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Helga Dittmar
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Actual Ideal Self-discrepancies
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body
Body Dissatisfaction
Body Image
buying
Buying Motives
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compulsive
Compulsive Buying Tendencies
Consumer Culture
Consumer Culture Ideals
Conventional Buying
dissatisfaction
Eating Disorder History
Eating Disorders
Emme Doll
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Good Life
Healthy Body Size
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ideals
identity formation studies
internalisation
Male Body Dissatisfaction
Mass Consumer Societies
materialism effects
materialistic
media influence analysis
Model's Body Size
motives
MV
Peer Culture Pressure
psychological consumerism
psychological impact of consumer ideals
self-discrepancy theory
social psychology research
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Thin Models
UK Adult
Ultra-thin Models
values
Young Men

Product details

  • ISBN 9781848720626
  • Weight: 550g
  • Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
  • Publication Date: 17 Sep 2010
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
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Description

Advertising, materialism and consumption are central aspects of contemporary Western culture. We are bombarded with idealised images of the perfect body, desirable consumer goods, and affluent lifestyles, yet psychology is only just beginning to take account of the profound influence these consumer culture ideals have on individuals’ sense of identity and worth.

Consumer Culture, Identity, and Well-Being documents the negative psychological impact consumer culture can have on how individuals view themselves and on their emotional welfare. It looks at the social psychological dimensions of having, buying and wanting material goods, as well as the pursuit of media-hyped appearance ideals. In particular, it focuses on:

  • The purchasing of material goods as a means of expressing and seeking identity, and the negative consequences of this
  • Psychological buying motivations in conventional buying environments and on the Internet
  • The unrealistic socio-cultural beauty ideals embodied by idealized models.

Throughout, different approaches from social psychology are integrated, such as self-completion, self-discrepancy and value theory, to create a comprehensive theoretical framework for understanding the impact of internalising core consumer culture ideals on how individuals see themselves and the implications this has for their psychological and physical health.

Consumer Culture, Identity, and Well-Being is of interest to anybody who wants to find out more about the psychological effects of living in modern consumer societies on children, adolescents, and adults. More specifically, it will be of interest to students and researchers in social psychology, sociology, media studies, communication and other social sciences, as well as to psychologists, health workers, and practitioners interested in the topics of identity, consumption pathologies, body image, and body-related behaviours.
About Helga Dittmar
Helga Dittmar, D.Phil, is Reader in Psychology at the University of Sussex in England, where she completed her undergraduate and postgraduate qualifications, after beginning her studies in psychology at the University of Frankfurt in Germany. Her research focuses on mass consumer society and how this has an impact on people’s sense of who they are and their well-being. Her work has received strong media interest (TV, radio) and includes: psychological functions of material possessions, buying motivations, compulsive buying, materialism, as well as the influence of the mass media on the body image of girls, women and men.

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