Materialism pathways: The processes that create and perpetuate materialism
这篇综述整合了多个学科对物质主义的研究，提出了两个框架：一个描述儿童如何变得物质主义，另一个解释成年后物质主义如何被强化和延续。适合研究消费心理、社会文化或儿童发展的学者快速了解物质主义的形成机制。
Abstract Materialism has been examined in many social science disciplines from multiple perspectives. This review synthesizes this extensive literature into two organizing frameworks that describe how materialism develops in children and how materialism is reinforced and perpetuated in adulthood. The major components of the developmental model are the daily event cycle, developmental tasks, cultural influence, and family environment, all of which interact to influence how materialistic a child becomes. The reinforcement model describes how personal qualities that materialists tend to possess make them more vulnerable to threats in daily events, resulting in psychological discomfort. The desire to reduce this discomfort, in conjunction with the transformative powers that materialists ascribe to acquisition, results in actions and outcomes that reinforce materialistic tendencies. Suggestions for furthering the study of materialism are also included.