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Heliyon. 2021 Apr 16;7(4):e06783. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e06783. eCollection 2021 Apr.

Neuroticism versus emotionality as mediators of the negative relationship between materialism and well-being.

Heliyon

David C Watson

Affiliations

  1. MacEwan University, Canada.

PMID: 33898849 PMCID: PMC8060593 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e06783

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to investigate the relationship between, neuroticism, emotionality well-being and materialism. A series of mediation analyses were conducted with data obtained from a set of questionnaires completed by University students. The results indicated that neuroticism and emotionality were mediators in the well-being-materialism relationship. However, this relationship is dependent upon whether neuroticism or emotionality is measured as the three neuroticism measures utilized were significant mediators whereas the HEXACO emotionality scale was not. A facet-level analysis was conducted with the IPIP-NEO facets of volatility and withdrawal and with the HEXACO facets of sentimentality/dependence and withdrawal. In either case, withdrawal was a significant mediator in the materialism well-being relationship, whereas volatility or sentimentality/dependence was not. The results highlight the differences between neuroticism and HEXACO emotionality and add additional insight into the relationship between materialism and lower well-being. These findings suggest possible methods of decreasing materialistic tendencies and increasing subjective well-being.

© 2021 The Author(s).

Keywords: Materialism; Mediation analysis; Neuroticism; Well-being

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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