Materialism as an attempt to cope with u
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LinChiat Chang; Robert M. Arkin
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Article
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2002
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract Three studies tested the hypothesis that people may turn to materialism when they face uncertainties in modern life. Study 1 showed that anomie and selfโdoubt are significant predictors of materialistic orientations; other plausible antecedents have less predictive value. In Study 2, pa