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Article: Materialism in kids and adolescents linked to self-esteem
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- The Hindustan Times
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- November 26, 2007
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Washington, Nov. 26 -- A new study has revealed that a young person's level of materialism is linked to their self-esteem.
Factors responsible for increasing materialism in kids include peer pressure, targeted marketing campaigns and bad parenting. Until now, there has been little evidence showing when this drive for material goods emerges in kids and what really causes it.
This is one of the first studies to focus on the development of materialism among kids.
Deborah Roedder John, a professor of marketing at the University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management, and co-author Lan Nguyen Chaplin, assistant ...