Materialism on the Basis of Perceived Social Support, Self-Esteem and Decision Making Styles in Adolescents

Subject Areas : Clinical psychology

Mojgan Sepahmansour ¹

1 - Islamic Azad University Tehran Central Branch

Received: 2017-12-10 Accepted : 2017-12-10 Published : 2017-09-23

Keywords: self-esteem, decision making, perceived social support, materialism,

Abstract :

The aim of this study was to predict materialism on basis of perceived social support, self-esteem and decision making styles. Two hundred high school female students were selected from high schools in Tehran by multistage sampling method. The participants completed the Material Value scale (Richihs & Dawson 1992), Perceived Social Support Scale (Zimet, Dahlem, Zimet & Farley, 1988), Decision Making Styles Scale (Schott & Broce, 1995), and Self-Esteem Scale (Rosenberg, 1965). The result of multiple regression analysis indicated that self-esteem, dependent, avoidant, and intuition decision making styles, and also family support can predict materialism. As a result, it can be concluded that by clarifying the role of self-esteem, social support and decision making in predicting materialism, this phenomenon may be reduced.

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