The Effect of Emotional Intelligence on Materialism and Compulsive Buying

Autor: Rosita Lekavičienė, Beata Šeinauskienė, Aušra Rūtelionė, Shahrokh Nikou, Asta Tarutė
Přispěvatelé: Institute of Social Sciences Ivo Pilar
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Društvena istraživanja : časopis za opća društvena pitanja
Volume 30
Issue 3
ISSN: 1848-6096
1330-0288
DOI: 10.5559/di.30.3.02
Popis: Drawing on the escape theory, we propose that emotional intelligence is negatively linked to materialism and compulsive buying. Our research demonstrates that the ability to manage one's emotions is associated with lower levels of materialism and compulsive buying. We also show that materialism functions as the mechanism underlying the emotional intelligence – compulsive buying relationship. Similarly, the ability to understand one's emotions was found to be negatively related to compulsive buying. Contrary to expectations, the path between the understanding of one's emotions and materialism was found to be non-significant, suggesting that the link between emotional intelligence and materialism might not always be direct. As expected, materialism was positively linked to compulsive buying. Our research contributes to the relevant literature with a new antecedent of materialism, namely emotional intelligence.
Oslanjajući se na teoriju bijega, iznosimo tezu da je emocionalna inteligencija negativno povezana s materijalizmom i kompulzivnom kupnjom. Naše istraživanje pokazuje da je sposobnost upravljanja vlastitim emocijama povezana s nižim razinama materijalizma i kompulzivne kupnje. Također upozoravamo na to da materijalizam funkcionira kao mehanizam koji utječe na odnos emocionalne inteligencije i kompulzivne kupnje. Nadalje, utvrđeno je da je sposobnost razumijevanja vlastitih emocija negativno povezana s kompulzivnom kupnjom. Suprotno očekivanjima, analizom putanje uočeno je da je odnos između razumijevanja vlastitih emocija i materijalizma beznačajan, što upućuje na to da veza između emocionalne inteligencije i materijalizma možda nije uvijek izravna. Očekivano, materijalizam je bio pozitivno povezan s kompulzivnom kupnjom. Naše istraživanje pridonosi relevantnoj literaturi, otkrivajući da emocionalna inteligencija prethodi materijalizmu.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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