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Pain and Insecurity, Love and Money

Pain and Insecurity, Love and Money Psychological Inquiry, 19: 174–178, 2008 Copyright Taylor & Francis Group, LLC ISSN: 1047-840X print / 1532-7965 online DOI: 10.1080/10478400802592331 Tim Kasser Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois Zhou and Gao (this issue) provide readers with a lot of money, having many possessions, and so on. a very interesting, integrative piece of theorizing in The first pathway, social modeling, involves exposure which they suggest that people pursue two different to messages and models suggesting that materialism paths when confronted with physical or psychological is a worthwhile goal. The second pathway, insecurity, pain: social support and money. The authors review involves a type of coping response that occurs when a variety of types of evidence suggesting that social people feel threatened or are worried that their phys- support is the primary buffer most people turn to ical and psychological needs are unlikely to be met. when in pain, but if individuals feel social support Zhou and Gao (this issue) focus primarily on the in- is not forthcoming or are disinclined to seek out security pathway in their target article, reviewing the the help of others, the accumulation of money and results of studies that have shown that hunger, physical possessions will be turned http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Psychological Inquiry Taylor & Francis

Pain and Insecurity, Love and Money

Kasser, Tim
Psychological Inquiry , Volume 19 (3-4): 5 – Dec 12, 2008
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Psychological Inquiry, 19: 174–178, 2008 Copyright Taylor & Francis Group, LLC ISSN: 1047-840X print / 1532-7965 online DOI: 10.1080/10478400802592331 Tim Kasser Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois Zhou and Gao (this issue) provide readers with a lot of money, having many possessions, and so on. a very interesting, integrative piece of theorizing in The first pathway, social modeling, involves exposure which they suggest that people pursue two different to messages and models suggesting that materialism paths when confronted with physical or psychological is a worthwhile goal. The second pathway, insecurity, pain: social support and money. The authors review involves a type of coping response that occurs when a variety of types of evidence suggesting that social people feel threatened or are worried that their phys- support is the primary buffer most people turn to ical and psychological needs are unlikely to be met. when in pain, but if individuals feel social support Zhou and Gao (this issue) focus primarily on the in- is not forthcoming or are disinclined to seek out security pathway in their target article, reviewing the the help of others, the accumulation of money and results of studies that have shown that hunger, physical possessions will be turned

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