The Association between COVID-19-Related Wellbeing with Materialism and Perceived Threat

Fei Teng; Jiaxin Shi; Xijing Wang; Zhansheng Chen

doi:10.3390/ijerph19020912

The Association between COVID-19-Related Wellbeing with Materialism and Perceived Threat

Fei Teng, Jiaxin Shi, Xijing Wang^*, Zhansheng Chen

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Abstract

The ongoing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has had a profound impact on people’s wellbeing. Here, we proposed that an individual characteristic might be associated with wellbeing; that is, materialism. Specifically, we conducted three studies (total N = 3219) to examine whether people with high levels of materialism would experience poorer wellbeing (i.e., anxiety and depression, in the current case). The results showed that materialism was positively associated with depression (Studies 1A, 1B and 2) and anxiety (Study 2). Moreover, such a relationship was mediated by people’s perceived threat of COVID-19 (Study 2). These findings were observed in both Chinese and American people. The findings are discussed in terms of their theoretical and practical contributions.

Original language	English
Article number	912
Journal	International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Volume	19
Issue number	2
Online published	14 Jan 2022
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19020912
Publication status	Published - Jan 2022

Research Keywords

Anxiety
COVID-19
Depression
Materialism
Perceived threat
Wellbeing

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