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• COVER PAGE
• TITLE PAGE
• COPYRIGHT PAGE
• AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS
• LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
• LIST OF FIGURES
• LIST OF TABLES
• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
• 1. UNDERSTANDING THE IMPACT OF CONSUMER CULTURE
• OVERVIEW OF THE CORE RESEARCH CHAPTERS
• CORE CONSTRUCTS: CONSUMER CULTURE, IDENTITY, AND WELL-BEING
• MASS CONSUMER SOCIETY: ECONOMIC–STRUCTURAL, SOCIO-CULTURAL, AND PSYCHOLOGICAL TRANSFORMATIONS
• CONSUMER CULTURE IDEALS AND THEIR INDIRECT EFFECTS ON INDIVIDUALS
• THE PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT OF CONSUMER CULTURE ON IDENTITY AND WELL-BEING
• 2. TO HAVE IS TO BE? PSYCHOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS OF MATERIAL POSSESSIONS
• PARTS OF THE SELF
• INSTRUMENTS OF CONTROL
• SYMBOLS OF PERSONAL AND SOCIAL IDENTITY
• IDENTITY-RELATED DIFFERENCES IN FUNCTIONS OF POSSESSIONS
• CONCLUSION
• 3. CONSUMING PASSIONS? PSYCHOLOGICAL MOTIVES FOR BUYING CONSUMER GOODS
• FROM SHOPPER TYPOLOGIES TO BUYING MOTIVES
• BUYING MOTIVES AND GENDER
• IMPULSE BUYING: WHEN PASSION TAKES OVER DELIBERATION
• THE INTERNET AS A CONTEMPORARY BUYING ENVIRONMENT
• BUYING MOTIVE RESEARCH WITH YOUNG CONSUMERS IN THE UK
• CONCLUSION
• 4. IS THIS AS GOOD AS IT GETS? MATERIALISTIC VALUES AND WELL-BEING
• WELL-BEING AND SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING
• WHAT IS MATERIALISM? DEFINITIONS AND MEASUREMENTS
• THE DARK SIDE OF MATERIALISM
• VALUE CONFLICT
• MONEY-MAKING MOTIVES AND INCOME
• CONCLUSION AND IMPLICATIONS
• 5. I SHOP THEREFORE I AM? COMPULSIVE BUYING AND IDENTITY SEEKING
• WHAT IS “COMPULSIVE BUYING”? MINORITY PATHOLOGY OR MASS PROBLEM?
• PSYCHIATRIC DISORDER OR IDENTITY SEEKING?
• MATERIALISM AND COMPULSIVE BUYING
• THE QUEST FOR A MORE IDEAL SELF
• COMPULSIVE BUYING TENDENCY ON THE INTERNET
• CONCLUSION AND FUTURE TRENDS
• 6. DOES SIZE MATTER? THE IMPACT OF ULTRA-THIN MEDIA MODELS ON WOMEN’S BODY IMAGE AND ON ADVERTISING EFFECTIVENESS
• DOES THINNESS SELL?
• THE PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT OF THIN MEDIA IMAGES ON WOMEN
• DOES SIZE MATTER? A SERIES OF EXPERIMENTAL EXPOSURE STUDIES
• CONCLUSION
• 7. THINK “IDEAL” AND FEEL BAD? USING SELF-DISCREPANCIES TO UNDERSTAND NEGATIVE MEDIA EFFECTS
• SELF-DISCREPANCIES, BODY IMAGE, AND MEDIA EXPOSURE
• WHEN WOMEN THINK “THIN” AND FEEL BAD
• WHEN MEN THINK “MUSCULAR” AND FEEL BAD
• CONCLUSION AND FUTURE RESEARCH
• 8. WHAT IS BEAUTIFUL AND WHO IS “COOL”? CONSUMER CULTURE AND SOCIALISATION
• SOCIALISING BODY AND MATERIAL IDEALS
• THE THIN BEAUTY IDEAL, DOLLS, AND YOUNG GIRLS’ BODY IMAGE
• MATERIALISM AND PEER RELATIONS IN CHILDREN
• CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE RESEARCH
• 9. WHAT IS THE PRICE OF CONSUMER CULTURE? CONSEQUENCES, IMPLICATIONS, AND THE CAGE WITHIN
• THE EVIDENCE: CONSEQUENCES OF CONSUMER CULTURE
• IMPLICATIONS FOR INTERVENTIONS
• CONSUMER CULTURE AS A “CAGE WITHIN”
• SUMMING UP AND LOOKING AHEAD
• REFERENCES
• NOTES