Materialism and its influence on the subjective quality of life of Brazilian adolescents

Janine Silva Nascimento Cunha; Nelsio Rodrigues de Abreu; João Agnaldo do Nascimento

doi:10.18046/j.estger.2018.148.2582

Authors

Janine Silva Nascimento Cunha, M.Sc. Investigador, Centro de Ciencias Sociales Aplicadas, Facultad de Administración, Universidad Federal de Paraíba, João Pessoa, Brasil. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4287-4964
Nelsio Rodrigues de Abreu, Ph.D. Investigador, Centro de Ciencias Sociales Aplicadas, Facultad de Administración, Universidad Federal de Paraíba, João Pessoa, Brasil. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7024-5642
João Agnaldo do Nascimento, Ph.D. Investigador, Centro de Ciencias Exactas y Naturaleza, Facultad de Estadística, Universidad Federal de Paraíba, João Pessoa, Brasil.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18046/j.estger.2018.148.2582

Keywords:

materialism, subjective quality of life, adolescents

Abstract

The main objective of this study was to analyze the influence of materialism on adolescents’ subjective quality of life. For the empirical research, 705 questionnaires were applied in public and private schools in the city of João Pessoa (Brazil), resulting 667 valid responses of adolescents between 12 and 18 years of age, mostly women and from private schools. The sampling was by conglomerates and the analysis of the data was quantitative. From the results, it was not possible to confirm the direct influence of the level of materialism on the level of subjective quality of life. The limitations were presented by not having identified a high level of materialism among the adolescents surveyed. The social contribution of this study is the identification of factors that may increase adolescent consumption.

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