Dittmar, Helga. <br/><br/>
Consumer culture, identity, and well-being :  the search for the 'good life' and the 'body perfect' / 
Helga Dittmar. 
 - Hove :  Psychology,  2007. 
 - 272 p. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>H. Dittmar, Understanding the Impact of Consumer Culture. To Have is to Be? Psychological Functions of Material Possessions. Consuming Passions? Psychological Motives for Buying Consumer Goods. with Gardardsdottir & Jankovic, Is This as Good as it Gets? Materialistic Values and Well-being. I Shop Therefore I am? Compulsive Buying and Identity-seeking. with Halliwell, Does Size Matter? The Impact of Ultra-thin Media Models on Women\'s Body Image and Advertising Effectiveness. with Halliwell, Think Ideal and Feel Bad? Using Self-Discrepancies to Understand Negative Media Effects. with Banerjee, What is Beautiful and Who is \'Cool\'? Consumer Society and Socialisation. What is the Price of Consumer Culture? Consequences and Implications and the Cage Within. Helga Dittmar. 
<br/><br/> This volume documents the negative psychological impact consumer culture is having on how individuals view themselves and on their emotional welfare. It looks at the social psychological dimensions of having, buying and wanting material goods. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781841696089 (hbk.) :  �29.95 9780203496305 (ebook) :  �29.95 9780203496305 (ebook) :  �29.95 1841696080 (hbk.) :  �29.95 0203496302 (ebook) :  �29.95 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Consumption (Economics)--Psychological aspects<br/>Acquisitiveness.<br/>Identity (Psychology)<br/>Well-being.<br/>Social values.<br/>Society.<br/>Occupational & industrial psychology<br/>Social, group or collective psychology<br/>Clinical psychology
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HC79.C6  / D58 2007 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>306.3 DIT