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1、TheJournalofPositivePsychology,2015http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2015.1004553Lookingforhappinessinallthewrongplaces:Themoderatingroleofgratitudeandaffectinthematerialism–lifesatisfactionrelationshipabcJamesA.Roberts*,Jo-AnnTsangandChrisManolisaMarketingDepartment,HankamerSchoolofBusiness,Baylo
2、rUniversity,OneBearPl.#98007,Waco,TX767988007,USA;bcDepartmentofPsychologyandNeuroscience,BaylorUniversity,Waco,TX76798,USA;WilliamsCollegeofBusiness,XavierUniversity,3800VictoryParkway,Cincinnati,OH45207,USA(Received3June2014;accepted2December2014)Weproposeamodelthatexplainsthenegativerelationship
3、betweenmaterialismandlifesatisfaction.Wetestnegativeaffectasamediatoroftherelationshipbetweenmaterialismanddissatisfactionwithlife,andgratitudeandpositiveaffectasmoderatorsofthiseffect.Self-reportdatacollectedfrom246(129female)undergraduatestudentsgenerallysupportedourpredictions.Thenegativerelatio
4、nshipbetweenmaterialismandlifesatisfactionwasmediatedinpartbyanincreaseinnegativeaffect.Additionally,gratitude–andtoalesserextent,positiveaffect–functionedasmoderatorsoftheeffectofmaterialismonlifesatisfaction.Individualshighingratitudeshowedlessofarelationshipbetweenmaterialismandnegativeaffect.Ad
5、ditionally,individualshighinmaterialismshoweddecreasedlifesatisfactionwheneithergratitudeorpositiveaffectwaslow.Thus,negativeaffect,positiveaffect,andgratitudeseemtobeimportantvariablesintherela-tionshipbetweenmaterialismanddissatisfactionwithlife.Keywords:materialism;gratitude;lifesatisfaction;pos
6、itiveaffect;negativeaffectWecanonlybesaidtobealiveinthosemomentswhensatisfaction;and(3)success,orviewingpossessionsasaourheartsareconsciousofourtreasures.markerforsuccess.Althoughthehappinessfacetof(ThorntonWilder)materialismsuggeststhatmaterialistsseekpossessionsinResearchhasclearlydemonstratedast
7、ronglinkbetweenordertoincreasewell-being(Roberts&Clement,2007),materialismanddissatisfactionwithlife(e.g.Kasser,anumberofstudieshaveshownthatmaterialisminstead2002;Sirgyetal.,2012).However,themechanismsandp