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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Comparisons to Others, Past Experience, and Present Status as Determinants of Satisfaction With Material Consumption and Satisfaction With Way of Life

Abstract

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The objectives of this study were: (1) to investigate the relative importance of comparisons to others, past experience, and present status as determinants of satisfaction with material consumption and with way of life; and (2) to examine individually satisfaction with material consumption and with way of life by using a different set of independent variables for each of them.

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
Ph.D.
Level thesis:degree_level
Dissertation
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Human Resources and Family Studies
Grantor
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Year dc:date
2014

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Ovitsky, Nancy Landfried

Subjects

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Identifiers

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Identifier
(UMI)AAI8302950
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/71741

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Last updated
2026-07-22
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citation

Ovitsky, Nancy Landfried. Comparisons to Others, Past Experience, and Present Status as Determinants of Satisfaction With Material Consumption and Satisfaction With Way of Life. Dissertation thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2142/71741