In these war-torn, high-strung, materialistic times, how could a return to that kind of innocence be anything but a relief?
In this regard, the presence of third variables, such as the high endorsement of materialistic values among young people, which has been shown to be an effective mediator of the effect of age on compulsive buying [ 45], jointly with the craving for new experiences and the marked need to reaffirm self identity [ 46], are some of the explanations which have been reflected in literature.
Ford's original sets the action in Parma; to his contemporaries, Longhurst notes, Italy specialised in both fashion and corruption, and he proposes a "high-fashion world": materialistic, hedonistic, viciously hypocritical.
For example, Kasser and Ryan (1993, 1996, 2001) have shown that when people rate the relative importance of extrinsic, materialistic values as high in comparison to other pursuits (e.g., self-acceptance, affiliation, community feeling), lower quality of life is also reported.
"And the greatest problems facing black families are problems which emanate from the white racist, militarist, materialistic society which places higher priority on putting white men on the moon than putting black men on their feet on this earth".
Whereas aims that exceed materialistic goals bring a higher, more satisfying meaning to success.
The Aquarians elevated distrust of authority to the status of dogma and "ransack[ed] ancient faiths for useful jargon" that might justify "getting high, getting laid and getting out of the materialistic rat race".
The welfare state claims a higher morality over capitalism which it sees as selfish and materialistic.
It's not just that a higher and higher percentage of TV content is ads, but that even non-advertising content carries the messages and materialistic ideology of advertisers.
