideology to commodification. Culler, Foley, and Oakley’s materialism and Swami Avdhesh Anand Giri’ and Sir Aurobindo’s spiritualism are the theoretical underpinning of the study to analyze the text. The material society reasons for physical, and monetary well-being, but spirituality prioritizes the community's well-being through psychic devotedness. Spiritualism is the higher order of rational that values the greater good of the society for the welfare of the humanity. The consumer culture generates condition to accept the incentives from the sources of unethical and illegal work. The initial clash and ultimate resolution between Andrew Undershaft and Major Barbara indicates the victory of consumer culture over spiritual values. The images created by Undershaft about the army highlight poverty, misery, feebleness, and hunger but Major Barbara hardly succeeds in defeating these issues. This study questions about the knowledge dissemination in the institutionalized societies showing materialistic forces stronger than spiritual values and the need for redeeming the humanity. The devaluation of the essence of the social welfare working under the shadows of commercial notion blemishes the morality. It raises the question about ethics, sophisticated attachment, and monetary orientation. This paper concludes that harmony in society is possible through redeeming humanity having spiritual feeling in all aspects of existence.
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Zheng, Xiaoying, Ernest Baskin, and Siqing Peng. "The spillover effect of incidental social comparison on materialistic pursuits." European Journal of Marketing 52, no. 5/6 (2018): 1107–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ejm-04-2016-0208.
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Purpose This paper aims to examine whether social comparison in a prior, nonconsumption circumstance (e.g. in an academic setting) affects consumers’ materialism and subsequent spending propensity, and explores the incidental feeling of envy as the underlying mechanism. Design/methodology/approach Four experiments have been conducted to test these hypotheses. Study 1 manipulated social comparison in an academic domain, and measured undergraduate students’ materialism after they compared themselves to a superior student or to an inferior student. Study 2 used a recall task to manipulate social comparison and examine the mediating role of envy. Study 3 examined which of the two types of envy (benign or malicious) affected materialism. Study 4 examined the downstream consequences on spending propensity in both public and private consumption contexts. Findings The results suggest that consumers place greater importance on material goods and are more likely to spend money on publicly visible products after making upward social comparisons than after making downward social comparisons or no comparisons. Furthermore, envy acts as the mediator for the observed effect of incidental social comparison on materialism. Originality/value First, this study improves our understanding of the consequences of social comparison and envy by demonstrating that incidental envy (both benign and malicious) experienced in a prior, unrelated social comparison can motivate materialistic pursuits. Second, the present research contributes to the compensatory consumption literature by revealing that, in a social comparison context, envy is the affective underpinning that gives rise to the motivation to engage in compensatory consumer behavior. Third, the findings also enrich materialism research by exploring an important situational antecedent in driving materialistic orientation.
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Shek, Daniel T. L., Hing Keung Ma, and Rachel C. F. Sun. "A Brief Overview of Adolescent Developmental Problems in Hong Kong." Scientific World JOURNAL 11 (2011): 2243–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/2011/896835.
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Several adolescent developmental problems in Hong Kong are briefly reviewed in this paper. First, rising adolescent substance abuse trends are described. Second, Internet use problems and Internet addiction among young people are examined. Third, worrying trends in adolescent sexuality are identified. Fourth, phenomena on bullying among young people are reviewed. Finally, phenomena related to adolescent materialistic orientation are focused upon. With reference to these adolescent developmental problems, possible solutions are briefly discussed particularly with reference to the ecological perspective. It is argued that the related scientific literature provides useful pointers for designing the curriculum in the extension phase of the Project P.A.T.H.S. in Hong Kong.
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Huanca Villalta, Juan Jose. "Contra la ciencia del derecho: una alternativa a su estudio y aplicación." HUMAN REVIEW. International Humanities Review / Revista Internacional De Humanidades 16, no. 1 (2023): 25–42. https://doi.org/10.37819/humanrev.v16i1.1472.
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This article elaborates an interpretive and polemic on the study of law, starting from different coordinates to that of legal science in order to postulate an alternative to the understanding of law. For this work, we problematize and detach ourselves from its valuation as a science. We take as a basis the philosophical orientation that views science from the materialistic perspective of the Theory of Categorial Closure, in order to subsequently examine and conceive law as a techno-praxis in relation to the three-dimensional theory as a conceptual framework, thus allowing to consolidate an usable project at the service of the legal researcher.
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Huanca Villalta, Juan Jose. "Contra la ciencia del derecho: una alternativa a su estudio y aplicación." HUMAN REVIEW. International Humanities Review / Revista Internacional De Humanidades 16, no. 1 (2023): 25–42. https://doi.org/10.37819/revhuman.v16i1.1472.
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This article elaborates an interpretive and polemic on the study of law, starting from different coordinates to that of legal science in order to postulate an alternative to the understanding of law. For this work, we problematize and detach ourselves from its valuation as a science. We take as a basis the philosophical orientation that views science from the materialistic perspective of the Theory of Categorial Closure, in order to subsequently examine and conceive law as a techno-praxis in relation to the three-dimensional theory as a conceptual framework, thus allowing to consolidate an usable project at the service of the legal researcher.
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الوائلي, عامر عبد زيد, and دعاء عبد الواحد محسن. "Religious Experience in Kierkegaard's Existentialism." Kufa Journal of Arts 1, no. 33 (2017): 215–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.36317/kaj/2017/v1.i33.6024.
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The existential philosopher Soren Kierkegaard is one of the most prominent philosophers in the field of philosophy in general and the philosophy of religion in particular. Because of his own religious experience, and there are several influences that shaped his religious experience, including his influence on his father, who lived throughout his life reprimanding his conscience because of his blasphemy against the Creator, which had an impact on the personality of our philosopher. Kierkegaard described faith as the relationship between man and his Creator without submitting to the teachings of clerics the church. And his view of the church did not see anything but lies, falsehood and insignificance. And the materialistic tendency, and turning the worship of God into a mockery of Him. And his orientation was towards God, towards the Infinite in Himself... It is an orientation whose steps disturbed the words of the Church and the Christian theory at the time.
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Vaznonis, Bernardas, Algirdas Justinas Staugaitis, and Gintarė Vaznonienė. "The Interrelationship between Pro-Environmental Attitudes and Subjective Well-Being: The Case of Central and Eastern European Countries." Sustainability 16, no. 8 (2024): 3434. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su16083434.
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Scientists and policy makers more often point out that pro-environmental attitudes and behaviour are related to subjective well-being, but there is a lack of deep scientific insights, as well as possible measure analysis, which would promote pro-environmental behaviour but, at the same time, lead to higher subjective well-being. The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between pro-environmental attitudes, concerns about climate change, and subjective well-being in Central and Eastern European countries. This study employs descriptive statistics and multiple regression analysis to identify subjective well-being predictors in the case of Central and Eastern European countries. This study uses data from European Social Survey (ESS) rounds 4–10, and includes questions on pro-environmental attitudes, climate change cognition, orientation towards materialistic values, and households’ total net income. The conducted research revealed that pro-environmental attitudes were related to higher levels of subjective well-being in different ESS rounds in many Central and Eastern European countries. In addition, there is some evidence that the relationship between pro-environmental attitudes and subjective well-being is weaker among individuals who are more oriented towards materialistic values. According to the results of this study, policy makers should develop policies that not only address environmental problems but also contribute to subjective well-being.
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Kassim, Norizan, Naima Bogari, Najah Salamah, and Mohamed Zain. "The relationships between collective-oriented values and materialism, product status signaling and product satisfaction." Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics 28, no. 5 (2016): 807–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/apjml-01-2016-0009.
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Purpose Prior research has found that consumers’ purchasing behavior varies amongst consumers of different cultures. The purpose of this paper is to examine the behavior of consumers of luxury products by investigating the relationships between their collective-oriented values (pertaining to religion, family, and community), and their materialism or materialistic orientation, resulting in them using such products to signal their social status to others, and whether they are getting satisfaction from using such products, in an effort to understand how the behaviors vary between Malaysian and Saudi Arabian consumers. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected by a questionnaire survey where 1,388 self-administered questionnaires were collected from Baby boomers, Generations X and Y respondents in two major cities: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The data were analyzed using structural equation modeling. The authors also assessed the structure and reliability of the constructs developed for this research as well as tested some hypotheses regarding their interrelationships, across the two different cities/cultures. Findings Findings demonstrate the complexity of cultures and lifestyles of consumers and societies. For Saudi consumers, their materialistic tendency is significantly influenced by their religious, family values (inverse relationship), and community values, whereas for the Malaysian consumers, this tendency was only significantly influenced by their family values. For the Saudis, there were strong positive relationships between materialistic values and product status signaling and between product status signaling and product satisfaction, whereas for the Malaysians, both relationships were also positive but only moderate in strength. Overall, the results show that the Malaysians were more materialistic than the Saudis. But, since the Saudis have higher income, they are in a better position to fulfill their materialistic desire than their Malaysian counterparts. Research limitations/implications The convenience sampling used for the study is the main limitation. Another limitation of this study is that it was done in only one major city in each of the two countries. Practical implications Consumers from the two cultures/cities do use luxury products to signal their status in the society, despite their different cultures and country income levels and that the consumption of those products gave both of them satisfaction. Hence, as a practical implication, international marketers of luxury products and services could and should continue to market their products and services in these two countries. However, they need to understand that the factors that influence the consumers’ materialism are different between the two cultures/cities and hence their marketing strategies need to take this into consideration. Originality/value All the issues discussed in this study have not been previously empirically investigated and compared in two different developing countries – Saudi Arabia, a mono-cultural and high-income country) and Malaysia (a multi-cultural and upper middle income country) despite their rapid growth rates and economic importance.
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Hendro, Eko Punto. "Membangun Masyarakat Berkepribadian di Bidang Kebudayaan dalam Memperkuat Jawa Tengah sebagai Pusat Kebudayaan Jawa." Endogami: Jurnal Ilmiah Kajian Antropologi 1, no. 2 (2018): 149. http://dx.doi.org/10.14710/endogami.1.2.149-165.
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THE -- condition of the Javanese society is now more individualistic, materialistic, and more prioritizing its own interests than the common interest, the lack of tolerance towards others, wanting to get rich by justifying all means, as well as violence and crime is increasing everywhere. Aspects of power and economic aspects become very dominant in the orientation of community life, which should only be a means of living together. As a result, today's society tends to pursue wealth and power by justifying all means, ignorance, and leaving mutual cooperation and tolerance.Soekarno's trilogy program implemented by the Governor of Central Java with the addition of "ora ngapusi" and "ora korupsi" slogan, may be appreciated by the people of Central Java, especially to improve people's understanding of their adhilugung culture.
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Bierhoff, Burkhard. "The Lifestyle Discourse in Consumer Capitalism." Social Change Review 11, no. 1 (2013): 85–101. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/scr-2013-0007.
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Abstract This paper presents some dimensions of the lifestyle discourse which have become relevant in recent years in science and public. The discourse that had initially focused on the limits of growth increasingly showed the destructive consequences of the materialistic consumer way of life and discussed sustainable lifestyles. The commodification and infantilization of the consumers who are involved in the commodity structure of consumerist lifestyle have been criticized. For some time an increasing emphasis is found for problems that extend beyond one's own life. With increasing empathy the personal lifestyle is widely based on relationships and contexts outside the immediate sphere of life. Accordingly, a lifestyle of voluntary simplicity is propagated. The consistent postmaterialistic orientation, which means a renunciation of the consumer capitalism, is regarded as its central feature.
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I Gede Arya Bagus Wiranata. "Land Utilization, Perspectives, Implementation and the Problems in the Development of Sustain Able Tourism in the Global Era." Sociological Jurisprudence Journal 5, no. 2 (2022): 91–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.22225/scj.5.2.2022.91-96.
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 Sustainable Tourism often watches videos and is echoed by tourism experts around the world. The aims of this research are to discuss the use of Land, Investment, Tourism, Local Wisdom and Globalization and to find out the problem of the availability of land in Bali. This study uses a normative research method by combining land and tourism regulations. The result of this research shows that Tourism activities require the conversion of land, land and resources. In the context of globalization, the presence of investors from one country to another is a necessity. The current problems related to land are exacerbated by the emergence of: (a) Globalization, (b) Socio-cultural changes, (c) orientation of shifting values towards materialistic (d) Changes in patterns and lifestyles increasingly towards consumerism, (e) Individualistic and hegemony personal.
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Muhammad Hadiyatullah. "GAMBARAN LAKU SPIRITUAL KH. AHMAD BASYIR ABDULLAH SAJJAD." Living Sufism: Journal of Sufism and Psychotherapy 2, no. 02 (2023): 104–28. https://doi.org/10.59005/ls.v2i02.295.
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The aspect of spirituality today is very crucial in supporting the orientation of human life in the future, which is basically being hit by an existential crisis. Thus, it is necessary to present a figure who can be a role model in dealing with this existential crisis problem, namely KH. Ahmad Basyir Abdullah Sajjad. This aims to be a guideline for humans, therefore, they are not trapped in a materialistic and hedonistic life. This research is a qualitative research with a transpersonal psychology approach carried out by Abraham Maslow, with a biographical narrative research method. From the results of this study, it is evident that KH. Ahmad Basyir Abdullah Sajjad is a perfect figure in implementing a figure who has a high level of spirituality as stated by Abraham Maslow.
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Koniaieva, L. "SPIRITUAL AND MORAL ASPECTS OF PROFESSIONAL SOCIALIZATION OF PSYCHOLOGY STUDENTS." Psychology and Personality, no. 1 (May 20, 2021): 196–212. http://dx.doi.org/10.33989/2226-4078.2021.1.227233.
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The article highlights the actual problem of spiritual and moral aspects of professional socialization of modern student youth, and in particular psychology students. The concepts of professional socialization, morality, spirituality are analyzed. The materialistic and religious points of view in understanding spirituality are considered.
 It was found that student youth is in the most intensive phase of socialization, which is associated with studying at a higher educational institution, and the important factors of professional socialization of students are the motivation and moral orientation of the individual, professional worldview, the values of professional activities of specialists and the system of value orientations. A theoretical analysis of the literature has shown that value orientations are a spiritual phenomenon, the essential basis of a person, a mechanism for self-organization of her spiritual world, and a person's moral self-determination is closely related to the level of his spiritual development. The connection of universal human moral values with personal and professional is the driving force behind the development of a specialist, and the conscious development of value orientations in students and the purposeful formation of spiritual and moral values in them are necessary for their successful professional socialization.
 The profession of a psychologist requires increased attention to the moral side of the functions performed, since his professional activity is directly related to interaction with people, influence on their inner world. Therefore, the ethics of his work is based on universal human moral values. In the professional activity of a psychologist, the main ones are the ideals of the free and all-round development of the personality and its respect, the rapprochement of people and a pronounced orientation towards the value of another person. Therefore, spiritual and moral development is a priority in the process of professional socialization of psychology students, during which special attention should be paid to the formation of the moral self-concept of personality, virtues, empathy, self-esteem and the assimilation of moral values of the professional activity of psychologists, taking into account their ethical code.
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Kumari, Fatrawati. "RELASI GENDER SACHIKO MURATA (ANALISIS FILSAFAT TAO DAN SPIRITUALITAS ISLAM)." Jurnal Ilmiah Ilmu Ushuluddin 12, no. 2 (2016): 151. http://dx.doi.org/10.18592/jiu.v12i2.289.
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Thought -oriented feminism Indonesia with a Western perspective characteristic rational, materialistic and quantitative had been implicated in the occurrence of friction with the values in the eastern -oriented society that upholds harmonitas the characteristics, the spirituality, and the quality. Murata thought was based on Eastern perspective needed to be studied and received great attention, not only as an answer to the problems faced by the dominance of western orientation, but also as a counterweight to the tendency that the biassed too. Murata thought used the mystic Taoism and Islam, seeing the gender relations as relations dualist - complementary, relations two seemingly contradictory qualities, but it was one unit. The relationships found in all reality, include: people, nature and the God. Opposition of masculinity and femininity was not in the sense of separateness, but rather in the sense of unity, equality and reciprocity.
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Rohmatullah, Niam. "THE CONCEPT OF SCIENCES IN ISLAM." CONS-IEDU 1, no. 01 (2021): 4–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.51192/cons.v1i01.98.
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This research discusses about the concept of science in Islamic perspective. The research was motivated by the fact that the concepts and the definitions of science in Islam is still influenced by the concepts of Greek philosophy. It caused that science is derived from the Greek, not Islam. And it is dangerous for Muslim students. Using comparative analysis. The results of this study concluded that the science in the Islamic view is synchronization between ideals and reality. The experts have different opinions in defining science. However, all the definitions and the terms are materialistic, and very secular. Then, we take the notion expressed by the muslim scholars. The purpose of science is actually should be proportional to the objectives of Islamic education. Thus, the orientation of the knowledge-seeker will be hereafter, not merely pursue to the world.
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Artemov, Georgii P., and Anna G. Pinkevich. "Social and cultural factors of intergroup tension diminution." Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Philosophy and Conflict Studies 36, no. 3 (2020): 528–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.21638/spbu17.2020.309.
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The article presents data on the status of dependent and value orientations of people on their attitude towards social groups that differ from the majority of the population. Based on the analysis of the data of the 6th wave (2010–2014) of the World Values Survey, which shows that social levels occupying intermediate positions in the system of social statuses and value orientations are more tolerant than the layers occupying the extreme positions as representatives of social minorities. Intergroup relations are influenced by many factors, and intergroup relations themselves are often controversial. Therefore, in one situation, they can smooth out the prejudices that exist between groups, and in others, on the contrary — incite. The article focuses on identifying groups that have a high degree of tolerance. The study uses various indicators of intergroup tension. The results of a comparative cross-country analysis of an integrated database (1981–2014) of the World Values Survey are presented. It was found that an increase in the proportion of the lower middle class and people with a mixed post-materialistic orientation in the course of secondary modernization helps ensure a low incidence of negative intergroup attitudes. When interpreting the obtained results, the article uses the theory and method of measuring values developed by Ronald Inglehart, as well as the typology of countries proposed by Nikolai Lapin. All calculations were performed using IBM SPSS Statistics 25.0, Statistica 6.0, and statistical analysis methods, for example cluster analysis.
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Kragh, Helge s. "Cosmology and the entropic creation argument." Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences 37, no. 2 (2007): 369–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/hsps.2007.37.2.369.
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If the second law of thermodynamics is assumed to be valid for the universe as a whole, it follows that the world must have had a beginning in time. This so-called entropic creation argument was introduced in the late 1860s, although versions of it, that built on decay in a general sense, can be found earlier. During the subsequent decades it and its implications were much discussed by scientists, philosophers, theologians, and social critics. The main reason for the controversial nature of the argument was that it could be, and in fact was, used apologetically, as an argument in favour of divine creation. As a consequence, some authors of a materialistic or positivistic orientation denied the general validity of the second law. From about 1920 the debate concerning the entropic argument declined, but traces of it can still be found in the modern literature on cosmology and religion.
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Zsolnai, László, and Katalin Illes. "Spiritually inspired creativity in business." International Journal of Social Economics 44, no. 2 (2017): 195–205. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijse-06-2015-0172.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relation of spirituality and creativity in business context. Design/methodology/approach The paper presents practical examples of spiritual-based creative business models in different faith traditions (Hinduism, Christianity and Anthroposophy). Findings Spirituality and a deep sense of connectedness are essential to enhance creativity and care in business. Spirituality creates free space and openness to allow the future to emerge organically. It creates a distance between the self and the pressures of the market and the routines of business and daily life. This distance is a necessary condition for developing creative, ethical and responsible solutions to the complex challenges around us. Originality/value Spiritually inspired creative business models overcome the instrumental rationality and materialistic orientation of today’s business management which produces large scale ecological, social and ethical “ills.” The paper shows that alternative business management practices need a spiritual foundation to be more creative and caring.
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MEDEIROS, Emerson Diógenes de, Paulo Gregório Nascimento da SILVA, Laís Renata Lopes da CUNHA, Gleyde Raiane de ARAÚJO, and Paloma Cavalcante Bezerra de MEDEIROS. "CHILDREN'S VALUES: MEASUREMENT AND ADEQUACY TO THE FUNCTIONALIST THEORY OF HUMAN VALUES IN PIAUÍ." Boletim de Conjuntura (BOCA) 16, no. 48 (2023): 563–79. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10443427.
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The Functional Theory of Human Values (TFVH) conceives values as general guidance principles for actions, transcending specific objects or situations, being a relevant theme in explanation different psychosocial variables. The objective was to verify the adequacy of the content and structure hypotheses of FTHV in children from the coast of Piauí. There were 272 people from the Parnaíba city, (Mage= 10.72), mostly girls (51.1%), who answered the Basic Values Questionnaire - Children (BVQ-C) and sociodemographic questions. The content hypothesis was confirmed, comparing the original hexafactorial model with alternatives (uni, bi, tri and pentafactorial). The structure hypothesis indicated that the values are represented in a space 3 (type of orientation: personal, central and social) x 2 (type of motivator: materialistic or humanitarian). Concluded that the FTVH was adequate in the studied context and can be used to understanding human values and their correlates in samples of children between 8 and 12 years of age.
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Balabanova, Evgeniya S., Azer G. Efendiev, and Anna S. Gogoleva. "Russian working youth: Strategies to achieve wellbeing." Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Sociology 14, no. 1 (2021): 33–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.21638/spbu12.2021.103.
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The article presents the results of the analysis of strategies to achieve wellbeing among Russian working youth. The analysis is based on the survey of 1121 respondents between 20 and 30 years old, living in Moscow and major cities of eight federal districts of Russia. The article describes the following five strategies. (1) “Familism” is a predominantly female strategy directed at attaining a work-life balance. It is characterized by high life satisfaction, low work and career satisfaction, as well as by low labor mobility. (2) “Rational consumerism” includes the economical use of family resources and savings activities. It reflects the predominance of materialistic values, an orientation towards a moderate and quiet life, and the absence of professional ambitions. (3) “Networking and entrepreneurship” is a pronounced achievementoriented strategy directed at the accumulation of social capital and entrepreneurial activity. The strategy is characterized by moral nihilism and by orientations towards personal responsibility and self-efficiency. (4) “Investing in professional development” is a work-centric strategy focused on increasing professional knowledge and the acquisition of new professional skills, together with increasing work efforts. This is a predominantly male strategy, more typical for respondents from Russian regions compared to Moscow. (5) “Civic activism” is a less frequently mentioned strategy directed at protecting one’s rights and participation in public and political life. It is common mainly for those living in Moscow. The analysis reveals that these five strategies are shaped by different combinations of the respondents’ individual characteristics, values and orientations, industry of employment, residency, and organizational practices. It was determined that some strategies are developed by the mechanism of accumulating advantages while others are predominantly compensatory in their nature.
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Gu, Tingyu, and Xiaosong Gai. "Impact of Personal Values on School Engagement Among Chinese Adolescents: Mediating Effects of Achievement Goals." Behavioral Sciences 15, no. 1 (2025): 76. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs15010076.
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Much of past research has centered on the impact of personal values on career progression. Yet, the connection between personal values and academic performance remains under-explored, especially the mechanisms through which they relate. Additionally, the relative strength of the correlation between different types of personal values and academic performance has yet to be examined. This research aimed to examine the effect of various personal values on school engagement among Chinese adolescents, as well as the role of four achievement goals as potential mediators. We surveyed 700 senior high school students from a public school in Changchun, Jilin province, China (Mage = 16.91, SDage = 0.43, 55.57% male). Participants completed the Personal Values Scale, Achievement Goal Orientation Scale, and School Engagement Scale. Materialistic values were positively correlated with performance avoidance goals, which in turn were negatively related to school engagement. In contrast, self-improvement values were positively associated with school engagement. This relationship was mediated by a higher number of mastery approach goals and fewer performance avoidance goals. Self-transcendence values were linked to an increase in mastery approach goals, which were in turn positively related to school engagement. Additionally, although both self-improvement and self-transcendence values positively correlated with adolescents’ school engagement, the correlation was stronger for self-improvement values. This study makes a unique contribution by showing that personal values are linked to school engagement through achievement goal orientations, thereby supporting and expanding the future-oriented motivation and self-regulation model. The practical value of this study lies in demonstrating that promoting self-improvement and self-transcendence values, particularly self-improvement values, fosters positive achievement goal orientations, such as mastery approach goals, which in turn enhance school engagement.
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Saifullah, Saifullah, Hasbullah Hasbullah, and M. Ridwan Hasbi. "Terapi Sufistik dalam Pengobatan di Pekanbaru Riau." Al-Ulum 18, no. 2 (2018): 341–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.30603/au.v18i2.496.
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Based on the social phenomena of the society, specifically in the city of Pekanbaru, rapid social changes occur with unlimited communication, tend to be materialistic, secularistic and rationalistic. Thus, they arouse various psychological and physical problems. One of psychological problem is a disease that comes from the loss of a divine vision. The vision is blunts to see the reality of life and life itself. Treatment with sophisticated tools and chemicals develops in such a way, but in reality is unable to fully solve the many problems of disease, then switch to alternative-spiritualistic treatment. This study used a qualitative approach by conducting in-depth interviews with subject who practices sufistic therapy. In Pekanbaru, the tendency of people to seek treatment through sufistic therapy can be seen from the amount of sufistic medicine houses. The results of this study show that sufistic therapy or sufi healing is a new trend among modern society which seems to have experienced a saturation point with various patterns of material orientation, thus, the spiritual world becomes an alternative
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Kurniawan, Asep. "Penanaman Nilai-nilai Tasawuf dalam Rangka Pembinaan Akhlak di Sekiolah Melalui Kegiatan Ekstrakurikuler Keagamaan." Al-Tahrir: Jurnal Pemikiran Islam 13, no. 1 (2013): 187. http://dx.doi.org/10.21154/al-tahrir.v13i1.13.
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Abstract: Education is every single effort to maintain and develop human nature both esoteric and exoteric aspects. Reality in education shows that the human esoteric aspect left behind far from the progress of exoteric. Wrong paradigm that limits religious knowledge just in Islamic schools or Islamic boarding schools gradually can dissociate public school students from education of faith and devotion. Consequently, the orientation of education in schools turns into more materialistic, individualistic, and secularistic. Thus, there is a massive reduction of human existence itself. To overcome this, it is noteworthy to reorient education towards the holistic education with investment values of religious spirituality (Sufism) to get closer to God through Islamic extracurricular in school. This solution will make vertical integration of submission to God and horizontally dialectical dimension to humanity and the environment. The integration produces an educational output, such as students with righteous personality and noble behavior. Therefore, it can be understood that the values of Sufism are very esensial and cannot be separated from the educational problem-solving.